-- "President Biden butchered LL Cool J’s name and then referred to the rapper as 'boy,' before quickly correcting himself, while delivering a speech to the Congressional Black Caucus on Saturday night." --
-- "The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has officially barred the controversial Wuhan Institute of Virology in China from receiving American funding for the next decade." --
-- "Toronto Police are investigating after a man was shot in the area of McCowan Road and Lawrence Avenue East and made his way to the hospital in Scarborough Saturday evening. No suspect information has been released." --And...
-- "A stabbing near Donlands Avenue and O’Connor Drive in East York has left one man injured, Toronto Police say." --
-- "Three women, Amira and Nadya Gill - and their mother, Karima Manji, have been criminally charged after posing as adopted Inuit children to receive benefits from indigenous organisations. Both 25-year-old sisters and their 59-year-old mother are facing two counts of fraud each." --And...
-- "Anushan Jeyakumar, 33, has been charged for allegedly impersonating a police officer and sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Brampton earlier this week." --And there's this.
COQUITLAM, B.C. -- "The death of another Mountie, Const. Rick O'Brien, 51, in British Columbia less than a year after the last killing enrages the lead officer in the province." --UPDATE:
Nicholas Bellemare, 25, has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of an RCMP officer." --And...
-- "Ottawa Police are looking for anyone with information on a Friday night shooting of a 34-year-old man at the south end of Bank Street near Albion Road." --
-- "Andrew Junior Rochester, 26, has been identified as the victim in Thursday’s deadly Oshawa shooting. Homicide investigators say there were multiple individuals inside the residence at the time of the shooting and that they are looking to speak with them." --And...
-- "A 17-year-old teen who was out on bail for similar firearms offences faces a new rap sheet after a handgun was seized following a weapons call in Mississauga." --
-- "President Biden complimented the merits of the 'Congressional Black Caucus' during a speech to the 'Congressional Hispanic Caucus' Thursday, his third public speaking gaffe in just two days." --
-- "Some of the Trudeau government’s queasiness with transparency in this particular case could arise from the potential for this to turn into a Pandora’s box of questions about how our government decides to let individuals into Canada, as well as their history of turning a blind eye to foreign actors’ nefarious actions within our borders." --
-- "Two people were transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries following an overnight shooting at a bar at Birchmount and Ellesmere roads. One of them has been taken into custody and a firearm has been seized, police said. No other suspect information has been made available." --
-- "The enforcement of deportation orders has been tracked by MPs since a 2021 report by Auditor General Karen Hogan estimated federal agents lost track of thousands of deportees, including 2,800 with criminal records." --
-- "Muktar Mohamed, 25, Musse Musse, 26, and Omar Ayah, 22, all of Toronto, each face charges of kidnapping with a firearm, conspiracy to commit indictable offence, possession of a loaded prohibited/restricted firearm, unauthorized possession of a prohibited/restricted firearm, and using a firearm in the commission of an indictable offence." --
-- "A report from the City of Philadelphia Controller indicates that Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal cannot account for 185 firearms which are missing." --
-- An illegal alien, Juan Vicente Zavala Lopez, previously deported nine times from the United States, is accused of murdering his roommate in broad daylight before having a shootout with Dallas, Texas police." --
And it's not like Slow Joe is making things better.
MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH...
-- "Toronto Police responded to a confirmed shooting at Middlefield Road and McCowan Road in Scarborough that involved tow truck drivers chasing one another." --Ah, yes... the Toronto Tow Truck Wars.
-- "European-style toilets constitute one of the obstacles to optimal integration of Syrian refugees in Germany. Sitting on a toilet bowl used by others is not seen as hygienic for these people used to squat toilets." --
-- "Their two-year-old son was allegedly run over by Gates when he was backing out with his vehicle, but the couple blamed it on an 'unknown white couple,' according to police. Martinez and Gates are both black." --
-- "Det. Brian Raybould said of the $100,000 reward: 'I'll tell you, I’d be happy to hand the cheque to someone if it brings the killer to justice.'" --Meanwhile... around the GTA...
-- "A man in his 20s is dead following a shooting on on Albert Street in Oshawa. Cops say other people were in the home at the time but fled before officers arrived. No other details have been released so far." --
-- "Black nationalist Othal Wallace, who shot and killed Florida police officer Jason Raynor in 2021, was found guilty of manslaughter for his actions. Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood issued a statement following the verdict, saying, 'A lesser charge of Manslaughter for the MURDER of Officer Jason Raynor is a slap in the face of everyone who puts on a uniform.'" --BUT WAIT... THERE'S MORE...
-- "'Ready?' the driver can be heard saying to his friend in the passenger seat, who is laughing and filming. 'Yeah, get his ass,' the passenger responds. The duo were transferred to the Clark County Detention Center on Wednesday and they will face charges of murder with a deadly weapon, battery and attempted murder in Las Vegas Justice Court." --And...
-- "A massive manhunt is underway in Indiana after employees at the Adult Detention Center in Indiana accidentally released a murder suspect and kept the debacle under wraps for six days. Dontevius Ahmad Catchings and Kevin Mason got into a fistfight over a gun Mason apparently had not returned to Catchings. After the fight appeared to be over, Catchings turned to walk away, and Mason pulled out a gun, firing multiple shots at Catchings, who died from his injuries." --
-- "Haider Ali Algarawi, 39, has been arrested and charged after police say he intentionally used his motorcycle to strike a cyclist in a Toronto bike lane during a moment of road rage last month. For five days after the incident, the cyclist was in hospital with five ribs and two vertebrae broken, along with his clavicle broken in two places." --
-- "Diplomats in town for the UN General Assembly are meeting world leaders by day and high-end hookers by night. 'They go to hotels because they can’t go to the residences or the embassies,' pointing out that the luxe ladies of the evening 'make $3,000 to $5,000' per session." --
-- "Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is backing a transit safety plan to hire 178 new frontline staff, mostly by adding more 'Customer Service Agents' at transit stations." --Isn't a 'Customer Service Agent' just a social worker without any formal training?
