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Wednesday 18 February 2015
Robert Simmonds Clothing on King Street in Fredericton sells Canada Goose Winter Jacket!!!
I don't know if it's me??? But I never noticed these Winter Jackets until the last few weeks.
At first, I taught it was a Goose Club or something.
For the first time ever, I walked into Robert Simmonds to see for myself.
Very friendly people in there..:)...These Jackets cost over $600.00!!!!
Made in Canada stuff!!!!
They sure sell because they're all over the City!!!
Fredericton's Idiot so-called Poet Andrew Spencer in action!!!!!
He was drunk the other morning screaming as people but the Cops don't touch the idiot. I wonder why???
Can you imagine if the Courts gives the OK to this mentally ill idiot to go after people and touch them????
Guys like this should be run out of the City!!!
Nice to see Irving Paper covering Corrupt Justice System in Fredericton!!!
As a lawyer told me - He's VERY surprise the Crown took this case???
I am not worried at all!!!!
I already filled a complaint against the Justice people and plan to launch another one next week!!!
There are so many unanswered questions in this case that it's VERY scary!!!!
Truly stay tuned!!!
Tuesday 17 February 2015
What's wrong with Journalists going at Larry's Gulch anyway???
Charles,
Because it shows just how close to the government the Irving media really is-although its not like people didn't know that. But this issue is also the fact that an attempt was made to remove the journalists name from the register, and a denial was made that it occurred. It also shows just how lousy the media is in New Brunswick that the story is 'broke' from some website nobody heard of. Mind you, given that Charles 'broke' the story that rooming house tenants had no housing rights in New Brunswick, then that also isn't really news to anybody paying attention. But the fact is that lots of people DON"T pay attention.
Its also something of a travesty that the New Brunswick government even HAS a secret fishing lodge where it 'entertains' all manner of people. What, a hotel isn't good enough for them? Whats going on that they have to meet out in the woods under police protection? Combine that with the other fact that New Brunswick 'auctions' off pieces of rivers, something that is also illegal in every other province (technically you can't 'own' a waterway), and it shows just how much of a banana republic the province really is. That the crown has nothing better to do than prosecute an 'assault' with no actual witnesses also pretty much proves that as well. So somebody following Charles blog may very well think "hey, compared to most of the s&&& that goes on, who cares about who stays at a lodge?" But again, lots of people don't follow the blog, so this is pretty newsworthy.
Thanks to the article at Canadaland we are also reminded that a former Brunswick news official is now a high ranking official for Brian Gallant, showing that the more things change in NB, the more they stay the same.
Fredericton blogger urges Crown to drop assault charge against him!!!
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Fredericton blogger urges Crown to drop assault charge against him
DON MACPHERSON Fredericton Daily Gleaner
Activist and blogger Charles LeBlanc emerges from the Justice Building in downtown Fredericton on Monday morning following a brief court appearance on an assault charge. He told the court if the Crown drops the case, he'll forget all about it.
Photo: Don MacPherson/The Daily Gleaner
Activist blogger Charles Joseph LeBlanc told a court on Monday he needs additional disclosure of the Crown file before he can enter a plea to a summary charge of assault.
LeBlanc, 55, of 1-145 Westmorland St. faces a charge alleging he assaulted Andrew Spencer in downtown Fredericton on July 3.
The blogger made his first appearance on the charge last month, when the case was adjourned to Monday for plea.
LeBlanc told provincial court Judge Mary Jane Richards he wasn’t prepared to enter a plea Monday, though.
Duty counsel Richard Cove noted the defendant hasn’t received full disclosure from the Crown in the case.
“The Crown’s position is all disclosure has been provided to Mr. LeBlanc,” said prosecutor Cory Roberts, appearing on behalf of Sebastien Michaud, the Crown prosecutor who’s handling the case.
LeBlanc said there were many unanswered questions in the case, though he didn’t elaborate before the judge on what they were.
Then he suggested Roberts was in a position to resolve the matter on Monday.
“If he’s ready to drop the case, I’m ready to forget this and go home,” LeBlanc said.
But the charge stood, and Richards adjourned the matter to March 2 before provincial court Judge Julian Dickson.
