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O CANADA-DECEMBER 2014 More Aboriginal Girls 14 2 18 thrown out on the street 2 be raped and murdered- oftend by Aboriginal men/boys??? WTF??? 11% million women are Aboriginal --PROSTITUTES-SEX TRAFFICKING-Let's talk about it Canada/ Women Equal Men in our Canada- PROSTITUTION- how can any politician condone the abuse of women.... DID THE HIGHWAY OF TEARS TEACH US NOTHING???-... did little girls and women horrendously abused teach us nothing.... women kneeling b4 men??? Seriously in 2014- and u want 2 make this NewAgeMedia Pretty... oh so Pretty??? in the year 2014??? ONE BILLION RISING- break the chains- no more abuses-no more excuses -RELOCATION REVISITED: SEX TRAFFICKING OF NATIVE WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES- 2 many First Nations children dumped in2 foster care- How many MISSING CANADIAN PROSTITUTES IS THE QUESTION-DON'T DISCRIMINATE- git r done- ONE BILLION RISING- Walk a mile in their shoes Canada -we were going 2 help and change the world -4 all the good political greed and indifference is worst enemy of humanity /PAEDOPHILE HUNTING /Sept. 20 2014 REZA and CODY- pimped hundreds of children after torture and rape- WTF CANADA???
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JUST IN DEC 30- little warriors- 4 abused First Nations/Inuit/Metis and Non-status children and the miracles- also Sheldon Kennedy- and his centres..... of evil PAEDOPHILE abused child survivors an abused kids.... and THE HEALING MONUMENT 4 CHILDREN WHO HAVE SURVIVED ABUSE - TORONTO... and new stories.... Victim Matter.... Victims Matter...Victims...mater...
TELLING
STORY OF ABORIGINAL- ON- ABORIGINAL ABUSE
THAT EXPLAINS THE DESTRUCTION OF SO MANY YOUTH FIRST NATIONS/METIS/INUIT
AND NON-STATUS KIDS.... HEARTBREAKING...
Search for family sparks more work
THE CANADIAN PRESS
REGINA — Lori Campbell’s most prized possession is a thick folder filled with paperwork.
“This is how I know who I am," she says. “This is how I know how much I weighed when I was born, what my smile was like."
Campbell has spent the last 23 years searching for her family.
The Regina-born Metis woman was put into foster care at 14-months-old and later adopted by a white family.
During her harrowing search for her biological mother, she learned that she had seven younger siblings. Five brothers and one sister were all placed in foster care or put up for adoption. Another sibling died at birth in 1995.
Campbell, 42, met her mother in 2001 and completed her search for her siblings in October when she tracked down her last brother, Dwayne Lyons, in Ontario.
Social media helped connect the two, when Campbell posted a photo on Facebook detailing her missing brother’s name and date of birth.
But the public search has had some unexpected consequences.
Since posting that photo in January, Campbell says she has communicated with about 75 people who are looking for their birth families. With nowhere else to go, strangers have inundated Campbell with messages asking for help. She says she has a backlog of more than 100 people waiting for answers.
One man in Illinois knows he was born to a 15-year-old Metis woman in Regina. Another says he was 11 months old when he was put into foster care. The list of people hoping to piece together their childhoods with minimal information seems endless, Campbell says.
“I have been constantly writing people back," she says.
Much of the correspondence is with aboriginal people who were born in Regina but placed in foster care or adopted.
Aboriginal children are disproportionately represented in the foster care system. The most recent numbers from Statistics Canada show that in 2011 almost half of all children under 15 in foster care were aboriginal.
“(There are) all these people who don’t know who they are," Campbell says.
It’s an all too familiar feeling for her.
“I remember always looking for someone who looked like me," she says. “There was always this sense that I was dropped in the middle of nowhere and my life began when I was two."
Campbell remembers sitting in the archives at a public school, flipping through old yearbooks. She would scan strangers’ photos looking for her own features.
Campbell would learn that her mother became a prostitute at age 13 and her father was a john. She also learned that some of her siblings had physical and cognitive disabilities.
Campbell’s mother has struggled with addictions and is coping with health issues including multiple sclerosis.
Brenda Campbell, 57, says she never thought she’d get to know her daughter.
“Everybody says she’s a miniature me," she says, adding with a laugh, “well, a younger me."
Ron Duncan, a reverend in Brampton, Ont., was instrumental in Lori Campbell’s search for Lyons.
Duncan says Lyons has had three different last names used for paperwork. He was also moved from Saskatchewan to Ontario, which made his records more complicated. It’s an example of how difficult it is to navigate the system, Duncan says.
“I discovered his experience was not unique and unfortunately, far from it," he says.
Duncan believes connecting children with their aging parents is a matter of urgency. He adds that some children aren’t aware of their aboriginal status, which was the situation with Lyons.
“He was unable to access any of the benefits that come from that, particularly related to education," says Duncan.
He adds that because foster care and adoption programs fall under provincial jurisdiction, it is often difficult to trace someone’s family across the country.
Robert Twigg, a psychotherapist based in Winnipeg, has worked in child welfare around the country.
“People need to know where they came from, what their ethnic, cultural, biological roots are, any kind of health concerns they should know about," he says. “Whether it’s a passive or active thing, the system is set up to block that kind of thing."
