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Family told Pickton victim's remains not cremated, not fit for burial - Vancouver Is Awesome

The certificate lists the cremation date as Aug. 24, 2010, four months before Court gave the Freys the urn. It's signed by Lawrence Little of Aldergrove's Pacific Crematorium, but the date above Little's signature is Oct. 6, 2011, 10 months after coroner Owen Court gave the Freys the urn. Why the discrepancy in dates? There was no cremation. The certificate says the remains were "heated in cremation chamber to facilitate proper processing and patriation." Records show the remains were apparently heated, then broken up with a mallet to get them into the urn. "Wrapped in an envelope, rolled up in a towel and crushed with a mallet," Court confirmed. "This is exactly what was explained to the Freys’ lawyer, CPBC [funeral industry regulator Consumer Protection B.C.], the RCMP and anyone else who has asked." Little confirms this, saying correct protocols were followed. He said the use of the mallet was not taken lightly and after much discussion between he and Court. And, Court said, the family was told what they were being given. He said he signed the cremation certificate only to give the Freys an opportunity to bury their daughter. "Under no circumstances were the Freys misled," Court said. "Every aspect of the handling of the remains and reasons for their unusual consistency in the urn was explained to them in great detail. The conversation was held in my office in Burnaby, witnessed by a colleague and documented. "The Freys left happy and specifically asked me to thank Lawrence for all he did," he said. A week before Little signed the cremation certificate and 10 months after the remains' return to the Freys, B.C. chief coroner Lisa Lapointe had told Frey lawyer Neil Chantler in a September 2011 letter, "the remains were not suitable for cremation." Court says the remains were processed "in a way that did not expose them to the direct flame as it was explained to me that they would have essentially vaporized." Little confirmed that in an interview. He said laws were followed, all remains treated with reverence. But with this confusion over the remains and burial requirements, the Freys asked undertaker Sandra Poelvoorde to investigate. She asked Simon Fraser University forensic anthropologist Dr. Mark Skinner to examine the remains. He found them consistent with the finding of Marnie Frey's remains on Pickton's farm. However, Skinner added, "I can only say that the bone fragments could be human but need not be." Skinner confirms the email exchanges took place but will not release his full report. Poelvoorde said t...
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/2018/11/21/family-of-pickton-victims-cremation/

Family told Pickton victim's remains not cremated, not fit for burial - Vancouver Is Awesome

The certificate lists the cremation date as Aug. 24, 2010, four months before Court gave the Freys the urn. It's signed by Lawrence Little of Aldergrove's Pacific Crematorium, but the date above Little's signature is Oct. 6, 2011, 10 months after coroner Owen Court gave the Freys the urn. Why the discrepancy in dates? There was no cremation. The certificate says the remains were "heated in cremation chamber to facilitate proper processing and patriation." Records show the remains were apparently heated, then broken up with a mallet to get them into the urn. "Wrapped in an envelope, rolled up in a towel and crushed with a mallet," Court confirmed. "This is exactly what was explained to the Freys’ lawyer, CPBC [funeral industry regulator Consumer Protection B.C.], the RCMP and anyone else who has asked." Little confirms this, saying correct protocols were followed. He said the use of the mallet was not taken lightly and after much discussion between he and Court. And, Court said, the family was told what they were being given. He said he signed the cremation certificate only to give the Freys an opportunity to bury their daughter. "Under no circumstances were the Freys misled," Court said. "Every aspect of the handling of the remains and reasons for their unusual consistency in the urn was explained to them in great detail. The conversation was held in my office in Burnaby, witnessed by a colleague and documented. "The Freys left happy and specifically asked me to thank Lawrence for all he did," he said. A week before Little signed the cremation certificate and 10 months after the remains' return to the Freys, B.C. chief coroner Lisa Lapointe had told Frey lawyer Neil Chantler in a September 2011 letter, "the remains were not suitable for cremation." Court says the remains were processed "in a way that did not expose them to the direct flame as it was explained to me that they would have essentially vaporized." Little confirmed that in an interview. He said laws were followed, all remains treated with reverence. But with this confusion over the remains and burial requirements, the Freys asked undertaker Sandra Poelvoorde to investigate. She asked Simon Fraser University forensic anthropologist Dr. Mark Skinner to examine the remains. He found them consistent with the finding of Marnie Frey's remains on Pickton's farm. However, Skinner added, "I can only say that the bone fragments could be human but need not be." Skinner confirms the email exchanges took place but will not release his full report. Poelvoorde said t...
https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/2018/11/21/family-of-pickton-victims-cremation/