She said if the disclosure issue isn’t resolved by then, Dickson would likely schedule a date for a disclosure hearing.
LeBlanc has some long-standing beefs with the Fredericton Police Force, and he has alleged the charge was trumped up as a vendetta against him.
However, due to its past conflicts with LeBlanc, the city police force outsourced the investigation to the Miramichi Police Force.
While LeBlanc has in the past demanded outside agencies deal with his matters in Fredericton, he claimed last month the Fredericton Police Force had its hands in the assault investigation.
Outside the courthouse on Monday, LeBlanc said some of the additional information he’s seeking is communication between the Fredericton police and their counterparts in Miramichi. He said he wants copies of any phone conversations, faxes, emails or texts between the two policing agencies.
It wasn’t clear if any such communication exists.
The blogger also noted the documents he was provided were incomplete.
“There’s 38 pages that was supposed to be given to me. I was only given five,” he said.
“There’s many, many, many other issues.”
He also claimed a witness statement was missing from the disclosure package.
LeBlanc has come into conflict with members of the Fredericton Police Force for several years now.
His solo bullhorn protest in front of the city police station in the summer of 2011 led the Fredericton force to charge him with causing a disturbance, to which he pleaded guilty in January 2012. He was sentenced to probation.
The same week as that guilty plea and sentence, the city police raided LeBlanc’s apartment and seized his computer as part of a criminal libel investigation.
On his previous blog, LeBlanc had been calling a city police officer a sexual pervert and had claimed the officer had touched him inappropriately.
That libel investigation went nowhere because the Crown noted the relevant section of the Criminal Code of Canada had been deemed unconstitutional in other jurisdictions.
LeBlanc later started suggesting the city police force was a haven for pedophiles and steroid users.
The former unfounded allegation stemmed in part from his discovery that a document used by the city police force to get information from his Internet service provider referred to it being part of a child exploitation investigation.
The document in question also referred to the libel investigation, and the city police force explained the child-exploitation reference was a clerical error because those sorts of requests of Internet service providers are typically for child-pornography cases, not libel.
LeBlanc has rejected that explanation.
The blogger has maintained his problems with Fredericton police began with a recording he made of a July 2009 arrest in the city’s downtown bar district.
That video was used as evidence in the trial of Const. Stephen Stafford, a city police officer who was charged with assault as a result of his actions during that encounter.
Stafford was acquitted at trial, but LeBlanc has stated he feels the police turned on him as a result of his evidence in the trial.
LeBlanc has also blamed the Fredericton police for the removal of his previous blog from a free hosting service.
City of Fredericton chief administrative officer Chris MacPherson filed a complaint with Google about posts LeBlanc made referring to city police officers as pedophiles, asking for those posts to be removed.
Instead, Google removed blog in its entirety last summer. LeBlanc has since launched a new blog on the same free hosting service.
Activist and blogger Charles LeBlanc emerges from the Justice Building in downtown Fredericton on Monday morning following a brief court appearance on an assault charge. He told the court if the Crown drops the case, he'll forget all about it.
Photo: Don MacPherson/The Daily Gleaner
Activist blogger Charles Joseph LeBlanc told a court on Monday he needs additional disclosure of the Crown file before he can enter a plea to a summary charge of assault.
LeBlanc, 55, of 1-145 Westmorland St. faces a charge alleging he assaulted Andrew Spencer in downtown Fredericton on July 3.
The blogger made his first appearance on the charge last month, when the case was adjourned to Monday for plea.
LeBlanc told provincial court Judge Mary Jane Richards he wasn’t prepared to enter a plea Monday, though.
Duty counsel Richard Cove noted the defendant hasn’t received full disclosure from the Crown in the case.
“The Crown’s position is all disclosure has been provided to Mr. LeBlanc,” said prosecutor Cory Roberts, appearing on behalf of Sebastien Michaud, the Crown prosecutor who’s handling the case.
LeBlanc said there were many unanswered questions in the case, though he didn’t elaborate before the judge on what they were.
Then he suggested Roberts was in a position to resolve the matter on Monday.
