The evolution of Mike Webster: Psychologist … and head of the RCMP?
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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Cc: bob.paulson <bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>; bob.rae <bob.rae@rogers.blackberry.net>; leader <leader@greenparty.ca>; Leanne.Fitch <leanne.fitch@fredericton.ca>; lesley.smith <lesley.smith@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
Sent: Saturday, September 1, 2012 at 09:59:19 PM ADT
Subject: The CBC will NEVER Go Public about anything involving me EH Vic Toews and Chucky Leblanc???
From: Go public <gopublic@cbc.ca>
Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2012 20:55:50 -0400
Subject: Re: Yo Vic Toews Howcome the CBC is so silent about the
Re-Sergeance blog??? (Thank you)
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Thanks so much for writing to Go Public. We appreciate your submission.
We read all of our emails promptly. If we think yours is a story we
can pursue - we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Thanks again.
Regards,
Kathy Tomlinson (reporter)
Enza Uda (producer)
On 9/1/12, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yet they and the sneaky lawyer David Eby talk about the Vancouver PD
> bigtime
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/08/16/bc-vancouver-violent-arrest.html
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/08/27/whistleblower-claims-rcmp_n_1835045.html
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2012/01/20/nb-blogger-arrest-640.html
>
> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.ca/2008/05/nfld-whistleblower-dodges-libel-charge.html
>
> http://bulletproofcourier.blogspot.ca/2010/09/john-kelly-rottenapplesinfo-site.html
>
> http://www.am980.ca/news/vancouver/Story.aspx?ID=1762613
>
> RCMP search home connected to critical Re-Sergeance blog
> VANCOUVER/CKNW (AM980)
> Charmaine de Silva | Email news tips to charmaine.desilva@corusent.com
> 8/24/2012
>
>
> The RCMP have executed a search warrant at the home of someone
> connected to a blog criticizing the force.
>
> The Re-Sergeance Alliance blog went up earlier this month, calling for
> change within the RCMP.
>
> Over the weekend, the home of someone involved with it was searched
> and computers were seized. The person wishes to remain anonymous.
>
> In an e-mail to CKNW, however, Sgt. Rob Vermeulen of RCMP’s E Division
> denies the blog had anything to do with it.
>
> He says the warrant for the raid – for “defamatory libel” – was for a
> separate criminal investigation, and the Re-Sergeance connection was
> purely coincidence.
>
> Vermeulen adds Mounties are currently assessing the information
> obtained in the search, and that will dictate their next step.
>
> Furthermore, a police psychologist known for speaking out against the
> force says he's been contacted by the target of the search.
>
> Dr. Mike Webster says the person insists it’s indeed all about
> comments made on the blog.
>
> “He mentioned to me he was directly accused of being part of the
> Re-Sergeance alliance, which he's really not."
>
> Webster says that person told him he only helped get the blog online.
>
> Despite the blog being shut down, those connected to it are using
> other means to contact the media.
>
> Webster says they have asked him to distribute a letter.
>
> The document calls on supporters to use social media to get their
> message across, because it’s difficult to use a blog.
>
> Webster has a long and tumultuous history with the RCMP. The force
> recently cut ties with him, questioning his ability to provide
> effective treatment for patients while commenting public on the force.
>
> The executive director of the BC Civil Liberties Association,
> meanwhile, says the seaches and subsequent RCMP comment doesn't add
> up.
>
> “Usually if someone's been defamed by someone else, they go to court
> and they sue them for defamation. They don't get the police involved
> executing search warrants, seizing computers and so on, because police
> powers are reserved for serious criminal matters," David Eby says.
>
>
> http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/166459896.html
>
> http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2012/08/26/20143391.html
>
> RCMP warns members about social media posts
>
> By ERICA BULMAN, QMI AGENCY
>
> Watchdogs fear raid politically motivated
>
> VANCOUVER -- The RCMP has issued a warning to its employees,
> forbidding them to identify themselves as force employees when posting
> personal comments or opinions on social media sites.
