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Arrests Made In Stolen Property Busts

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By Sheldon Spackman

A number of people are facing charges after various stolen property arrests by RCMP over the past week. The first took place shortly after midnight on Friday, March 3rd, where Red Deer RCMP say two community mail boxes in the Inglewood neighbourhood were broken into and had it’s mail stolen.

Mounties say the report indicated there was a man and a woman breaking into the community mailbox near the intersection of Irish street and Ivany Close and stealing the mail in it. Police responded immediately but the suspects were gone when RCMP arrived. Further investigation determined that a second community mailbox at the corner of Irish street and Irving Crescent had also been broken into and emptied of mail. The male and female suspects were seen driving away in a mini-van.

RCMP urge affected citizens in the Inglewood area to take steps to protect themselves from identity theft:

If you think your mail may have contained replacement credit or bank cards, or credit or bank statements that could be used to attempt fraud on your accounts, contact your bank or credit card company immediately.
Are you expecting personal identification such as a renewed driver’s license or other government-issued identification? Contact the issuing agency immediately.
Is this the time when you would expect to receive utility bills? Contact the appropriate companies to ensure that you don’t accidentally miss payment. Stolen bills can also be used by fraudsters in attempts to steal your identity, open new accounts or get cash loans.
RCMP urge people to check their mail every day to lessen the risk of losing important pieces of mail.

Elsewhere early Friday morning around 1 am, Blackfalds Mounties assisted Alberta Sheriffs with a vehicle stop. A large amount of stolen personal mail was found, as well as a stolen 22 calibre rifle. Police say the suspect provided a false name to the officers initially, however investigations revealed his identity and the numerous outstanding warrants for his arrest.

Justyn Bourne has been charged with numerous offences and was held in custody to appear in Red Deer Provincial Court on March 6th. RCMP request that the public refrain from inquiring about the mail, as the owners have been or will be contacted in the near future.

Later that day on Friday, March 3rd, RCMP say a woman was seen walking through a Stettler parking lot checking for unlocked vehicles and rummaging through ones she found unsecured. Mounties responded and found the woman and arrested her.

34 year old Roseanna Connor was charged with a number of offences including Theft, Resist Arrest and Possession of Controlled Substances. Her next court date is scheduled for later this month. Property found in Ms Connor’s possession was returned to the rightful owners.

Finally, in the early morning hours of Saturday, March 4th, Blackfalds Mounties responded to a possible break and enter in progress at a known property near Joffre. Upon arrival, RCMP found an occupied stolen Ford F350 truck. During initial investigations, false names were provided to RCMP and subsequently, a male suspect fled on foot. However, he was later captured with the help of a police dog. Police say a search of the property revealed a stolen 2010 Infinity SUV, as well as a stolen handgun and illegal drugs.

4 people have been charged with multiple counts ranging from possession of stolen property to failing to comply with release conditions. Charged are Jeffery Heard, Steven Lukens, Quinn Petersen and Melissa Bowie. RCMP say all but Lukens were released on their own recognizance. First court appearances are slated for March 6th.

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Trudeau gov’t suggests federal funding of media outlets an attempt to buy ‘social cohesion’

Published on October 7, 2024

Todayville

From LifeSiteNews

By Clare Marie Merkowsky

The Liberal-run Heritage Department is backing a program that offers 100% payroll rebates for mainstream journalists.

Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge’s department admitted that federally funded media outlets buy “social cohesion.”

According to information obtained October 7 by Blacklock’s Reporter, the Canadian Association of Journalists praised a program from Canada’s Heritage Department, run by the Liberal St-Onge, that offers 100% payroll rebates for mainstream journalists.

“The crisis in local journalism is a threat to social cohesion,” the report claimed, failing to explain what it meant by “social cohesion.”

The report praised the Local Journalism Initiative and the rebates for mainstream media up to $19.6 million annually, effectively making federally funded journalists government employees.

“The Local Journalism Initiative contributes to social cohesion by having journalists tell stories about and for communities,” the report continued. “Local journalism helps to preserve a sense of community identity and social cohesion.”

“Local journalism relays information that has an impact on the daily lives of readers and reports on the political and social situation,” it claimed.

“It strengthens the reader’s connection to a community, emphasizing their role as a citizen in a democracy,” the report continued. “With the ever-increasing influx of digital information, local journalism is of paramount importance in the life of a community.”