Bob Brady passed away Nov. 4 - Aldergrove Star

Bob Brady passed away on Nov. 4. — image credit: Submitted photo A long-serving member of the Aldergrove Legion and community passed away Friday. Bob Brady passed away in a cabin while on a hunting trip with his family members near Princeton. Paramedics and police responded but were unable to revive him. Bob had undergone heart surgery a year and a half ago after suffering a stroke. He had been slowly regaining his strength since but he suffered another stroke, this time fatal, while on the trip. Bob has been a member of the Royal Canadian Legion for over 40 years and is a Life Member of Aldergrove Branch 265. At the 2009 Convention, Bob was re-elected to the BC/Yukon Command Executive Council and previously served as Command Vice President as well as Chairman of two Committees; Youth and Sports. In 2011 he was named the B.C./Yukon Command President of the Royal Canadian Legion at the Biennial Convention. Bob has performed numerous roles at all levels of the Legion, including three terms as President of Branch #265 and eight years as Zone Commander for the Fraser Valley Zone. A...
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Police intelligence on heightened alert as recent high profile murders are apparently causing paranoia and chaos in ... - Voiceonline.com

IHIT announced that Jason Francis Wallace, 27, had been charged with second-degree murder in Green’s death. Police sources confirmed that Wallace was a member of the 856 gang that originated in Aldergrove. What is baffling is that the 856 group and the Hells Angels were cooperating with one another. In fact, according to one media report, Leonard Pelletier, who had been charged with drug trafficking along with Wallace in 2015, is Green’s cousin. October 26 * Mohammad Rafiq, 44, associated to the Hells Angels’ White Rock Chapter, was shot shortly after 1 a.m. in the 6000-block of Broadway in Burnaby. He was located in a vehicle partially lodged inside a residence at the intersection of Broadway and Fell Avenue. He survived. CTV showed a high-powered rifle that was found at the scene. * Shortly after 7 a.m., dismembered parts of a body that had been scattered in the 24300-block of Robertson Crescent were found. On October 28, police announced he was 27-year-old Shaun Alan Clary and was believed to have gang associations. Staff-Sgt. Lindsey HoughtonPhoto by Chandra Bodalia THE investigations are still ongoing into the high profile murders and at least one attempted murder that have rocked the Lower Mainland in the past month and a half as police try to figure out any connections between them. At this stage, there is nothing that can be publicly disclosed, police say. However, there is one thing that they are sure of, and that is, as gang expert Staff-Sgt. Lindsey Houghton of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of B.C. put ...
http://www.voiceonline.com/police-intelligence-on-heightened-alert-as-recent-high-profile-murders-are-apparently-causing-paranoia-and-chaos-in-criminal-community/

Man affiliated with Hells Angels shot in Burnaby. Body parts found in Langley were of Shaun Alan Clary. Retaliation ... - Voiceonline.com

Hells Angel Robert (Bob) Keith Green, 56, of Burnaby. Police sources confirmed that Wallace was a member of the 856 gang that originated in Aldergrove.Green was murdered in Langley on October 16. Langley RCMP received a report of suspicious circumstances in the area of 23700 72nd Avenue and found Green suffering from injuries consistent with foul play and IHIT was called in.What is baffling is that the 856 group and the Hells Angels were cooperating with one another.In fact, according to one media report, Leonard Pelletier, who had been charged with drug trafficking along with Wallace in 2015, is Green’s cousin.The VOICE reported last week: “Police sources emphasize that it is too early to speculate, but there could be any number of reasons. In fact, it might not even be gang-related; after all, fights have taken place in the past over a female.“It could be internal fighting among 856 gang members, or it could have been a fight between Green and the 856 group.”Police sources told The VOICE this week that just because all these incidents have taken place recently that does not mean that they are connected. That is because these gang members live a lifestyle of “unbelievably high risk” and so at any time they can become victims. ON Wednesday (October 26), police received multiple calls of shots fired in the 6000-block of Broadway in Burnaby and located a vehicle partially lodged inside a residence at the intersection of Broadway and Fell Avenue. The lone occupant of the vehicle was transported to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.Occupants of the home were not injured as a result of this incident, but were severely shaken.“We are satisfied with the progress we are making on this investigation thus far,” said Sgt. Annie Linteau, Media Relations Officer, Lower Mainland District. “A number of police resources will continue to look at a possible motive for this incident and look at who could potentially be involved.”CTV showed a high-powered rifle that was found at the scene.Burnaby RCMP are asking anyone who may have any information about this incident to contact the Burnaby RCMP at 604-294-7922. Shaun Alan ClaryPhoto: IHIT ALSO on Wednesday, it seems someone was trying to send a rather grisly macabre mess...
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J. Vincent (Vince) Burg - thesuntimesnews.com