He adds that he’s not surprised to hear about the difficulties people face when navigating a system he calls “entrenched."
He says during his career, he has seen records that are “pathetically lacking."
“I wonder . . . if you could even go back to those, would they even be helpful," he says.
Campbell is slowly wading through the messages that multiply each day. She says the latest one comes from a man who is searching for answers about his father and three siblings.
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· 'It really is honestly a
dream come true': Little Warriors ...
globalnews.ca/.../it-really-is-honestly-a-dream-come-true-little-warriors-f...
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Sep 27, 2014 - Watch above: The Little Warriors' Be Brave Ranch officially opened its... player Theo Fleury, who was sexually abused by
disgraced hockey ...
· I am a Little Warrior -
redwritinghood
redwritinghood.ca/1782/i-am-a-little-warrior/
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Mar 29, 2012 - He used to be one of my most favourite hockey players from back in the day. ... he engaged in, all in an attempt to fill
up the hole created by Graham James. ... For the last few years I had heard
about an organization called Little
Warriors. ... As a society, we know (in theory) that these things happen. Daily.
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Little
Warriors is a national organization, based in Canada, committed to the
awareness, prevention and treatment of child sexual abuse
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Little Warriors
Little Warriors is a charitable
organization with a national focus that educates adults about how to help
prevent, recognize and react responsibly to child sexual abuse. Little Warriors
also provides information about the prevalence and frequency of child sexual
abuse and information about healing and support resources. Little Warriors will
open the Be Brave Ranch in the fall of 2014. The Be Brave Ranch is a
facility that will offer a family-oriented treatment program that combines
multiple proven therapies for children ages 8-12 who have been sexually abused.
Vision
Little Warriors is a national
organization committed to the awareness, prevention and treatment of child
sexual abuse.
Mission
Little Warriors is committed to:
·
Provide awareness and
information about child sexual abuse.
·
Provide child sexual
abuse prevention strategies to adults through education.
·
Provide information about
healing and support resources.
·
Provide a treatment
facility to help children cope with the devastating effects of child sexual
abuse.
Goals & Objectives
Awareness
·
Relay a fundamental prevention education message, to culturally sensitive
communities, that fit the needs of the growing multi-cultural and Aboriginal
communities across Canada.
·
Enhancement of community impact to provide prevention training and
mental health treatment subsidies to high risk and vulnerable individuals
within communities.
·
Give rise to community resource access. Provide Canadians with local and
national child sexual abuse resource information.
Prevention
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Spread the message of responsibility, action and hope by educating specially selected
volunteers to deliver the prevention training across Canada.
·
Reduce the stigma on child sexual abuse, and facilitate an increased transfer of
skills and knowledge, through the advanced development of a compelling child
sexual abuse Canadian prevention program.
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Create road blocks for sexual predators and encourage organizations to
incorporate mandatory child sexual abuse prevention policies and procedures.
Treatment
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Create warrior-like compassion. Turn pain into change. Commit to bring
access to a treatment centre for all the children across Canada who have been
sexually abused.
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Provide a safe and secure treatment centre for children and youth who have been sexually abused.
·
Address versus suppress the core mental health issues stemming from
child sexual abuse.Open
up the door for children to access a vital mental health treatment service. A
centre that currently does not exist in Canada.
·
Help to fill the mental health gap of time-delayed traditional child
sexual abuse counselling methods and provide effective clinical focused
treatment that will be the first of its kind in Canada.
View a printable copy of
the Little Warriors brochure here.
Helping protect children from
sexual abuse
Little
Warriors is a national,
charitable organization based in Canada committed to the awareness, prevention
and treatment of child sexual abuse.
Little
Warriors provides:
·
Information
about the prevalence and
frequency of child sexual abuse and healing
and support resources
frequency of child sexual abuse and healing
and support resources
·
Treatment
through the Be
Brave Ranch
for children between 8 and 12 who have
been sexually abused
for children between 8 and 12 who have
been sexually abused
·
A
workshop called Prevent It!
that
educates adults on how to take
educates adults on how to take
Helping protect children from
sexual abuse
Little
Warriors is a national,
charitable organization based in Canada committed to the awareness, prevention
and treatment of child sexual abuse.
Little
Warriors provides:
·
Information
about the prevalence and
frequency of child sexual abuse and healing
and support resources
frequency of child sexual abuse and healing
and support resources
·
Treatment
through the Be
Brave Ranch
for children between 8 and 12 who have
been sexually abused
for children between 8 and 12 who have
been sexually abused
·
A
workshop called Prevent It!
that
educates adults on how to take
action to stop child sexual abuse
educates adults on how to take
action to stop child sexual abuse
Charitable Registration #: 84568
3168 RR0001
Sheldon Kennedy- Order of
Canada- Gladiator against Child Abuse and PAEDOPHILES- in Canada Victims matter
- CANADA'S MACLEANS HONOURS US ALL... Order of Canada welcomes Sheldon Kennedy
45-year-old former NHLer is
one of Canada’s most vocal advocates on the issue of child abuse
The Canadian Press December
26, 2014
OTTAWA — Sheldon Kennedy
says being the recipient of one of the country’s top honours can serve as a
beacon to lead countless other children out of the darkness of child abuse.
