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[todd]

it accentuates stigma obviously.  plus age is just a number.  who is to say 58 is "elderly"?  how dare they assume her gender.
 
 
???

elderly: rather old, especially : being past middle age

https://www.merriam-...tionary/elderly

[Mike K.]

Vic News said "older," which is what I think most of us would describe as someone 60+. Elderly is someone 80+, IMO.

[todd]

Vic News said "older," which is what I think most of us would describe as someone 60+. Elderly is someone 80+, IMO.

if you take into account the Webster’s dictionary and life expectancy in Canada 41 is elderly.

[Mike K.]

In the 1886 volume of that dictionary, maybe.

[todd]

In the 1886 volume of that dictionary, maybe.

no that version was online. Do you use a computer?

[Mike K.]

Yes, a fully patched and updated 386, thank you very much, overclocked to the capabilities of a Pentium II. ...And(!) I have the cooling system to prove it.

[todd]

^Good for you!

[Victoria Watcher]

A man in his 20s going through a mental health crisis was driving the vehicle that smashed through a parking garage wall at Uptown shopping centre last week.

https://www.timescol...lice-1.24306783

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 13 April 2021 - 11:51 AM.

[Mike K.]

 

Saanich firefighters had to free staff at Walmart afer a driver rammed through the wall of a lower parking area Friday afternoon.

 

Deputy Chief Dan Wood told Black Press Media around 4:30 p.m. that firefighters were working to free staff trapped in a freezer at the Uptown store. He said the vehicle drove 20 feet into the shop and pinned a freezer door closed.

 

Wood said an older woman driving was not seriously injured. All staff were safely removed and not seriously injured.

 

 

 

https://www.vicnews....art-in-saanich/

 

 

 

...so ...did Deputy Chief Dan Wood actually say that to Black Press Media?

[Victoria Watcher]

he probably said something like "older women are the worst drivers inside parkades".

 

he has an unconscious bias.  he should probably be re-educated.

[Sparky]

...so ...did Deputy Chief Dan Wood actually say that to Black Press Media?

 

If he did he may have got this wrong on so many levels.

 

The driver could have been a young male instead of an old woman.

 

https://vancouverisl...olice-1.5385817

[Rob Randall]

More likely the chief withheld that information; the reporter attempted to fill out the description with "eyewitness" statements from bystanders that turned out to be false.

[Victoria Watcher]

regardless we should probably bring the driver before a social media tribunal and determine the official description once and for all.

[Mike K.]

More likely the chief withheld that information; the reporter attempted to fill out the description with "eyewitness" statements from bystanders that turned out to be false.

So they filled in the description by fabricating words attributed to the deputy chief?

[Rob Randall]

So they filled in the description by fabricating words attributed to the deputy chief?

 

They merged the account of the chief with rumours from bystanders. That's my guess anyway. There's no way the chief didn't know exactly who was in that car. I think first responders realized right away it was a suicide attempt and clamped down on any identifying information.

[Victoria Watcher]

I think first responders realized right away it was a suicide attempt and clamped down on any identifying information.

 

do you think he sped towards the wall thinking it was thick solid concrete then was surprised it gave way, to a workspace inside?

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 13 April 2021 - 06:02 PM.

[Rob Randall]

^Oh, absolutely. He thought that was going to be his last moment on earth. He wasn't expecting to do a Wile E. Coyote onto the food floor.

[Mike K.]

Oh man, that’s intense. I didn’t put the details together quite like that.

What bothers me is the older female narrative really took off. Even I took Black Press’ word, and had numerous conversations with people about deciding when a parent should move towards giving up the keys. Our social media posts also alluded to an older driver, based on Black Press speaking with the DC.

For Black Press to just edit the piece makes me question what else gets changed without anyone knowing. Surely there are standards professional media *must* abide by, no?

[Barrrister]

Are we talking about Black Press or professional media.

[pontcanna]

Residents of a Central Saanich duplex ‘fortunate’ to escape Sunday morning fire

Damage to the duplex extensive with one resident said to be ‘catatonic’ after escaping building

Apr. 18, 2021

 

Flames that coloured the sky as they reached into the night. Screams and flashing emergency lights. People who had just escaped the flames of a burning house huddling on the sidewalk under blankets.

These were just some of the impressions that Saanichton residents shared Sunday morning as they observed the aftermath of an early Sunday morning fire to a Central Saanich duplex at 7987 Galbraith Cres.

Cpt. Mike Simpson of Central Saanich Fire Department said the fire remains under investigation. 

 

More: https://www.vicnews....y-morning-fire/