Senseless Robbery Kiliings in Edmonton
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I guess its a matter of opinion as to whether she's actually "cleaning up" the mess. So far, I have heard nothing of her rebuilding the heritage fund. She is increasing taxes and spending more money than we have, so if she's increasing anything, its our debt. Thus the decline in our credit rating.
The heritage fund is (or at least was) around 17 billion but hasn't been grown in years due to extra funds being put into general revenues rather than growing the fund, so yes, previous governments were spending like crazy. We needed a change in government because 44 years was waaayyyy too long for one party to be in government because it only creates the environment for corruption. I believe that the wrong party was voted in, but that's my opinion.
Unfortunately, Rachael doesn't really show she's much different than the previous government she replaced as she certainly doesn't have Albertans best interests at heart. She does, however, have other people's interests at heart who have nothing whatsoever to do with Alberta. They'd close down Alberta's life blood in a heartbeat if they could get away with it. But, people wanted a change and they got it. They'll regret it eventually, (I think they do already) and here's hoping that we can recover from the mess that's going to be created.
JMHO
I guess I must be,,,,,A yankee doodle dandy, a yankee doodle do or die,,a real live nephew of my uncle Sam,,,born on,,,,Sorry couldn't resist.
spin-off thoughts, would you rather new posts be created and then you would have 100's of short threads and no long threads?
Because far too many people here have a one track mind.
And not the fun kind of one track mind either, lol.
Edmonton Mac's convenience store shooting victim Karanpal Bhangu laid to rest
By Claire Theobald, Edmonton Sun
First posted: Thursday, January 14, 2016 10:23 PM EST | Updated: Friday, January 15, 2016 01:29 AM EST
It was an emotional scene as Karanpal Bhangu was finally laid to rest on Thursday.
“It is very difficult, especially for the mom it’s unbearable. I was there in the room when they were with Karanpal, and she was breaking up,” said Laat Bhinder, who said his family is from the same village in India as Bhangu’s.
Bhangu, 35, was one of two Mac’s convenience store workers shot and killed in two apparent armed robberies on Dec. 18.
He leaves behind his wife, Kiranbir, and son Royce.
The funeral, held at Park Memorial Funeral Home, was delayed as Bhangu’s family travelled from India to attend, though family friend and lawyer Gurpreet Gill said Kiranbir’s mother was denied a visa and therefore was uable to support her daughter in person.
“It’s a very sad thing,” said Gill. “The mother is the closest relationship. I think the family is very sad about it.”
Those attending were grateful for the support the family has received from the community, with one GoFundMe campaign collecting over $72,000 in donations for Bhangu’s family.
“Seeing the response that we’ve had, not only from the community but from Edmontonians, is amazing,” said Bhinder.
Others took the time to thank local police officers for their swift action.
“I am very appreciat[ive] of the Edmonton police department, they acted very quick and they saved more people,” said Azambir Singh Hundal, Bhangu’s cousin.
A GoFundMe page was created for the Bhangu family, which raised over $72,000
The family and friends held a funeral for Ricky Cenabre, the other Mac’s convenience store worker killed on Dec. 18, on Dec. 29.
Laylin Delorme, 24, Colton Steinhauer, 27, and a 13-year-old boy are all facing two counts of first-degree murder as well as charges of being disguised with intent and robbery with a prohibited restricted firearm.
The funeral for homicide victim Karanpal Singh Bhangu, 35, was held in Edmonton, Alta., on Jan.14, 2016. Bhangu was shot and killed while working the night shift at a Mac’s convenience store on Dec 18, 2015.
Edmonton Mac's convenience store shooting victim Karanpal Bhangu laid to rest |
By Claire Theobald, Edmonton Sun
First posted: Thursday, January 14, 2016 10:23 PM EST | Updated: Friday, January 15, 2016 01:29 AM EST
It was an emotional scene as Karanpal Bhangu was finally laid to rest on Thursday.
“It is very difficult, especially for the mom it’s unbearable. I was there in the room when they were with Karanpal, and she was breaking up,” said Laat Bhinder, who said his family is from the same village in India as Bhangu’s.
Bhangu, 35, was one of two Mac’s convenience store workers shot and killed in two apparent armed robberies on Dec. 18.
He leaves behind his wife, Kiranbir, and son Royce.
The funeral, held at Park Memorial Funeral Home, was delayed as Bhangu’s family travelled from India to attend, though family friend and lawyer Gurpreet Gill said Kiranbir’s mother was denied a visa and therefore was uable to support her daughter in person.
“It’s a very sad thing,” said Gill. “The mother is the closest relationship. I think the family is very sad about it.”
Those attending were grateful for the support the family has received from the community, with one GoFundMe campaign collecting over $72,000 in donations for Bhangu’s family.
“Seeing the response that we’ve had, not only from the community but from Edmontonians, is amazing,” said Bhinder.