The 45-year-old former
NHLer, one of Canada’s most vocal advocates on the issue of child abuse, is one
of 95 admissions and promotions to the Order of Canada announced Friday.
“For me, I’m not doing this
work to win awards for Sheldon Kennedy. I’m doing this work because I
understand the damage that this crime has on our kids,” he said.
“And it’s killing our kids.”
The list of those being
honoured include Richard Pound, the Montreal lawyer who has served twice as a
vice-president of the International Olympic Committee and is also the former
president of the World Anti-Doping Agency. Pound was elevated to the highest
level of the order, a companion.
“I’ve never thought it is
right that you should get cheated out of a result because somebody is
deliberately breaking the rules and taking doping substances,” said Pound.
“It’s not right, and it
destroys a lot of the value of sports for everybody who plays fair and gets
beaten for having done what everyone promised to do, which is to play fair.”
Among those appointed
officers, the second highest rank, were Mark Carney, the former Bank of Canada
governor who took the same post at the Bank of England in 2013, and Peter
Milliken, the longest serving Speaker of the House of Commons from 2001 to
2011.
The husband and wife
musician team of Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida, were among 79 new additions
to the members category. Kreviazuk and Maida have been involved in various
humanitarian causes throughout their careers, taking up issues including
climate change, mental health and international child poverty.
Some of the other new
members include:
Tim Cook, the military
historian and award-winning author who formerly served as the director of
research at the Canadian War Museum.
Brenda Clark, the
illustrator behind the popular children’s book series Franklin the Turtle.
Bill Graham, the former
Liberal minister of foreign affairs and national defence who also served as
interim leader of the Liberal Party in 2006.
Lawyer Michael Meighen, the
grandson of former Canadian prime minister Arthur Meighen, who was appointed to
the Senate in 1990 by his longtime friend and former prime minister Brian
Mulroney and retired from the upper chamber in 2012.
Author and journalist
Charles Foran and science reporter Peter Calamai, who has worked for years to
foster literacy.
Stephen Harper; Sheldon
Kennedy
Kennedy, who has opened an
advocacy centre in Calgary to help abused children, said he still can’t believe
he has joined such a vaunted club as the Order of Canada. But he said he hopes
it inspires other victims to come forward and seek help.
“For these issues to
represented and understood and to be recognized at this level, to me, is
absolutely huge,” said Kennedy, a 10-year-NHL veteran.
Kennedy went on to become a
leading voice for sexual abuse victims following his own experience being
abused by his coach, Graham James, for five years during his time as a junior
hockey player.
“My message is really about
hope, and that you’re not alone. Our country is a lot more understanding of
these issues today than we were even 10 years ago, and to me that should give
people confidence to come forward,” he said.
In the past year, Kennedy
said his centre has done 2,000 investigations into abuse allegations from
children seeking help. One-third of those under age 12 were showing signs of
suicidal ideation, sexualized behaviour, addiction issues, violence, mental
health issues.
“And when they get up over
15, over half are presenting all of the above. To me, these issues, we need to
understand the damage this crime has.”
The Order of Canada was
established in 1967, the country’s centennial year, to recognize “outstanding
achievement, dedication to community and service to the nation.” More than
6,000 Canadians from all walks of life have been invested with the Order since
then.
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Sheldon
Kennedy- Order of Canada- Gladiator against Child Abuse and PAEDOPHILES- in
Canada Victims matter - CANADA'S MACLEANS HONOURS US ALL..
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Woman
Sends Bank Angry Letter After They Bounced Her Check. This Is Gold.
24th
December 2014
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TEENAGE PROSTITUTION
Former Halifax call girl adapting to ‘normal’ life
Teenager has also helped others get out of the trade
Former Halifax call girl adapting to ‘normal’ life
Teenager has also helped others get out of the trade
SELENA ROSS
Last January, a Halifax teenager decided she wanted to turn in her pimp.
It was a hard decision for the then 16-year-old, but she didn’t know at the time how much a single person, and a single statement, could accomplish.
When The Chronicle Herald covered “Hailey’s" story, she had just been released from a youth detention centre and was nervous about testifying in court.
She said she felt “stuck in a daydream," addicted to drugs, controlled. For more than a year, the female pimp posted photos of her online and brought men to a Fairview apartment to be her clients.
The girl’s parents were frantic, feeling police weren’t doing enough to protect her after she had been threatened for co-operating with police. They didn’t know if things would go smoothly at home, either. The girl had tried another time to move back and return to high school, but it didn’t last.
Nine months later, Hailey has settled back into her old neighbourhood.
More than that, she said in late November, she has been “pretty happy" to watch everything that has happened since she came forward.
Halifax Regional Police Police have arrested five people for pimping minors in Halifax in the past few months, more than they have in years.
After Hailey went public, several girls working for other pimps followed suit, Halifax Regional Police say.
Hailey, now 17, wasn’t just the inspiration for the girls. In many cases, she was their defender, even while she was trying to adjust to life back home and a sudden pregnancy.
Some girls were working for a 24-year-old named Tashlynn Sheila Marie Shaw, who has been accused of punching them, holding a steak knife to a 14-year-old’s throat, and threatening to break a girl’s legs. One girl allegedly under Shaw’s control was developmentally disabled.
Shaw will enter a plea in January on 21 counts, including trafficking a person under age 18, living off the avails of prostitution and weapons and assault charges.
