-- "On Wednesday, Ontario Provincial Police arrested a 74-year-old man and charged him with abduction of a person under 14. The accused was not named, but police say he is of South Asian descent and was driving a white Honda Civic with extensive front-end damage." --In other diversity/strength news... meet Olusegun Onidare.
-- "In a formal motion to the Law Society of Ontario, 10 lawyers cited a recent report by Mary Lou Benotto in which the former Ontario Appeal Court Justice describes TMU — once known as Ryerson University — as a cesspit of antisemitism at which Jewish students have been spat on, pelted with sour milk, intimidated, harassed and threatened, and are living in fear." --
-- "Gen. Jennie Carignan, speaking from a conference of chiefs of the defence staff currently underway in Victoria, B.C., said both members are receiving support from the Canadian military after the inflammatory post and suggested they'll be given agency to respond should they want to do so." --USA apparently not quaking in their boots...
-- "'What are they going to do, take their two submarines from the Edmonton mall and sic them on us?' U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said." --
-- "An unidentified object, later reported as a hand grenade, exploded at Augsburg’s main train station early Wednesday morning leaving at least two people injured. Local police officers have reportedly abstained from commenting further on the matter." --
-- "Pamela Cisneros, 49, stabbed Erin Piacenti, 32, and Tak Kam, 68, Monday afternoon before cell phone video showed her being surrounded by police and threatening to kill them with a large knife in each hand." --
Well... Roy Rogers would've just shot the knives out of her hands, right?
Meet Erin Piacenti... murdered on her first week back from maternity leave.
-- "A man has been taken to hospital in serious condition after being stabbed at Wilson Avenue and Keele Street in North York Tuesday night. No suspect description has been made available at this point." --Not a Bob or a Doug in sight...
-- "Nickolaos Galanis, 62, has been arrested and charged after he held a knife near a stranger’s neck at Warden Avenue and Ellesmere Road and yelled anti‑Chinese slurs." --And then there's this.
Trust me... things can always get worse.
-- "The post triggered massive backlash online, with some saying it was unfair to target the youth program in an attempt to disparage both the Canadian Armed Forces, and the appearance of some of the women serving in the cadet program. Asked about the backlash today, Pentagon deputy press secretary Jacob Bliss said 'the X post speaks for itself.'" --
The main purpose of an army is to break stuff and kill people... you can't be huffing & puffing climbing a flight of stairs.
Nota bene...
-- "When asked by reporters in Ottawa today about the post from Hegseth, Prime Minister Mark Carney said the message was 'beneath their office.'" --
-- "CBC News publicly cancelled an editorial order 30 minutes after learning of cabinet’s disapproval, records show. The TV network has repeatedly denied following Liberal 'political winds or influences,' according to former CEO Catherine Tait: 'Independence is critical to the trust Canadians place in us.'" --
-- "Immigration and Customs Enforcement snared nearly 2,200 illegal migrants — including convicted murderers, rapists and drug traffickers — in monthlong sweep “Operation Rotten Apple” across New York state. Agents nabbed 2,197 people between July 27 and Aug. 29, which Mullin noted was conducted 'with no help' from either Mayor Zohran Mamdani or Gov. Kathy Hochul." --Now do Chicago.
-- "Toronto Police are searching for suspects after they say a commercial building at Humber College Boulevard and Highway 27 was damaged by gunfire in North Etobicoke on Tuesday morning." --And...
-- "A woman is in hospital, and one person has been arrested following a stabbing near Oakwood Avenue and Vaughan Road on Tuesday afternoon." --And there's this.
-- "Pamela Cisneros, 49, was shot dead by police in Times Square Monday after she stabbed two people and confronted cops while wildly waving two knives, the NYPD said. Earlier, Cisneros, of Queens, stabbed the first victim, a 68-year-old man, in the abdomen as he exited the subway on West 41st Street. She then fatally stabbed a 32-year-old woman at 42nd Street." --
The textbook definition of a 'good shoot'... just a shame they didn't do it 10 minutes earlier.
UPDATE: The real victim... a promising life lost...
-- "The woman killed by a knife-wielding maniac in Times Square was a young executive at Bank of America — who had recently celebrated her wedding anniversary." --Meanwile... back at the ranch.