Others took the time to thank local police officers for their swift action.
“I am very appreciat[ive] of the Edmonton police department, they acted very quick and they saved more people,” said Azambir Singh Hundal, Bhangu’s cousin.
A GoFundMe page was created for the Bhangu family, which raised over $72,000
The family and friends held a funeral for Ricky Cenabre, the other Mac’s convenience store worker killed on Dec. 18, on Dec. 29.
Laylin Delorme, 24, Colton Steinhauer, 27, and a 13-year-old boy are all facing two counts of first-degree murder as well as charges of being disguised with intent and robbery with a prohibited restricted firearm.
The funeral for homicide victim Karanpal Singh Bhangu, 35, was held in Edmonton, Alta., on Jan.14, 2016. Bhangu was shot and killed while working the night shift at a Mac’s convenience store on Dec 18, 2015.
Edmonton Mac's convenience store shooting victim Karanpal Bhangu laid to rest |
Widow of Mac's shooting victim launches program to raise awareness of dangers for night workers
By Otiena Ellwand
First posted: Sunday, June 19, 2016 10:04 AM EDT | Updated: Sunday, June 19, 2016 10:55 PM EDT
Karanpal Singh Bhangu had only been in Edmonton for a few months when he found a job at a downtown Mac’s convenience store.
The owner needed a clerk for the overnight shift and asked if he had any experience dealing with stabbings and robberies, his wife Kiran Bhangu said.
Kiran did not like the sound of this and discouraged her husband from taking the job.
“I just don’t want to live with this feeling that you went to work and I’m not sure if you’re going to come back tomorrow morning,” she said she told him.
On Nov. 16, 2015, he took a job as an overnight clerk at a different Mac’s, this one located in a strip mall in a residential neighbourhood in south Edmonton at 82 Street and 34 Avenue. They both thought it would be safer.
Karanpal had only been in the position for a month and two days when he was shot in the stomach during an armed robbery at 3:30 a.m. He sounded the panic alarm and was found grievously injured by a police officer.
He died about four months after arriving in Canada from India, having just reunited with his wife and son after 5-1/2 years of long-distance.
Karanpal was one of two Mac’s clerks shot and killed that night. The other victim was 41-year-old Ricky Massin Cenabre, 41, who worked at a store near 108 Street and 61 Avenue.
Colton Steinhauer, 27, Laylin Delorme, 24, and a 13-year-old boy who cannot be identified under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act are each charged with two counts of first-degree murder, along with gun and robbery-related charges in connection with the killings.
On Jan. 14, six years after immigrating to Canada to set up a new life for her and her family, Kiran was at her husband’s funeral.
“He was my strength,” she said. During all those years apart, he was the one who encouraged her to keep going, to get her early childhood education diploma, then a job in Edmonton as a teacher, and to carve out a “better future” in Canada.
“It was Karan’s dream, he wanted to come to Canada,” she said. “Now him not being here, it just doesn’t make sense to me.”
Karanpal had been a computer teacher back in Amritsar, India. He had a bachelor’s degree in information technology and a master’s degree in public administration. He was known for his upbeat and positive attitude, his love and knowledge of literature and music, especially guitar and piano, his newfound “fuel for his soul,” his widow said.
Kiran spoke publicly about her husband and the tragedy that befell her family in those early morning hours of Dec. 18, 2015, for the first time this Father’s Day weekend.
She held an event on Saturday at the Progressive Academy, the school where she works, to launch the Karan Project, a forum she hopes will raise awareness about the dangers night workers face on the job.
Kiran wants the government and retail companies to look at ways of making overnight shifts for convenience and gas station workers safer, such as having clerks work behind bullet-proof glass and improving the emergency response to panic alarms.
“Night shift employees are at high-risk of violence and crime, there has to be safer measures followed,” Kiran said. “I wanted to do something about this so nobody else would miss their father on Father’s Day because of these avoidable events.”
Labour Minister Christina Gray met with Kiran and her group on Saturday to hear their ideas about improving worker safety.
“These are tragic situations that should be preventable. Families need to know that when their loved ones go to work, they will come home safe at the end of the day,” Gray said in a statement. “Our government takes the protection of these workers seriously, understanding they often work long hours alone in the middle of the night.”
Gray said her ministry is going through the information gathered by occupational health and safety inspectors during visits to roughly 200 convenience stores and gas stations across the province. The inspectors were examining issues such as paycheque deductions, employing young workers, working alone and workplace violence, and were prompted by the Mac’s murders.
This past Friday marked the sixth month anniversary since Karanpal’s death. Last Monday, he would have turned 36.
Karin is not sure what she and her 6-1/2-year-old son Royce will do now: If they’ll live out Karanpal’s “dream” in Canada or go back to India. But what she does know is she feels compelled to help protect and prevent this from happening to others.