“Two of them, they just told me that they were sick of it and they were scared," said Hailey. “I just helped them out, talked to them, told them how much better it’s going to be when it’s over. I even offered to go to a court with a few of them, because they were scared."
It was only a few months earlier that Hailey refused to be a “rat." She had to force herself to go through court, she said.
“I hated it. I wanted to stop it."
But when other girls came to her for advice, she saw their options clearly.
“They came to me and asked me if I talked to the police, and I said straight-up, ‘Yeah, I did,’ " she said.
When the girls were tormented by the people in their pimp’s circle, Hailey went on Facebook to handle it herself.
“I’d be like, ‘Listen,’ " she said. “They’re obviously disgusting if they’re sticking up for the people that are arrested."
At the same time, Hailey felt a transformation in how she defended herself.
Once, when she was in Dartmouth with her baby niece, her former pimp’s son saw her and tried to hit them. She pressed charges.
“Now, if anyone even tries to touch me because of that stuff, I don’t care. I will charge you," she said. “I’m growing up now, right? So I can’t be, like, scared to talk to cops anymore. Scared about what people think of you because you talk to cops, live your life."
Of the girls she helped, one is back in school, another is working. Overall, they’re doing well, like Hailey.
After returning home, it took about six months to shake off some of the stress and start looking forward to the future, she said.
During that time, she became pregnant. She and her boyfriend moved in together at a relative’s house, and she got a full-time job. She is due in early February and will keep working for now, rather than returning to school, so she can earn money for the baby, she said.
Hailey’s mother said she had been proud to watch her daughter’s resolve, but not surprised.
“Her whole 360 is not a shock to us," she said. “She has always been brave and very headstrong. She has the biggest heart — always has and still always wants to help."
Hailey said she rarely talks now about what she went through, and her co-workers don’t know. She knows from experience that “there’s a lot more out there" and thinks the exploitation in Halifax will never completely stop.
But when she thinks back over the last year, the painful memories come with a lot of satisfaction.
“Since I’ve seen the stuff in the paper about others going to jail, I feel proud of myself," she said. “And proud of the other girls. And I feel like we won."
In addition to Tashlynn Shaw, Halifax courts this year have seen Corena Charmaine Hiles, 40, whose charges, laid after a search of a Brunswick Street residence, included trafficking a person under the age of 18 and compelling someone to engage in prostitution. Police said the girl involved was taken to a “safe location."
Doreze Marvin Beals and Andre Jerome Gray, both 18, were arrested after a 15-year-old girl told police she had been confined in a North Preston basement for two days in April and sexually assaulted. Among the charges they face are human trafficking and procuring someone to become a prostitute.
The woman convicted in Hailey’s case received a six-year federal prison sentence.
PHOTO
Tashlynn Sheila Marie Shaw, 23, is led
into Halifax provincial court earlier this year for a bail hearing on human
trafficking charges.
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ANOTHER PAEDOPHILE WALKS FREE- BECAUSE OF INEPT JUDICIAL
SYSTEM IN NOVA SCOTIA AND MUCH OF CANADA..... CHILDREN AND GIRLS AND WOMEN
ABUSED .... JUST DON’T MATTER IN JUSTICE.... IT’S CALLED ‘BEING RAPED AGAIN AND AGAIN’
Sex charges against minister stayed
Court rules that lengthy time waiting for a trial was unreasonable and prejudicial
STEVE BRUCE COURT REPORTER
sbr uce@herald.ca @Steve_Courts
A Halifax judge has stayed historical sex charges against a former United Church minister, ruling that there was an unreasonable delay in getting to trial.
John Wayne Hartlen, 71, of Fletchers Lake was arrested in July 2011 and charged with two counts of indecent assault on a female.
Police alleged the assaults happened in Fletchers Lake in 1976 and 1977, when the complainant was a teenager.
Hartlen was supposed to stand trial before a Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge and jury next month — 42 months after he was charged.
Justice John Murphy, in a recent decision, agreed with the defence position that the accused’s charter right to be tried within a reasonable time was violated.
The judge found that only 15 months of the delay was attributable to the defence or to inherent time required to bring a matter to trial.
He said the other 27 months were the result of a combination of institutional delay, Crown activity and a scheduling mistake by court administration.
The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal in 2011 upheld a decision that systemic or institutional time from charges to trial shouldn’t exceed 18 months.
“Twenty-seven months substantially exceeds those time periods," Murphy said.
“That, combined with the inherent and actual prejudice, has led me to conclude that in all the circumstances the delay has been unreasonable. It outweighs the public interest in bringing this case to trial. As a result, the prosecution against Mr. Hartlen is stayed.
“Sir, you are discharged and you are released from the conditions in your recognizance."
The judge’s decision didn’t sit well with the victim, who’s now in her 50s and lives in Ontario. Her identity is protected by a publicafavours tion ban.
“I am very disappointed and angry," the woman told The Chronicle Herald. “I feel that I have been slapped in the face.
“There is no fairness in the criminal justice system. The entire court process disproportionately the accused."
Crown attorney Scott Morrison said the case was delayed because of the long wait times for trial dates and an administrative scheduling error.
“This is an example of how our criminal justice system, which is being asked to do more with fewer and fewer resources, has little margin for error," Morrison said.