“If he’s ready to drop the case, I’m ready to forget this and go home,” LeBlanc said.
But the charge stood, and Richards adjourned the matter to March 2 before provincial court Judge Julian Dickson.
She said if the disclosure issue isn’t resolved by then, Dickson would likely schedule a date for a disclosure hearing.
LeBlanc has some long-standing beefs with the Fredericton Police Force, and he has alleged the charge was trumped up as a vendetta against him.
However, due to its past conflicts with LeBlanc, the city police force outsourced the investigation to the Miramichi Police Force.
While LeBlanc has in the past demanded outside agencies deal with his matters in Fredericton, he claimed last month the Fredericton Police Force had its hands in the assault investigation.
Outside the courthouse on Monday, LeBlanc said some of the additional information he’s seeking is communication between the Fredericton police and their counterparts in Miramichi. He said he wants copies of any phone conversations, faxes, emails or texts between the two policing agencies.
It wasn’t clear if any such communication exists.
The blogger also noted the documents he was provided were incomplete.
“There’s 38 pages that was supposed to be given to me. I was only given five,” he said.
“There’s many, many, many other issues.”
He also claimed a witness statement was missing from the disclosure package.
LeBlanc has come into conflict with members of the Fredericton Police Force for several years now.
His solo bullhorn protest in front of the city police station in the summer of 2011 led the Fredericton force to charge him with causing a disturbance, to which he pleaded guilty in January 2012. He was sentenced to probation.
The same week as that guilty plea and sentence, the city police raided LeBlanc’s apartment and seized his computer as part of a criminal libel investigation.
On his previous blog, LeBlanc had been calling a city police officer a sexual pervert and had claimed the officer had touched him inappropriately.
That libel investigation went nowhere because the Crown noted the relevant section of the Criminal Code of Canada had been deemed unconstitutional in other jurisdictions.
LeBlanc later started suggesting the city police force was a haven for pedophiles and steroid users.
The former unfounded allegation stemmed in part from his discovery that a document used by the city police force to get information from his Internet service provider referred to it being part of a child exploitation investigation.
The document in question also referred to the libel investigation, and the city police force explained the child-exploitation reference was a clerical error because those sorts of requests of Internet service providers are typically for child-pornography cases, not libel.
LeBlanc has rejected that explanation.
The blogger has maintained his problems with Fredericton police began with a recording he made of a July 2009 arrest in the city’s downtown bar district.
That video was used as evidence in the trial of Const. Stephen Stafford, a city police officer who was charged with assault as a result of his actions during that encounter.
Stafford was acquitted at trial, but LeBlanc has stated he feels the police turned on him as a result of his evidence in the trial.
LeBlanc has also blamed the Fredericton police for the removal of his previous blog from a free hosting service.
City of Fredericton chief administrative officer Chris MacPherson filed a complaint with Google about posts LeBlanc made referring to city police officers as pedophiles, asking for those posts to be removed.
Instead, Google removed blog in its entirety last summer. LeBlanc has since launched a new blog on the same free hosting service.
Maybe the R.C.M.P. should go over this video I made during the Anti-Shale Protest in Kent County???
Mind you..as you will see in the video...the R.C.M.P. treated me with respect...they let me do what I do best and that's taking videos....but I must asks one question?
Why were the Cops speaking French among themselves in front of the Natives and English people?
Monday 16 February 2015
Jesse Brown’s CANADALAND will be live in Fredericton on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 7:30 pm at St. Thomas University’s Kinsella Auditorium!!!!!
ink: http://nbmediacoop.org/2015/02/15/jesse-browns-canadaland-live-in-fredericton-biting-the-hand-that-feeds-in-irvingland/
Jesse Brown’s CANADALAND live in Fredericton: biting the hand that feeds in Irvingland
Jesse Brown’s CANADALAND will be live in Fredericton on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 7:30 pm at St. Thomas University’s Kinsella Auditorium.
Panelists: * Jacques Poitras, author of Irving Vs. Irving: Canada's Feuding Billionaires and the Stories They Won't Tell * Charles Theriault, documentary filmmaker, IsOurForestReallyOurs.com * Tracy Glynn, founder/editor of the NB Media Co-op * David Coon, MLA, Fredericton South, and long-time environmental activist * Introductions by Jan Wong, award-winning journalist and author.