-- "A preliminary hearing saw horrific photos of Rivas’ dismembered body, damning new autopsy evidence and text revelations that David Anthony Burke, whose stage name is D4vd, had gotten Celeste Rivas pregnant when she was just 13. Rivas’ parents, Jesus Rivas and Mercedes Martinez, watched in horror during the first day of the hearing as shocking images of her decapitated and mutilated corpse were displayed in court." --It's all crush, kill, destroy.
-- "According to the Met, there were 169 arrests on the first day of the two-day street party. The capital’s police force said that they made arrests for 'possession of drugs, possession of weapons, assaults (including assaults on emergency workers) and sexual offences.' Police also responded to two knife attacks." --Yeah... time travel with me.
-- "Disbarred Brampton lawyer Pawanjeet Singh Mann, 52, has been arrested and charged in connection with a multimillion‑dollar fraud investigation involving trust accounts and legal transactions across Peel, police announced Monday. the Law Society Tribunal of Ontario revoked his licence in July 2025, finding he had 'knowingly participated in a mortgage fraud scheme' in late 2019." --Meanwhile... south of the border...
-- "An India-born cab driver sentenced to 20 years behind bars for kidnapping and raping a woman at knifepoint in 2011 has had his citizenship revoked, the Justice Department confirmed Monday." --
-- "Two men were found suffering from stab wounds and were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Officers searched the area and then located one of the suspects. He has been identified as 30‑year‑old Ali Halimi of Mississauga. A second male suspect is considered 'armed and dangerous.'" --
Pay attention, folks... they will kill you for a parking space.
I'm so old, I remember non-McStabby Ontario...
-- "Durham Regional Police say two 15-year-olds from Oshawa have been arrested after two people were chased by individuals armed with knives over the weekend." --
-- "A 31-year-old British woman has died after being stabbed in an underpass at Rosenheim railway station in Germany. A 27-year-old man, from the nearby county of Furstenfeldbruck, was arrested at the scene. German Police did not release the names of the victim or the suspect." --Sounds totally random...
-- "The woman had just arrived in Rosenheim after a flight from London and was believed to be travelling onwards to Austria." --
-- "A violent ex-con who had been wanted by the FBI for two cowardly Big Apple murders had a bizarre message for New Yorkers after getting nabbed by the NYPD on Saturday. 'God is good, God is great,' Jesus Acosta said as he was hauled off to Bronx Criminal court. Acosta was still on parole after being released from state prison April 23 following 10 years behind bars on assault and felony gun possession charges." --
-- "One man is in custody and police are searching for a possible second suspect after two men were critically injured in a double stabbing in Mississauga. No other details have been released." --And...
-- "A man has been seriously injured following a stabbing at Queens Quay and Dan Leckie Way on the city’s lakefront." --And...
-- "A woman has been stabbed near Jane Street and Sheppard Avenue in North York." --
-- "Hamza Iqbal, Rehan Khan, Judex Atshatshi, and Saif Ali have pleaded guilty to destroying a car park full of ambulances at their base in Golders Green, one of London’s most prominent Jewish neighbourhoods, in a targeted attack on Britain’s Jewish community." --Nota bene...
-- "The cost of the attack is estimated to have exceeded £1 million ($1.35m), with each ambulance costing around £250,000." --
-- "Brampton man Nathan Bell found guilty of discharging a firearm while subject to three separate weapons prohibition orders in a deadly Moss Park shooting has been sentenced to 10 years, nine months in prison." --And not a Bob or a Doug anywhere to be seen.
-- "Most people experienced the fall of the Roman Empire as, 'One day a bridge collapsed, and no one came to fix it.'" --
-- "Even the Liberal government ran away from the CBC memo on Friday." --
THE BEE, AS USUAL, NAILS IT...
-- "Millions were stunned this week when the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ordered its anchors to refer to 9/11 as 'jet crashes,' strictly instructing the avoidance of terms like 'terrorist attacks.' However, this really wasn't a change for the CBC, which has always had a unique voice for news." --
-- "Toronto Police are on the hunt for three suspects who are wanted in connection with a shooting that happened near Church Street and Weston Road overnight. three male suspects in dark clothing were seen fleeing the area in a dark-coloured sedan. No other details were released." --And...
-- "A man in his 40s has suffered life-threatening injuries after he was stabbed in the Toronto’s downtown core Friday night, police say." --When you really, really don't want to say Jane & Finch...
-- "Toronto Police are on the hunt for a woman who fled the scene of a stabbing at Jane Street and Shoreham Drive in North York on Saturday morning." --