Hartlen’s trial was originally set for last February but had to be rescheduled after his first lawyer, Josh Arnold, was appointed a Supreme Court judge in October 2013.
Ian Hutchison took over as Hartlen’s lawyer, and court staff booked the seven-day trial to begin Sept. 29 before realizing that those dates were unavailable because of a judges conference.
That scheduling “faux pas," as Murphy called it, delayed the trial by another 3 1 ⁄ 2 months.
“A length of time in excess of 18 months gives rise to a need to determine whether an accused’s position has been prejudiced," the judge said.
“The presumption of prejudice increases with the passage of time. In this case, there’s nothing from the Crown to rebut the presumption that the passage of time has caused prejudice to the accused."
The judge accepted evidence from Hartlen, who works as a counsellor, and his wife about the toll the delay took on the accused.
“He was previously active and respected in the community," Murphy said.
“The evidence is that that is no longer the case. His counselling practice has been curtailed. His income has dropped.
“Mr. Hartlen has had to give notice to his clients, and he’s had sleep difficulties. The matter is constantly on his mind and affects his work judgment."
The judge said Hartlen’s wife “described the situation as a state of turmoil, getting worse as time passes — that Mr. Hartlen is becoming withdrawn and is often in a funk.
“I’m satisfied . . . that there has been actual prejudice to Mr. Hartlen resulting from the delay."
There is no fairness in the criminal justice system. The entire court process disproportionately favours the accused.
Victim
FUCKING PAEDOPHILE Boy’s molester to be sentenced next month
A Lower Sackville man who molested a four-year-old boy at a Halifax grocery store in September 2012 will be sentenced next month.
Leo Jones, 21, pleaded guilty last February to a charge of sexual interference. The offence carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 90 days in jail.
The defence was expected to argue at a hearing this month that such a sentence would violate Jones’s charter right not to be subjected to cruel and unusual treatment or punishment, but that challenge was abandoned.
Defence lawyer Roger Burrill told a judge shortly after Jones’s arrest that his client is developmentallydelayed and mentally ill and that those issues played a role in the incident.
Sentencing is set for Jan. 9 in Halifax provincial court. Crown attorney Rick Hartlen said lawyers will make a joint sentencing recommendation to Judge Anne Derrick.
The boy was with his parents at the Superstore on Joseph Howe Drive on the afternoon of Sept. 5, 2012, when Jones took him to an upstairs washroom.
Jones remains free on bail, with conditions that he not have any contact with persons under the age of 16 and stay away from schools, parks, playgrounds and other places attended by children.
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A Lower Sackville man who molested a four-year-old boy at a Halifax grocery store in September 2012 will be sentenced next month.
Leo Jones, 21, pleaded guilty last February to a charge of sexual interference. The offence carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 90 days in jail.
The defence was expected to argue at a hearing this month that such a sentence would violate Jones’s charter right not to be subjected to cruel and unusual treatment or punishment, but that challenge was abandoned.
Defence lawyer Roger Burrill told a judge shortly after Jones’s arrest that his client is developmentallydelayed and mentally ill and that those issues played a role in the incident.
Sentencing is set for Jan. 9 in Halifax provincial court. Crown attorney Rick Hartlen said lawyers will make a joint sentencing recommendation to Judge Anne Derrick.
The boy was with his parents at the Superstore on Joseph Howe Drive on the afternoon of Sept. 5, 2012, when Jones took him to an upstairs washroom.
Jones remains free on bail, with conditions that he not have any contact with persons under the age of 16 and stay away from schools, parks, playgrounds and other places attended by children.
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Medric Cousineau, right,
founder of Paws Fur Thought, and his service dog Thai, with Dave Peavey, a
veteran who was recently paired with his service dog Norm, relax on a boardwalk
in July.
PAT LEE
PAT LEE
THE MENTAL
HEALTH FOUNDATION OF NOVA SCOTIA
For its partnership with Paws Fur Thought — which pairs military members and veterans with service dogs to aid with recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder — by fundraising to provide similar canine pairings for first responders, such as ambulance personnel, firefighters or police officers.
KINGS BRANCH OF THE NOVA SCOTIA SPCA
For its project to create a safe, outdoor sanctuary for feral cats who may not be suitable for adoption but still require shelter and care.
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For its partnership with Paws Fur Thought — which pairs military members and veterans with service dogs to aid with recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder — by fundraising to provide similar canine pairings for first responders, such as ambulance personnel, firefighters or police officers.
KINGS BRANCH OF THE NOVA SCOTIA SPCA
For its project to create a safe, outdoor sanctuary for feral cats who may not be suitable for adoption but still require shelter and care.
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AUTISM HERO-
Service dog a boon for autistic girl
JUSTIN SMALLBRIDGE THE CANADIAN PRESS
WHITE ROCK, B.C. — Pepe, a chocolate Labrador retriever, pays very close attention when her 13-year-old owner Maya doles out dog goodies.
Treat time is one of the few common dog-owner interactions between Maya and her autismsupport dog in what is an uncommon relationship. That bond has not only dramatically improved the girl’s life, but has enhanced the outlook for her entire family.
Maya’s mother, Nicole Kaler, explained that Maya is severely affected by autism.
The girl is non-verbal, and at about two years old, she began bolting, frequently running away, sometimes in dangerous situations. Keeping the family together outside of the house became increasingly difficult as Maya grew.