While the report failed to explain exactly what “social cohesion” means, media funded by the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has become infamous for propping up the Liberals while tearing down any opposition to the party or its radical agendas.

In fact, in September, House leader Karina Gould directed mainstream media reporters to “scrutinize” Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, who has repeatedly condemned government-funded media as being an arm of the Liberals.

Indeed, there have been multiple instances of the CBC pushing what appears to be ideological content, including the creation of pro-LGBT material for kids, tacitly endorsing the gender mutilation of children, promoting euthanasia, and even seeming to justify the burning of mostly Catholic churches throughout the country.

Despite this, beginning in 2019, Parliament changed the Income Tax Act to give yearly rebates of 25 percent for each news employee in cabinet-approved media outlets earning up to $55,000 a year to a maximum of $13,750.

The Canadian Heritage Department since admitted that the payouts are not even sufficient to keep legacy media outlets running and recommended that the rebates be doubled to a maximum of $29,750 annually.

Last November, Trudeau again announced increased payouts for legacy media outlets that coincide with the leadup to the 2025 election. The subsidies are expected to cost taxpayers $129 million over the next five years.

Similarly, Trudeau’s 2024 budget outlined $42 million in increased funding for the CBC in 2024-25.

The $42 million to the CBC is in addition to massive media payouts that already make up roughly 70 percent of its operating budget and total more than $1 billion annually.

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Lawmakers investigate Soros ‘shortcut’ to buying radio stations before election

Published on September 29, 2024

Todayville

From The Center Square

By Casey Harper

The U.S. House Oversight Committee is investigating why the Federal Communications Commission fast-tracked a deal that allowed a billionaire Democratic donor to buy a wide swath of American radio stations just weeks before the presidential election.

The major radio company Audacy Inc. fell into financial straits, but through a complex business deal Democratic mega donor and billionaire George Soros has gained control of the stations. Deals of this size require FCC approval, but in this case the FCC expedited the approval process.

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr raised concerns about the deal at a Congressional hearing, telling lawmakers that “… the FCC is not following its normal process for reviewing a transaction.”

“We have established over a number of years one way in which you can get approval from the FCC when you have an excess of 25 percent foreign ownership, which this transaction does,” Carr said. ““It seems to me that the FCC is poised to create, for the first time, an entirely new shortcut.”

House Oversight Chair Rep. James Comer, R-Ky. and Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-N.Y., sent a letter to FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel Friday raising concerns about the deal.

“Despite the unprecedented nature of this action, the FCC majority has apparently decided to approve licenses on an accelerated timeframe for a company in which George Soros has a major ownership stake, and with stations in 40 media markets reaching ‘more than 165 million Americans,’” the letter said. “By all appearances, the FCC majority isn’t just expediting, but is bypassing an established process to do a favor for George Soros and facilitate his influence over hundreds of radio stations before the November election.”

Critics of the deal say it gives too much power to a heavily political, and liberal, billionaire just before the election.

“I have no idea why Soros would do this unless it was to manipulate the thinking of Americans and the information they listen to,” author and former member of the George W. Bush administration Mike Gonzalez told The Center Square.

“Conservative talk radio is huge, and there is no left wing talk radio because it’s just not interesting,” said Gonzalez, who is now at the Heritage Foundation. “Conservative talk radio is one of the few communications that conservatives have not a monopoly on but have a strong handle on, and he has bought stations that have Mark Levin and Sean Hannity and Dana Loesch and Glenn Beck.”

Critics also point out that Soros’ business partners in the deal include significant funding from sources overseas.

“The Audacy, Inc. deal, which will lead to Audacy, Inc. being partially ‘directly or indirectly controlled’ by foreign individuals or entities holding ‘more than one-fourth of the capital stock’ will require FCC approval to determine whether ‘the public interest will be served by the refusal or revocation of such license,’” the letter said. “In carrying out this statutory mandate under the Communications Act, FCC has years-long established processes and procedures for adjudicating broadcast licenses in such situations, most recently updated in 2016.”

Other wealthy media owners have faced scrutiny for potential abuse of their ownership power, such as billionaire Jeff Bezos when he purchased the Washington Post. However, Soros’ influence over so many radio stations may have even more influence over the country than one of the major papers, which Americans usually see as having a certain political leaning.

Soros is one of the most strategic and prolific funders of liberal organizations in the U.S.

“I don’t know why else he would plunk a pile of money this size unless it was to try to have influence over the thinking of Americans,” Gonzalez continued, adding that “this guy is committed to left-wing causes.”