Want to have some RCMP folks check to make sure that your car and your papers are in order? Head over to North and Bertha to see your tax dollars being spent on the important task of stopping all drivers. Noonish update: event organizers are gone already! No, wait — they’re at lunch.Do you think [...]
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If you’ve been waiting to have an RCMP officer check your papers, this is your lucky day. (Previous discussion on this topic is in this blog post: Another traffic stop day for Gabriola.)
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The Gabriola Sounder has identified the victims of the stabbing yesterday: Nanaimo RCMP Forensics are presently examining the scene at Harrison Way, where Elaine Schwartz, age 50 and her 18 year old son Trevor Schwartz were found. Trevor was airlifted to Victoria General hospital and is recovering from his injuries. He regained consciousness earlier this [...]
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Today was stop everybody on Gabriola day for the RCMP; the police seem to set up these traffic stops every three or four weeks. It annoys the hell out of me, because it seems to be based on the presumption of guilt, and the idea that police can stop innocent citizens for no reason at [...]
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We’ve been hearing about the recent road checks on Gabriola – you know, the ones designed to catch drunk drivers. Since the BC law changed in September, a blood-alcohol reading of .05 or higher is enough to get you into trouble. (Gabriola summer residents who read this blog from out-of-province: take note.) Now Mothers Against [...]
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Seems I missed the excitement on the Gabriola ferry the other day. From the Daily News: Police swarm Gabriola ferry and seize fake handgun from teen. Nanaimo RCMP seized a replica handgun from a costumed 15-year-old boy as he got off the Gabriola Island ferry on Halloween. Police swarmed the MV Quinsam as it docked [...]
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From the Daily News: Cops want help in island drug fight. Gabriola RCMP want the public to help them crack down on drug activity on the Island, but one officer says that some people in the tight-knit community might be reluctant to turn in their neighbours.(…) You think? Gabriola RCMP say enforcement and education surrounding [...]
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Crimestoppers has hired people to go door-to-door on Gabriola, selling coupon books. The Nanaimo News Bulletin explains: Rocky Mountain Marketing representatives in bright yellow jackets will go door-to-door in Nanaimo, Gabriola Island and Ladysmith selling coupon books packed with savings on products and services from local businesses. Well, there you go. Coming soon to a [...]
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Did you know that the RCMP is thinking of removing staff from some island detachments, and/or amalgamating detachments? I didn’t, but then, I don’t go to Islands Trust meetings; apparently this was discussed at the December Trust Council meeting. The Islands Trust has just published a letter (.pdf here) that Sheila Malcolmson sent to Attorney [...]
(Updated July 2010) Here’s some Gabriola news from the RCMP: Gabriola – Search Warrant Executed – 691 Marijuana Plants Seized. On Wednesday March 25, 2009 the Gabriola RCMP, assisted by members of the Nanaimo RCMP, executed a search warrant on a residence in the 300 block of Berry Point Rd., Gabriola Island, B.C. in relation [...]
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