“It became really difficult to just be out and about and make sure that she was safe," Kaler said in a recent interview in her White Rock, B.C., home. “I knew support dogs were trained to keep children safe. I knew it would be a good fit for us if we could be accepted into the program."
Five years ago, Pepe joined the Kalers. Suddenly, things were possible that weren’t options before she arrived.
“One day we couldn’t go for a walk up the block and the next day we could," Kaler said of the dramatic transformation the dog made in her family’s life.
“Pepe knew how to do her job. We could just go out as a family and know everybody was going to be safe."
The family went on vacation to Disneyland that year. This year, they went to Palm Desert.
When Kaler started working with Maya in 2009, Pepe was one of the first support dogs in the province.
She was bred, raised and trained by British Columbia Guide Dogs, which started placing autism support dogs one year earlier. Before that, guide dogs for the blind and visually impaired had been the organization’s main work.
“We use Labrador retrievers, golden retrievers, lab-golden crosses and this new breed of a golden-border-collie cross," said puppy obedience trainer Linda Thornton. “We need a big dog, obviously. They’re people-oriented. They’re willing to work.
They’re friendly and they’re calm. After basic obedience, they go into advanced training at about 15 months."
Puppies board in volunteer households. “We’re like a foster family," said puppy-raiser Brenda Wagner. “And we take them through basic obedience training."
Training takes about 100 hours over 20 weeks and advanced trainer Nick Toni said the regimen is a combination of navigating busy urban centres and using public transit.
The dogs must also develop a spatial sense to ensure their eventual owners aren’t endangered by obstacles that the dogs could pass under but a person would collide with, such as branches or lowhanging signs. Knowing the difference between working while wearing the harness and taking a break when it’s off is another key element.
About 60 per cent of the dogs are placed as guide or as autism support dogs. Dogs that are too nervous or easily distracted are adopted as pets. Thornton said there’s a waiting list for them.
“The last month of training is finding a client for a particular dog. Matching a dog with a person is probably the most important part of the procedure," Toni said. “Then the dog is working in the home where they’ll be living and the person is being trained in how to handle the dog. They train as a team for three weeks."
Kaler said her training was rigorous and complete.
“And it was outside the realm of what I’d ever done before because I’d never had a dog — big change. When Pepe’s in jacket, she is working. And she knows it. She’s a completely different dog — straight ahead, eyes fixed, by her girl."
Pepe and Nicole have to pass a test every year to maintain public access.
Kaler said many people ask her what an autism support dog does. She can only answer that it’s unique to each child because autism is a spectrum, so the dog’s job is on a spectrum.
“The agency is so well-versed in placing the right dogs with the right children and the right families that it ends up being not just a lovely relationship for the family," she said. “But it’s an essential tool for families to live with dignity and as fully as possible. It’s been a great gift for us."
Maya Kaler, 13, who has autism, watches a video in the company of her service dog Pepe, a female chocolate Labrador retriever.
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· BEST COMMENT: starrystarrynight
Why is it that whenever you put limits on speech, certain folks think that the process of inquiry itself suffers? Hogwash!
Limits on speech can be a good thing -- it doesn't have to mean we're taking some kind of fascist or dictatorial approach. Limits are rules. We need rules to help create a level playing field. That's what I hope the university is doing now, creating a level playing field for the women, at least.
Misogynist, racist and other derogatory remarks are speech tools used to prop up the self-importance of the people who use them. They are tools designed to quell speech, especially the speech of those targeted by the ignorant idea itself. If allowed to proliferate, the speech itself ends up supporting fascist and dictatorial beliefs. Think about the ways that religious fundamentalists talk about women, then consider the ways that they treat their women. Now that's scary.
These young men need to understand the repercussions of what they're saying, how what they say hurts both women and men. As professionals they have to learn that they have an ethical responsibility that exceeds the classroom and the dental studio. It extends into their personal lives. The world is not a forgiving place. We expect better.
Dalhousie dentistry scandal: Should free speech protect students from punishment?
By Mark Gollom, CBC News Posted: Dec 27, 2014 5:14 AM ET Last Updated: Dec 27, 2014 5:14 AM ET
http://www.cbc.ca/news/dalhousie-dentistry-scandal-should-free-speech-protect-students-from-punishment-1.2883072
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WHY DO INTELLECTUALS HAVE 2 USE THE BIG WORDS- 4 HORRIFIC ABUSE OF WOMEN?...
No comfort, joy in misogyny
I’m going to call 2014 the year of hatred toward women.
I know. That seems like a cranky little missive for ending the year. We’re supposed to be full of comfort and joy at this time of year.
But when I look back on 2014, I have to remind myself that this is in fact, 2014, not 1814 or 1990 — post-Montreal Massacre — when I first starting writing about violence against women and the sexism of our institutions.
Back then I never would have guessed I’d be writing this column in 2014. I thought it would be all sorted out by now.
But alas, here we are. I don’t feel the comfort or the joy.
What I do feel is the fear that must have shot through the bones of those female Dalhousie dentistry students when they discovered a Facebook page with their names and pictures and posts about drugging and raping them, threats that came from fellow students, men they had studied and worked with for the past four years, men they would have to continuing working with.
