CHEK has posted this on their page:
*Out of respect for cultural protocol, we are not using any images of him until he is memorialized.*
I've never heard of this. You learn something new every day.
Posted 09 April 2018 - 03:16 PM
CHEK has posted this on their page:
*Out of respect for cultural protocol, we are not using any images of him until he is memorialized.*
I've never heard of this. You learn something new every day.
Posted 09 April 2018 - 03:26 PM
EDIT: Oh, CHEK says this:
*Out of respect for cultural protocol, we are not using any images of him until he is memorialized.*
^ Welcome to 3:33pm today!
Edited by VicHockeyFan, 09 April 2018 - 03:26 PM.
Posted 09 April 2018 - 11:30 PM
Well, if you google the story, you will see google has all the old cache with the photos, so they changed them all after the initial publish, every single media outlet. Well, TC, CHEK and Black Press, anyway.
Also seems like a bad idea, having hereditary chiefs, no? Who gets to decide if that ever changes, nobody?
Also, he was 70, and it was a "sudden passing". Seems odd not to have more info.
Well, at least the Times-Colonist still has a photo from the animal cruelty charges back in 2015:
Edited by David Bratzer, 09 April 2018 - 11:31 PM.
Posted 10 April 2018 - 05:34 AM
Posted 10 April 2018 - 08:39 PM
To be fair, charges were eventually stayed.
It is fair to point that out. At the same time, my personal view is that this may have been an appropriate case for a special prosecutor. Andrew Thomas had served as the hereditary chief of the Esquimalt First Nation for more than 40 years when, in 2015, the BC SPCA announced he would face criminal charges for animal cruelty. He was a powerful man with resources and influence at his disposal. On a number of occasions he was engaged in litigation against both the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia. Millions and millions of dollars were at stake. Appointing a special prosecutor would have ensured independence and resolved any lingering questions about how and why these animal cruelty charges were resolved.
Posted 10 April 2018 - 08:48 PM
It is fair to point that out. At the same time, my personal view is that this may have been an appropriate case for a special prosecutor. Andrew Thomas had served as the hereditary chief of the Esquimalt First Nation for more than 40 years when, in 2015, the BC SPCA announced he would face criminal charges for animal cruelty. He was a powerful man with resources and influence at his disposal. On a number of occasions he was engaged in litigation against both the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia. Millions and millions of dollars were at stake. Appointing a special prosecutor would have ensured independence and resolved any lingering questions about how and why these animal cruelty charges were resolved.
Just one other thing to point out. Here is an example in British Columbia of a case, involving a First Nations chief, where a special prosecutor was appointed:
Edited by David Bratzer, 10 April 2018 - 08:48 PM.
Posted 11 April 2018 - 05:37 PM
The Esquimalt Nation consists of 150 people on reserve and another 100 living off, in various parts of the world.
So less people in total than live at View Towers.
http://www.esquimalt...onoverview.html
Edited by VicHockeyFan, 11 April 2018 - 05:38 PM.
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