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[jonny]

To be fair, when I was growing up in Victoria in the 80s, those things were prevalent on downtown streets.  Oh, the joys of walking Douglas from the bus stop at City Hall ("Bud? Bud?"), past Pandora ("Down? Down?") over to Yates ("Up? Up?").  This has always been here.  The main difference right now is that development has taken away most of the places it was hidden, and forced it out into the open.

 

This all used to be happening in the darkness under the Johnson bridge, in the brush on the Songhees, in the various low-rent and seedy motels, and in the nigh-condemned squats.  But those are nearly all gone now, so its all out in the open.

 

I would argue that a part of the picture now is that it is more acceptable to be an addict. We have more compassion and tolerance than we did back then. The cops don't chase away these people will billy clubs, anymore. In fact, the government has provided them will free housing smack dab in the middle of busy areas. 

 

Could you imagine if a pack of drug addict anarchists took over a park in the 60's or 70's? The cops would've made sure their heads were caved in. 

[Mike K.]

West Shore RCMP are on-scene at Admirals and Craigflower following a pellet gun shooting directed at a BC Transit bus. At this time it is not believed any pellets entered the bus, and there are no injuries.

 

As some of you may recall several years ago there were several incidents of pellet gun shootings along Sooke Road that were targeting the #61 bus. In at least one case a pellet gun shattered a bus window.

 

West Shore RCMP now say two panes of glass were shattered. They are no longer referring to the incident as having been caused by a pellet gun, and say they were shattered "by an object."

[Rob Randall]

So it was an "object". Possibly a pellet gun, or it could have been a pebble thrown up by a tire. Or something thrown by a vandal. Or a meteorite. Our reporters will bring you further news as boredom develops.

[Mike K.]

Reporters have so far been pushing West Shore RCMP's pellet gun theory. Not sure if they'll throw more resources at this one, unless they get another press release.

[Rob Randall]

That's the problem with our obsession with "breaking news" micro-scoops. Everyone freaks out on Facebook and Twitter about a sniper on the loose when a little bit of investigation reveals the real culprit is a pebble that fell off a dump truck.

[Mike K.]

You mean, that's the problem when West Shore RCMP releases a statement stating a BC Transit bus has been shot at by a pellet gun.

[VicHockeyFan]

And then appear on a CFAX talk show prior to even analyzing the video surveillance that they agree they have.

[Rob Randall]

"And we're back with Joe Easingwood who's going to have a discussion of some breaking news. Joe?"

"That's right, Terry; seems there's some snapper on the loose, and I gotta tell you, the current Joe's Notebook has a great snapper recipe..."

"Sorry to break in, Joe, but that's sniper".

[Mike K.]

Luckily RCMP are "receiving great cooperation from the public" on this one. West Shore RCMP also "continue to investigate and ask the public for help."

[Bingo]

West Shore RCMP are on-scene at Admirals and Craigflower following a pellet gun shooting directed at a BC Transit bus. At this time it is not believed any pellets entered the bus, and there are no injuries.

 

 

They have have a search party out looking for the projectile so that they can run ballistics tests. The bus is probably in the forensics lab so that they can determine the trajectory of the object and then they will go back to the scene and recreate the event, only to find out that the object came from the grassy knoll.

[Mike K.]

So you're saying there may have been two shooters?

[Bingo]

So you're saying there may have been two shooters.

 

 

That would mean conspiracy....so yeah, two or three which includes the patsy.

[Rob Randall]

Just now a burly middle aged man in handcuffs was escorted out of the Broughton Street YMCA by police.

[pennymurphy2000]

Several police officers were in Pioneer Square this afternoon around 3 pm. Anyone know what the issue was?

[Rob Randall]

I didn't catch that but the fuzz routinely patrols the park to check up on and disperse the rubbies.

[Mike K.]

VicPD is making the case for more funding from Esquimalt. They say 10-11% of calls stem from the muni.

But they don’t say the muni represents 20% of the coverage area population. But they do say calls related to the muni have increased 26% between 2011 and 2016.

[lanforod]

VicPD is making the case for more funding from Esquimalt. They say 10-11% of calls stem from the muni.

But they don’t say the muni represents 20% of the coverage area population. But they do say calls related to the muni have increased 26% between 2011 and 2016.

 

The crucial piece of info missing here is what percentage of their funding comes from Esquimalt now, and how much are they asking for?

[Mike K.]

It looks like 14.7% of the budget is allocated to Esquimalt, if I’m reading the info correctly?: http://fliphtml5.com/cbck/wfaw

[lanforod]

If that is correct (and Esquimalt pays that allocation amount), they should have no grounds to ask for more funds from Esquimalt. Seems like simple math to me. 14.7 budgeted >11 actual. Heck, Esquimalt has grounds to ask for some money back.

[Mike K.]

Last night I popped in to the 7/11 on Yates to find a man fighting with two staff members. One of the employees hit the emergency button. The guy eventually muscled his way free and took off towards 844. That’s when the rest of us gave chase but he was too quick. Police arrived moments later.

The two employees should not have faught with the guy.