I feel the betrayal of a public institution of higher education — Dalhousie University, my alma mater — which didn’t act on complaints of sexism when they were first brought forward months ago.
Hear no evil. See no evil. In 2014.
I also feel the sadness around Rehtaeh’s victory. It’s still not technically legal to say her name and remember the face, heart and soul tortured by cyber-bullying, but we can now define her as a human being and not just another number in the system because the auditor general will not prosecute those who break the ban.
Some victory. RIP Rehtaeh.
I ache for dear Loretta Saunders, the Saint Mary’s University aboriginal student who was studying lost and murdered aboriginal women when she herself went missing. She was later found dead, murdered.
She didn’t live long enough to read the RCMP report on missing and murdered aboriginal women. It found they are much more likely than non-natives to die a violent death.
According to the RCMP, there are 1,186 aboriginal women reported murdered or missing.
And there’s the unspeakable tragedy of aboriginal girl Tina Fontaine whose 15-year old body was pulled out of the Red River in Manitoba this summer. More institutional failures — the education system, child services, the police.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper described this as a criminal problem, not a sociological or institutional one. In his mind, the over representation of dead and missing aboriginal women amounts to an unfortunate coincidence. Nothing more.
Some comfort. Some joy.
On Monday I awoke to warnings from a CBC radio announcer that the next item would be disturbing. A six-year old aboriginal girl was found naked in the snow, hypothermic, beaten to a pulp and barely hanging onto life. At the time of writing this, one man had been arrested in connection with the crime.
That news item was so much more than disturbing. It was stomach-turning, heart-wrenching, bone-numbing.
And my heart aches for Catie Miller, the mother of one who went missing in the summer and whose body was recovered last month. The loss of these women and their families is amplified at this time of year when we are under so much pressure to feel comfort and joy.
In 2014 we had CBC Superstar Jian Ghomeshi now fallen and mired in a scandal of sexual violence towards women who say his punches and choking were not consensual acts.
And another institutional failure. Like Dalhousie, the CBC didn’t want to know when complaints first surfaced. It was more important to protect the superstar than address the misogyny and bullying in the workplace.
If the public institutions and leaders aren’t going to protect us, who will?
I remain hopeful I won’t have to write this column again in 2034 but must admit that I’m less hopeful than I was in 1990.
Back then (1990) . . . I thought it would be all sorted out by now.
GAIL LETHBRIDGE
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Clint Eastwood's American Sniper... am told it's brilliant.... along with The Imitation Game- the two best movies of the season....
Makers of 'American Sniper' press ahead to tell tale of war and home
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/makers-of-american-sniper-press-ahead-to-tell-tale-of-war-and-home-1.321165
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DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY- ALL SCHOOLING FACILITIES.... no more shaming.... no more indifference.... Peter MacKay said, Our Children of Peacemaking- our troops- DID NOT... die in Afghanistan 4 basic dignity and freedom of girls and women of Afghanistan... 2 come home 2 see them abused here in Canada...
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
A NATIONAL SHAMING
I was very relieved to hear about Justice Minister Lena Diab’s decision to drop the publication ban with regards to the Rehtaeh Parson case. One concern that I have regarding her tragic death was that her case didn’t truly gain public support and validation that this was a tragic act of sexual violence, it seemed, until it received national and international attention.
There appears to be an ongoing trend in Nova Scotia reflected in our media: Our province seems to accept a level of sexual aggression and verbal violence and it often goes unaddressed; or there is a hesitancy to address it with decisive immediate action.
As Nova Scotians, I feel, we have a social responsibility to teach our children nonviolence by what we, as a region, accept as appropriate. What are we, as Nova Scotians, communicating to our young people across the province if the Dalhousie dentistry students (grown men), who participated in disgusting, misogynistic Facebook commentary, are allowed to remain in the dentistry program?
As Nova Scotians, what did we communicate to the youth of our region when we allowed a rape chant at SMU to continue year after year on a football field? What kind of social messages are subtly and powerfully interwoven into the fabric of our province? I often wonder what would have happened if the Rehtaeh Parson case had not gained national attention and acknowledgment as horrific and unacceptable. I’m also relieved that the situation at Dalhousie is receiving national attention as it seems our province needs national public shaming and pressure as the prerequisite for taking decisive action.
Maureen Maynes, Halifax
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O Canada
No comfort, joy in misogyny
I’m going to call 2014 the year of hatred toward women.
I know. That seems like a cranky little missive for ending the year. We’re supposed to be full of comfort and joy at this time of year.
But when I look back on 2014, I have to remind myself that this is in fact, 2014, not 1814 or 1990 — post-Montreal Massacre — when I first starting writing about violence against women and the sexism of our institutions.
Back then I never would have guessed I’d be writing this column in 2014. I thought it would be all sorted out by now.
But alas, here we are. I don’t feel the comfort or the joy.
What I do feel is the fear that must have shot through the bones of those female Dalhousie dentistry students when they discovered a Facebook page with their names and pictures and posts about drugging and raping them, threats that came from fellow students, men they had studied and worked with for the past four years, men they would have to continuing working with.
I feel the betrayal of a public institution of higher education — Dalhousie University, my alma mater — which didn’t act on complaints of sexism when they were first brought forward months ago.
Hear no evil. See no evil. In 2014.