“Life was so fun with Karan,” she said. “Everything is taken away. I have no words. It’s unimaginable, it’s devastating. I feel like these words are not explaining it enough.”
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Widow of Mac's shooting victim launches program to raise awareness of dangers fo
By Otiena Ellwand
First posted: Sunday, June 19, 2016 10:04 AM EDT | Updated: Sunday, June 19, 2016 10:55 PM EDT
Karanpal Singh Bhangu had only been in Edmonton for a few months when he found a job at a downtown Mac’s convenience store.
The owner needed a clerk for the overnight shift and asked if he had any experience dealing with stabbings and robberies, his wife Kiran Bhangu said.
Kiran did not like the sound of this and discouraged her husband from taking the job.
“I just don’t want to live with this feeling that you went to work and I’m not sure if you’re going to come back tomorrow morning,” she said she told him.
On Nov. 16, 2015, he took a job as an overnight clerk at a different Mac’s, this one located in a strip mall in a residential neighbourhood in south Edmonton at 82 Street and 34 Avenue. They both thought it would be safer.
Karanpal had only been in the position for a month and two days when he was shot in the stomach during an armed robbery at 3:30 a.m. He sounded the panic alarm and was found grievously injured by a police officer.
He died about four months after arriving in Canada from India, having just reunited with his wife and son after 5-1/2 years of long-distance.
Karanpal was one of two Mac’s clerks shot and killed that night. The other victim was 41-year-old Ricky Massin Cenabre, 41, who worked at a store near 108 Street and 61 Avenue.
Colton Steinhauer, 27, Laylin Delorme, 24, and a 13-year-old boy who cannot be identified under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act are each charged with two counts of first-degree murder, along with gun and robbery-related charges in connection with the killings.
On Jan. 14, six years after immigrating to Canada to set up a new life for her and her family, Kiran was at her husband’s funeral.
“He was my strength,” she said. During all those years apart, he was the one who encouraged her to keep going, to get her early childhood education diploma, then a job in Edmonton as a teacher, and to carve out a “better future” in Canada.
“It was Karan’s dream, he wanted to come to Canada,” she said. “Now him not being here, it just doesn’t make sense to me.”
Karanpal had been a computer teacher back in Amritsar, India. He had a bachelor’s degree in information technology and a master’s degree in public administration. He was known for his upbeat and positive attitude, his love and knowledge of literature and music, especially guitar and piano, his newfound “fuel for his soul,” his widow said.
Kiran spoke publicly about her husband and the tragedy that befell her family in those early morning hours of Dec. 18, 2015, for the first time this Father’s Day weekend.
She held an event on Saturday at the Progressive Academy, the school where she works, to launch the Karan Project, a forum she hopes will raise awareness about the dangers night workers face on the job.
Kiran wants the government and retail companies to look at ways of making overnight shifts for convenience and gas station workers safer, such as having clerks work behind bullet-proof glass and improving the emergency response to panic alarms.
“Night shift employees are at high-risk of violence and crime, there has to be safer measures followed,” Kiran said. “I wanted to do something about this so nobody else would miss their father on Father’s Day because of these avoidable events.”
Labour Minister Christina Gray met with Kiran and her group on Saturday to hear their ideas about improving worker safety.
“These are tragic situations that should be preventable. Families need to know that when their loved ones go to work, they will come home safe at the end of the day,” Gray said in a statement. “Our government takes the protection of these workers seriously, understanding they often work long hours alone in the middle of the night.”
Gray said her ministry is going through the information gathered by occupational health and safety inspectors during visits to roughly 200 convenience stores and gas stations across the province. The inspectors were examining issues such as paycheque deductions, employing young workers, working alone and workplace violence, and were prompted by the Mac’s murders.
This past Friday marked the sixth month anniversary since Karanpal’s death. Last Monday, he would have turned 36.
Karin is not sure what she and her 6-1/2-year-old son Royce will do now: If they’ll live out Karanpal’s “dream” in Canada or go back to India. But what she does know is she feels compelled to help protect and prevent this from happening to others.
“Life was so fun with Karan,” she said. “Everything is taken away. I have no words. It’s unimaginable, it’s devastating. I feel like these words are not explaining it enough.”
oellwand@postmedia.com
twitter.com/otiena
Widow of Mac's shooting victim launches program to raise awareness of dangers fo
Things have changed, in the past being bad meant exactly that, bad. Now bad means being mean. This new breed are really dumb, they've added murder to most of their crimes and don't seem to be smart enough to know that laying low and not brining heat on yourself is very important. They are a new breed of dumbass.
(from Spaminator's post)
Restricted prohibited fire arm?
so much for restricted and prohibited...
maybe if the clerks were armed and everyone knew it
RIP to the people who came here for better life
hope they find it in the next one
and
if those killers were coming down off some of the worser drugs out on the street...
crack meth ice whatever and booze...
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