>
> The new policy comes just days after Mounties executed a warrant on
> the home of a web expert linked to a blog criticizing the force.
>
> “When using social media for personal use, you must always remember
> that you are an employee of the RCMP,” read a memo obtained by QMI
> Agency. “The code of conduct that accompanies your employment with the
> RCMP is in effect both on and off duty.”
>
> A group of Mounties, past and present, launched a blog earlier this
> month to express their cynicism over Commissioner Bob Paulson’s
> efforts to clean up the force. This came on the heels of a bitter
> e-mail exchange between Paulsen and two B.C. RCMP officers being
> leaked to the public.
>
> However, the Re-Sergeance Alliance blog, claiming to represent more
> than 500 members in the RCMP’s E Division in B.C., was taken down
> shortly after and the home of a man connected to it was searched.
>
> Pausing their social media strategy, Re-Sergeance delivered an open
> letter to Canadians to the Denman Island office of police psychologist
> Mike Webster.
>
>
>
> “Re-Sergeance is not a person, a group, or a blogspot. Re-Sergeance is
> an idea, and an idea cannot be stopped … If you have ever thought that
> the once proud RCMP was, at present, ‘horribly broken’ and in need of
> a transformation, you were, at that moment, a member of the
> Re-Sergeance Alliance,” said the letter, which also asked for help
> keeping alive the alliance.
>
> “Please take advantage of social media to call for radical
> ‘turn-around’ change in the RCMP.
>
> “As we will have difficulty keeping the Re-Sergeance blogspot alive we
> will call upon you, concerned Canadians, to assist us in rescuing the
> Force before it consumes itself.”
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Chris HUGHES <Chris.HUGHES@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2012 18:59:18 -0400
> Subject: Re: Bob Paulson and his RCMP minions know that I am never
> "anonymous" but There is still alot about the RCMP and I posted on the
> web
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Please note I am on leave and not checking my e-mails regularly.
> If this is urgent please contact me at 604-819-3847.
> Thanks
> Chris
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 19:59:05 -0300
> Subject: Bob Paulson and his RCMP minions know that I am never
> "anonymous" but There is still alot about the RCMP and I posted on the
> web
> To: kderosa@timescolonist.com, Brad.Hartl@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
> Chris.Hughes@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, contact@straight.com
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>,
> bhutchinson@nationalpost.com, zriddle@shaw.ca
>
> GOOGLE david amos rcmp and you will see lots of hits mostly by evil
> people attacking my family and I. However only one website of mine
> remains and it has been basicly "dead" since the last time I ran for
> public office six years ago.
>
> http://davidamos.blogspot.ca/
>
> http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/08/15/dissident-mounties-threaten-to-expose-forces-orchards-of-bad-apples/
>
> Mr. Paulson was unavailable for comment Wednesday. An RCMP spokesman
> in Ottawa said the force does not respond to “anonymous web postings.”
>
> Another posting defends Mike Webster, a B.C.-based psychologist who
> treats approximately 25 Mounties suffering from work-related problems.
> Mr. Webster has for years been critical of RCMP leadership, describing
> it as “cultish,” “xenophobic” and “unhealthy.”
>
> The RCMP informed him by letter earlier this month that it will no
> longer pay for services he provides its officers. “Your lack of
> objectivity in both your clinical work and public commentary towards
> the RCMP have weakened your effectiveness in treating your RCMP client
> base,” the letter read.
>
> The RCMP has also lodged a complaint against Mr. Webster with the
> College of Psychologists of British Columbia, the body that regulates
> the profession in the province.
>
> Reached at his office on Denman Island, on B.C.’s West Coast, Mr.
> Webster said he wasn’t surprised at the blacklisting. RCMP brass have
> expressed their displeasure with him before. “I wear it as a badge of
> honour,” he said. “I’m interested to see how the College will deal
> with this.”