I also feel the sadness around Rehtaeh’s victory. It’s still not technically legal to say her name and remember the face, heart and soul tortured by cyber-bullying, but we can now define her as a human being and not just another number in the system because the auditor general will not prosecute those who break the ban.
Some victory. RIP Rehtaeh.
I ache for dear Loretta Saunders, the Saint Mary’s University aboriginal student who was studying lost and murdered aboriginal women when she herself went missing. She was later found dead, murdered.
She didn’t live long enough to read the RCMP report on missing and murdered aboriginal women. It found they are much more likely than non-natives to die a violent death.
According to the RCMP, there are 1,186 aboriginal women reported murdered or missing.
And there’s the unspeakable tragedy of aboriginal girl Tina Fontaine whose 15-year old body was pulled out of the Red River in Manitoba this summer. More institutional failures — the education system, child services, the police.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper described this as a criminal problem, not a sociological or institutional one. In his mind, the over representation of dead and missing aboriginal women amounts to an unfortunate coincidence. Nothing more.
Some comfort. Some joy.
On Monday I awoke to warnings from a CBC radio announcer that the next item would be disturbing. A six-year old aboriginal girl was found naked in the snow, hypothermic, beaten to a pulp and barely hanging onto life. At the time of writing this, one man had been arrested in connection with the crime.
That news item was so much more than disturbing. It was stomach-turning, heart-wrenching, bone-numbing.
And my heart aches for Catie Miller, the mother of one who went missing in the summer and whose body was recovered last month. The loss of these women and their families is amplified at this time of year when we are under so much pressure to feel comfort and joy.
In 2014 we had CBC Superstar Jian Ghomeshi now fallen and mired in a scandal of sexual violence towards women who say his punches and choking were not consensual acts.
And another institutional failure. Like Dalhousie, the CBC didn’t want to know when complaints first surfaced. It was more important to protect the superstar than address the misogyny and bullying in the workplace.
If the public institutions and leaders aren’t going to protect us, who will?
I remain hopeful I won’t have to write this column again in 2034 but must admit that I’m less hopeful than I was in 1990.
Back then (1990) . . . I thought it would be all sorted out by now.
GAIL LETHBRIDGE
glethbridge@herald.ca @giftedtypist Gail Lethbridge is a freelance journalist in Halifax.
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One Billion Rising- No more Excuses
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OUR MILITARY- women stepping up against abuse.... One Billion Rising...
HUAH- ONE BILLION RISING...
Thousands of
female veterans are struggling to get health-care treatment and compensation
from the Department of Veterans Affairs on the grounds that they suffer from
post-traumatic stress disorder caused by sexual trauma in the military.
(washingtonpost.com)
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Long before
revelations in the spring that the Veterans Affairs hospital in Phoenix had
manipulated waiting lists to hide that veterans were facing long delays to see
doctors, senior department officials in Washington had been made aware of
serious problems at the hospital. (nytimes.com)
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CHRISTIANS BUTCHERED, TORTURED, ASSASSINATED, DESTROYED- in Middle East and Africas by Muslim killing Muslim Monsters- since 9/11/2001- and United Nations (85% Muslim) says and does nothing /POPE WEEPS- Laments ‘so many tears’ this Christmas, wishes for hope and peace for Mideast and we must stop indifference- says Iraq , The pontiff tells refugees at tent camp in Ankawa: ‘You’re like Jesus on this night, and I bless you’/tell me in so many 'man' religions.. why is Christianity still the most giving and loving among 3.4 billion of us 2 others
http://nova0000scotia.blogspot.ca/2014/12/christians-butchered-tortured.html
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CANADA MILITARY NEWS: Dec. 21 Taliban Baby Killers scorned all over the planet- 148 children of Pakistan - it`s 2 mucheven 4 our jaded world- ISIS and Bokowhatever Hamas were born evil- but this.... this is the end of global tolerance and patience- CHILDREN F**KING MATTER - they define humanity
http://nova0000scotia.blogspot.ca/2014/12/canada-military-news-dec-21-taliban.html
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Pray for troops, says Harper in Christmas message
By
Staff The Canadian Press
OTTAWA
– In his annual Christmas message, Prime Minister Stephen Harper asks Canadians
to pray for members of the military as they battle Islamic extremists in
northern Iraq.
Canada
has six CF-18 fighter jets in the Middle East as part of an international
effort to help Iraq fight an insurgency by Islamic State militants.
Harper
said Canadians are doing what they are known for — “protecting the vulnerable,
promoting peace, and defending the freedom of all people.”
On
the economy, Harper said that “despite the difficulties elsewhere in the
world,” more Canadians have more opportunities and better jobs than at any time
in the country’s history.
Harper
also said that while we live in a beautiful, compassionate and prosperous
country, we should “show kindness to the less fortunate” in the spirit of
Christmas.
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· Rehtaeh Parsons Society to combat
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Talking about sexual violence: Hants assault victim speaks out about victimization, recovery
Published on December 26, 2014
Published on December 22, 2014
It's time to talk about sexual assault, says "Emily," a Hants
County assault victim. Emily is not her real name.
Wendy Elliott
KINGS COUNTY - People are finally talking about sexual violence. It took
revelations about a CBC Radio host, an American comedian and Halifax dentistry
students making rape jokes to start the conversation.
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