Chelsea to work at the Chelsea Pharmacy, and also part-time at the Mercywood Sanitarium in Ann Arbor. It was at Mercywood where Vince met his wife to be, Shirley Ann Tuckey, from Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. She was a registered nurse and was in charge of the pharmacy. They wed on August 18, 1956 and raised six children.During his lifetime, Vince was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 3092, where he was a 3rd and 4th Degree Knight, the Chelsea Junior Chamber of Commerce, the American Legion, the Chelsea Village Council, and the Jackson County Pharmacy Association, being name Pharmacist of the Year in 1971. Vince was also a Charter Board Member and Lifetime member of the Waterloo National History Association.Vince retired from Weatherwax Pharmacy in Jackson, MI in 1996 after 32 years of employment. He then worked as a part time pharmacist for 14 more years for Chelsea Pharmacy and Dan Murphy, who interned under Vince in the mid-1950s.Vince, with his wife Shirley, enjoyed traveling by camper and R.V. throughout the United States and Canada with his family as they were growing up, and bicycling with Shirley and friends, Jeannie and Andy Ford, through Austria, Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands in retirement. Vince was a lifelong deer hunter and lover of the outdoors, relishing the days spent at the family hunting camp in Northern Michigan. He was an avid reader in later years and was a frequent participant in local history events at the Chelsea District Library. Vince also enjoyed working out weekly at the Chelsea Wellness Center. Vince was preceded in death by his parents and sisters Mary Jane Lanning-Morey, Lou Guirey, Angeline Foster, Gretchen Spaulding, Virginia Rowe.Vince is survived by his wife, Shirley; his children Gregg (Laurie) Burg, Diane (Fernando) Nieves, David Burg, Brian Burg, Kristi (Gary) Ragland, and Rob Burg; grandchildren, Arielle and Jacob Bur...
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Nanaimo remembers educator, activist and elder 'Auntie Ellen' - Nanaimo News Bulletin

Auntie Ellen.' Ellen White, Kwulasulwut, died Tuesday at age 95, and her funeral was held Saturday morning at the Beban Park Social Centre. White was a member of the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia and her obituary remembers her as an "educator, cultural knowledge keeper, author, linguist, herbalist, healer, traditional midwife, and political activist and advocate." She was one of the founders of the Tillicum Haus Aboriginal Friendship Centre and was an elder-in-residence in Vancouver Island University's First Nations studies program. "She possessed a pure, kind and radiant heart," said Les Malbon, who described himself as one of White's adopted grandchildren as he delivered her eulogy Saturday. White's name, Kwulasulwut, translates to ‘many stars' and Malbon alluded to that as he addressed the people gathered in the social centre. "I look out now and I see the many stars," he said. "I see how she impacted the community. I see how much she loved her family and I appreciated, personally, how much that love changed me and how it's changed all of us to be better people and behoove us to be kind to one another and to work towards a world of unity." Malbon said the White home was always filled with visitors, and Ellen White also travelled to meet people and sh...
https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/nanaimo-remembers-educator-activist-and-elder-auntie-ellen/

Dozens of bikers attend funeral for Hells Angels member gunned down in Peel - Yahoo News Canada

Saturday afternoon for the funeral of a Hells Angels motorcycle gang member shot to death in Mississauga earlier this month.Motorcycle club members from across Ontario and as far away as Quebec and British Columbia attended a service for Michael Deabaitua-Schulde at the Vescio Funeral Home in Woodbridge.Deabaitua-Schulde, 32, was described by police as a "well-entrenched" member of the notorious motorcycle gang's Niagara chapter. He was gunned down in the parking lot of HUF Boxing Gym on March 11, in what investigators called a targeted hit.Police have arrested four men from Montreal in connection with the daylight slaying.View photosPaul Smith/CBCMoreMany Hells Angels, along with members of allied outlaw motorcycle clubs - commonly called "support clubs" - were seen milling about outside the funeral home before the service began. There was also a heavy police presence, with officers from the OPP and York keeping a close eye on those in attendance.Funerals for club members often offer police a rare opportunity to keep tabs on the who's who of the biker underworld.The Hells Angels have hundreds of members in Canada. The gang first moved into Ontario in 2000, after they emerged victorious in a bloody biker war ...
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/dozens-bikers-attend-funeral-hells-213937721.html