>
> Mr. Webster said he will continue to meet with an “RCMP members
> support group,” some two dozen officers who gather near Vancouver once
> a month to discuss their various workplace problems. He will offer his
> services free of charge, he said.
>
> He noted that one of the support group members is Peter Kennedy, the
> North Vancouver corporal who recently criticized Mr. Paulson.
>
> Mr. Webster acknowledged he has a relationship with the Re-Sergeance
> Alliance, as well. “I have intimate knowledge of them,” he said. They
> are real RCMP members, he insisted, not frauds. “They are credible
> people.”
>
> National Post
> bhutchinson@nationalpost.com
>
>
>
> http://www.straight.com/article-598741/vancouver/police-psychologist-says-rcmp-lost-top-secret-files-about-undercover-cops
>
> http://www.canada.com/health/RCMP+blacklists+outspoken+psychologist/7079415/story.html
>
> http://www.straight.com/article-761521/vancouver/rcmp-boss-got-free-pass
>
> Carlito Pablo
> The Georgia Straight
> 604-730-7029
>
> Wally Oppal gave Paulson a free pass because of this
>
> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.ca/2008/06/david-amos-vs-bcs-liberal-premier.html
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:10:38 -0300
> Subject: Yo Bob Paulson your RCMP minions claim on the phone that they
> do not know who I am or recieve my emails but how do YOU explain this?
> To: "bob.paulson" <bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, programming@cknw.com,
> charmaine.desilva@corusent.com, charmaine.desilva@gmail.com,
> David@bccla.org, "kevin.violot" <kevin.violot@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
> "Peter.KENNEDY" <Peter.KENNEDY@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
> Shirley.Bond.MLA@leg.bc.ca, chief@vpd.ca, leader@greenparty.ca,
> adrian.dix.mla@leg.bc.ca, danny.copp@fredericton.ca
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>,
> Danny.Willis@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, david.akin@sunmedia.ca,
> bcrcmp@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, dan.moskaluk@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
> bill@bwilliamsundhu.com
>
> http://www.cknw.com/news/vancouver/story.aspx?ID=1762613
>
> http://bc.rcmp.ca/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=50&contentId=26505
>
> http://bc.rcmp.ca/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=446&languageId=1&contentId=-1
>
> http://civilrightsmovement.ca/?page_id=2
>
> http://www.torontosun.com/2012/08/30/rcmp-still-searching-for-leaders-of-impeccable-ethics
>
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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: KEVIN VIOLOT <Kevin.Violot@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:08:51 -0400
> Subject: Re: Ijust called about the RCMP This email should explain who I am
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> I will be AOL from August 30th and back in the office on September
> 10th. In my abscence, S/Sgt. DAnny Willis , will be acting in my
> capacity. He can be reached via groupwise or 250-474-8754 (office)
> 250-812-8014 (cell).
>
> From: Abbott-Charters, Marilyn <marilyn.abbott-charters@fredericton.ca>
> Subject: Automatic reply: I just called 506 460 2388 an explained AGAIN
> To: "David Amos" <myson333@yahoo.com>
> Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2012, 9:53 PM
>
>
> I am away from the office until Tuesday, September 4th. If you
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:19:33 -0300
> Subject: Does the RCMP, the Fat Fred City Finest, Inspector Glenn
> Newman and Chief Jamie Grahm agree with what Ryan Elson and Dirty
> Dicky Dean say in this YOUTUBE???
