August 2023 Police officers frequently become desensitized to the tragedies that we see in the course of our duties. We can’t get too emotionally involved in the calls we attend, otherwise we wouldn’t be able to do our jobs for long. We compartmentalize, develop dark senses of humour and sometimes crack jokes that could be …
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14 August 2023 Well, not exactly the world, but it was still big. It was 14 August 2003, when a widespread power outage hit the Northeastern and Midwestern parts of America, and a big part of the Canadian province of Ontario, beginning just after 4:10 p.m. EDST. Now known as the Northeast Blackout of 2003, it …
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May 2023 The Rolling Stones are considered by many to be one of the greatest rock and roll bands in history. Formed in London, England, in 1962, the band would quickly rocket to stardom as the “Bad Boys” of rock and roll; the as the antithesis to the Beatles. After going through a couple of …
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March 2023 At 1pm on Monday, March 20, a small contingent from Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot Angus at Base Borden gathered at the cenotaph in the Village of Angus, just north of the base. Lead by Depot Commanding Officer Major Marvin Lacea, CD, they were there to honour the six civilians and one airman who …
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March 2023 On 11 March, over two hundred fifty participants celebrated the Centennial Gala for His Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) STAR, Hamilton’s Naval Reserve Division at LIUNA Station. The architecturally grand former Canadian National Railway station on James Street North, now a banquet facility called LiUNA Station, has been around almost as long as HMCS …
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November 2022 A collection of my modeling photos.
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October 2022 Another month; another police funeral. This time, two constables with the South Simcoe Police Service, a small urban-rural police service, north of Toronto, Ontario, were both shot on 12 October, while attending a disturbance call from home in a residential area of the mostly-rural Town of Innisfil. Constables Morgan Russell, 54, and Devon Northrup, 33, were shot …
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September 2022 For the first time since September 2019, thousands of police and peace officers marched on Parliament Hill in Ottawa to honour officers killed in the line of duty. The previous two years saw the cancellation of the full memorial ceremony, due to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus pandemic, with only a small …
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September 2022 On 21 September, over 10, 000 police officers, including officers from Quebec, Halifax and the United States, attended the funeral of Toronto Police Constable Andrew Hong. The 22-year police veteran was murdered in an ambush-style attack while getting coffee at a Tim Hortons in Mississauga. Hong leaves behind a wife Jenny and two …
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June 2022 On 22 June, dozens of runners and walkers met at Riverfront Commons in Newmarket, Ontario, for the annual Rob Plunkett Memorial Torch Run in support of Special Olympics. Hosted by York Regional Police, participants can walk, run or ride the five-kilometre or 10-kilometre routes along the Tom Taylor Trail, all to raise money …
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