The panel will examine the Irving-owned media in New Brunswick and how they cover resource giveaways, sweetheart tax deals, pollution, climate change, labour disputes, indigenous sovereignty and the nature of corporate influence on governments — all things that media critics are quick to charge affect the Irving group of companies, including forestry, pulp and paper, tissue, newsprint, building supplies, oil refining, oil tankers and distribution terminals, ship building, shipping lines, transportation, construction, security, frozen food and other sectors.
Jesse Brown and CANADALAND
Jesse Brown is known for breaking explosive stories that other media haven’t dared to touch. Brown was the first to break the story that CBC’s Jian Ghomeshi had allegedly engaged in non-consensual violent behaviour with a number of women.
Brown was heard on CBC airwaves as the host of The Contrarians and Search Engine. He has written for Toronto Life, The Walrus, Maclean’s and Saturday Night. Brown launched CANADALAND in October of 2013 with a video criticizing The Globe and Mail for running a series that depicted the Millennial generation as “narcissistic,” “selfish” and “lazy.” Brown has reported on CBC’s Peter Mansbridge getting paid to speak for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, CBC’s Amanda Lang ties to RBC and her moves to shut down a story on RBC and temporary foreign workers and the reluctance of The Globe and Mail and CBC to investigate and publish news about surveillance in Canada. Brown’s crowdfunded CANADALAND podcast is posted every Monday and Thursday.
Jesse Brown’s CANADALAND live in Fredericton is co-presented by the NB Media Co-op and will include introductions by Jan Wong, award-winning journalist and author.
For more information, contact: info@nbmediacoop.org.
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/600596193374224/
Jesse Brown’s CANADALAND live in Fredericton: biting the hand that feeds in Irvingland
Jesse Brown’s CANADALAND will be live in Fredericton on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 7:30 pm at St. Thomas University’s Kinsella Auditorium.
Panelists: * Jacques Poitras, author of Irving Vs. Irving: Canada's Feuding Billionaires and the Stories They Won't Tell * Charles Theriault, documentary filmmaker, IsOurForestReallyOurs.com * Tracy Glynn, founder/editor of the NB Media Co-op * David Coon, MLA, Fredericton South, and long-time environmental activist * Introductions by Jan Wong, award-winning journalist and author.
The panel will examine the Irving-owned media in New Brunswick and how they cover resource giveaways, sweetheart tax deals, pollution, climate change, labour disputes, indigenous sovereignty and the nature of corporate influence on governments — all things that media critics are quick to charge affect the Irving group of companies, including forestry, pulp and paper, tissue, newsprint, building supplies, oil refining, oil tankers and distribution terminals, ship building, shipping lines, transportation, construction, security, frozen food and other sectors.
Jesse Brown and CANADALAND
Jesse Brown is known for breaking explosive stories that other media haven’t dared to touch. Brown was the first to break the story that CBC’s Jian Ghomeshi had allegedly engaged in non-consensual violent behaviour with a number of women.
Brown was heard on CBC airwaves as the host of The Contrarians and Search Engine. He has written for Toronto Life, The Walrus, Maclean’s and Saturday Night. Brown launched CANADALAND in October of 2013 with a video criticizing The Globe and Mail for running a series that depicted the Millennial generation as “narcissistic,” “selfish” and “lazy.” Brown has reported on CBC’s Peter Mansbridge getting paid to speak for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, CBC’s Amanda Lang ties to RBC and her moves to shut down a story on RBC and temporary foreign workers and the reluctance of The Globe and Mail and CBC to investigate and publish news about surveillance in Canada. Brown’s crowdfunded CANADALAND podcast is posted every Monday and Thursday.
Jesse Brown’s CANADALAND live in Fredericton is co-presented by the NB Media Co-op and will include introductions by Jan Wong, award-winning journalist and author.
For more information, contact: info@nbmediacoop.org.
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/600596193374224/
This morning in Fredericton.....
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I no longer post pictures in this Blog!!
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