> To: josh steffler <canuckfanjosh@yahoo.com>, stop_codex
> <stop_codex@hotmail.com>, xtofury@gmail.com, dbaines@png.canwest.com,
> Shirley.Bond.MLA@leg.bc.ca, chief@vpd.ca, adrian.dix.mla@leg.bc.ca,
> danny.copp@fredericton.ca, "kevin.violot"
> <kevin.violot@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, kderosa@timescolonist.com,
> lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca, "Leanne.Fitch"
> <Leanne.Fitch@fredericton.ca>, "Wayne.Lang"
> <Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, grenouf
> <grenouf@genuinewitty.com>, David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>,
> toewsv1 <toewsv1@parl.gc.ca>, leader <leader@greenparty.ca>
> Cc: "jamie.graham" <jamie.graham@vicpd.ca>, Billa.MEDHURST@vpd.ca,
> MahonCollette@vicpd.ca, andremurraynow <andremurraynow@gmail.com>,
> andre <andre@jafaust.com>, "mark.lord" <mark.lord@fredericton.ca>, law
> <law@stevenfoulds.ca>, police <police@fredericton.ca>, maryann4peace
> <maryann4peace@gmail.com>, hiddenfromhistory1
> <hiddenfromhistory1@gmail.com>, evelyngreene <evelyngreene@live.ca>,
> sallybrooks25 <sallybrooks25@yahoo.ca>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUVss1lbbic&feature=context-chv
>
> Check the vids that are still attached. Obviously the QSLS pervert
> deleted the video sexually harassing my kids but NOT before I saved it
> and sent the proof of its existence to the RCMP. However Dirty Dicky
> Dean still has a least many videos still posted on the web
> cyberbullying my family CORRECT?
>
> Here is just one. These wackos have been stalking her and the rest of
> my family since she was 14 and the RCMP KNOW IT and LAUGH? Well the
> RCMP in Amherst we not laughing a couple of weeks ago when I went to
> their office with a witness and served them a pile documents and a CD
> and told tem to perpae to argue me in court.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfVtJjCRnh0
>
> BTW I DO NOT smoke dope and definitely do not approve of what my kid
> is doing but I cannot stop her because I have not lived with here for
> seven long years. However I would rather she smoke dope than drink
> Furthermore she is 18 now and I have lost the right to speak for her
> in court or to tell her what to do in the real world.
>
> Whereas the RCMP have refused to prosecute their shill Dirty Dicky
> Dean I reserve the right to kick his fat nasty arse on CROWN property
> as is my right. CORRECT?
>
> On 8/16/12, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Perhaps you should READ the emails before you try to play dumb.
>>
>> I did not MURDER anyone in BC or anywhere else and publishing such
>> nonsense IS a crime under Section 300 CORRECT?
>>
>> Listen to these people for yourself
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDbtmvV06EY
>>
>> You cannot say that they are as dumb as posts nor the fact that I have
>> been talking to the RCMP and the Fredericton cops about them
>>
>> http://uncoverthefakeroots.wordpress.com/2012/08/05/david-raymond-amos-the-silence-indicates-you-got-schooled-in-the-law-7/
>>
>> http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/David%20Amos%20-%20More%20Games.pdf
>>
>>
>>
>> Perhps you people should do your job and ARREST Alex Hunter in
>> Vancover and his pal Ryan Elson in the Victoria area for making false
>> allegations against me to the RCMP and publishing their malicious
>> nonsnse about me for the world to see?
>>
>> If you police officers were ethical at all and had bothered to read
>> the emails I sent you and read the attachments and checked the links
>> that I offered you cannot deny that I sent you some evidence of some
>> very serious crimes including MURDER. CORRECT?
>>
>> Perhaps YOU "law enforcement" people should consider doing the jobs
>> you are well paid to do and call me back now EH?
>>
>> Veritas Vincit
>> David Raymond Amos
>> 902 800 0369
>>
>> From: "MEDHURST, Billa" <Billa.MEDHURST@vpd.ca>
>> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:12:30 -0700
>> Subject: Please Stop
>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>> Dear Mr. Amos,
>> While I understand that you have a disagreemnt with certain individuals
>> on various issues, the Police Department does not need to be made aware
>> of them. Please refrain from sending your discussions with others to
>> this e-mail address. Should you have something to report that is
>> criminal in nature, and is not an emergency, you may call (604)717-3321
>> to report it. If it is an emergency, please dial 911.
>> Thank you,
>> Glenn Newman
>> Inspector 1202
>> Executive Officer
>> Office of the Chief Constable
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Mahon, Collette" <MahonCollette@vicpd.ca>
>> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 07:28:08 -0700
>> Subject: RE: RE Thank you for your email Your welcome Adrian Dix say
>> Hoka Hey to the RCMP and Ryan Elson for me will ya
>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>
>> Thank you for your email. Your message has been received by Chief
>> Graham.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Amos [mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com]
>> Sent: August-15-12 7:34 PM
>> To: josh steffler; stop_codex; xtofury@gmail.com; grenouf;
>> maryann4peace; mark.lord; David Amos; andre; andremurraynow; police;
>> law; evelyngreene; sallybrooks25; hiddenfromhistory1;
>> dbaines@png.canwest.com; Shirley.Bond.MLA@leg.bc.ca; chief@vpd.ca;
>> leader; adrian.dix.mla@leg.bc.ca; danny.copp@fredericton.ca
>> Cc: kevin.violot; Graham, Jamie; kderosa@timescolonist.com;
>> Wayne.Lang; Leanne.Fitch; oldmaison; lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca
>> Subject: RE Thank you for your email Your welcome Adrian Dix say Hoka
>> Hey to the RCMP and Ryan Elson for me will ya
>>
>> BTW Chief Jamie Graham who gards the MLAs should remember Alex Hunter
>> and "We Are Change" EH?
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8oF9wph-vk&feature=plcp
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOKipyMkuS8&feature=plcp
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNPq8muRS1c&feature=plcp
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mdhqNLfGH0&feature=plcp
>>
>> I see that Ryan Elson and his pals attack the NDP too
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=081gEvSpPfU&feature=channel&list=UL
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTzp-2j2ak0&feature=channel&list=UL
>>
>> Whereas you don't like liberals perhaps yo should read what I posted
>> within Occpy New Brunswick
>>
>> http://www.facebook.com/OccupyNB/posts/171036349664627
>>
>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/Integrity-Yea-Right
>>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Dix.MLA, Adrian" <Adrian.Dix.MLA@leg.bc.ca>
> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:56:35 -0700
> Subject: Thank you for your email
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> Thank you for your email. This response is to assure you that your
> message has been received.
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>
> Thank you again for taking the time to share your ideas, concerns, and
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> urgent, please call our office directly at 604-660-0314
>
> Adrian Dix
> MLA, Vancouver-Kingsway
> Leader, New Democrat Official Opposition
>
>
> On 8/15/12, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>> "you fake, fat, psychopathic, would be truther -- that told josh you
>> had ran occupy and that it was hijacked after it had started (which is
>> a blatant lie, my guess would be that you are in bed with the
>> international socialists if you really think that)."
>>
>> Yawn Kinda like the pot trying to call the kettle black EH? The
>> qannabe elected baker is clearly as chubby as his mindless butt buddy
>> is skinny
>>
>> As for me I am right at 200 lbs. That clearly less than Joshy Baby and
>> far more than the pencil necked arsehole he loves who has a red flag
>> posted in is Facebook to ID imself.
>>
>> Occupy anyone? (Look at the date I became a member) How about
>> Wikileaks and Iceland too?
>>
>> http://www.nycga.net/members/davidraymondamos/
>>
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Ryan Elson
>> Cc: kevin.violet@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ; Peter.KENNEDY@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ; David
>> Amos ; toewsv1
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 12:46 PM
>> Subject: Re: Attn Inspector Kevin Violet of the RCMP in Victoria I st
>> called your office and was NOT allowed to speak to a member
>>
>>
>> This stalker is criminally harassing me, may you please charge this
>> s.o.b. Already? How many fucking time must I forward his direct and
>> unwanted communications to the rcmp before something is done about it?
>> Wtf you guys ignore fraud and you ignore stalkers, and I can remember
>> being assaulted at 18 where as a victim I was totally kept out of the
>> loop and was still pestered by the guy even after he'd went to jail.
>> Wtf? You call it police services? Really!!? It's a wonder this
>> country hasn't turned to anarchy with these fantastic services.
>>
>> On Tuesday, August 14, 2012, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Inspector Kevin Violet
>>> 698 Atkins AVE,
>>> VICTORIA, V9B 3A4
>>> (250) 474-2264
>>>
>>> Go figure why I am pissed
>>>
>>>
> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.ca/2008/06/david-amos-vs-bcs-liberal-premier.html
>>>
>>>
> http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/2526023-DAMOSIntegrity-yea-right.-txt.pdf
>>>
>>>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/08/14/bc-rcmp-paulson-kennedy.html
>>>
>>>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/07/30/bc-rcmp-harassment-lawsuit.html
>>>
>>>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/02/22/bc-graham-gun-victoria.html
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:43:35 -0300
>>> Subject: Attn Chief Jamie Graham do you and the RCMP recall my
>>> complaints about Ryan Elson and his pal Alex Hunter?
>>> To: jamie.graham@vicpd.ca, xtofury <xtofury@gmail.com>,
>>> brian.fox@vicpd.ca, "Wayne.Lang" <Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
>>> "bob.paulson" <bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
>>> Cc: kjosephson@victoria.ca, publicsrv@victoria.ca, mayor@victoria.ca,
>>> "adrian.dix.mla" <adrian.dix.mla@leg.bc.ca>, David Amos
>>> <myson333@yahoo.com>
>>>
>
> On 8/31/12, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:48:55 -0300
>> Subject: Re Julian Assange and Ecuador
>> To: ecuador@telus.net, mecuacan@rogers.com, news@thetelegraph.com.au
>> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, jacques_poitras
>> <jacques_poitras@cbc.ca>, "greg.weston" <greg.weston@cbc.ca>,
>> acampbell <acampbell@ctv.ca>, "ed.pilkington"
>> <ed.pilkington@guardian.co.uk>
>>
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19281492
>>
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19289649
>>
>> http://www.embassyecuador.ca/english/index.php?id=contacto
>>
>> http://www.nycga.net/members/davidraymondamos/
>>
>> Perhaps folks in Ecuador should read what is below and give me a call?
>>
>> Veritas Vincit
>> David Raymond Amos
>> 902 800 0369
>>
>>
>>> From: David Amos
>>> Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 23:22:00 -0300
>>> Subject: i just called from 902 800 0369 (Nova Scotia)
>>> To: 9.17occupywallstreet@gmail.com
>>>
>>> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.com/2009/03/david-amos-to-wendy-olsen-on.html
>>>
>>> I am the guy the SEC would not name that is the link to Madoff and
>>> Putnam Investments
>>>
>>> http://banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=90f8e691-9065-4f8c-a465-72722b47e7f2
>>>
>>> Notice the transcript and webcast of the hearing of the US Senate
>>> banking Commitee is missing? please notice Eliot Spitzer and the Dates
>>> around November 20th, 2003 in te following file
>>>
>>> http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/2526023-DAMOSIntegrity-yea-right.-txt.pdf
>>>
>>> From: ”Julian Assange)”
>>> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 18:15:46 +0000 (GMT)
>>> Subject: Al Jazeera on Iceland’s plan for a press safe haven
>>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>
>>> FYI: Al-Jazeera’s take on Iceland’s proposed media safe haven
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbGiPjIE1pE
>>>
>>> More info http://immi.is/
>>>
>>> Julian Assange
>>> Editor
>>> WikiLeaks
>>> http://wikileaks.org/
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Birgitta Jonsdottir
>>> Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 07:14:02 +0000
>>> Subject: Re: Bon Soir Birgitta according to my records this is the
>>> first email I ever sent you
>>> To: David Amos
>>>
>>> dear Dave
>>> i have got your email and will read through the links as soon as i
>>> find some time
>>> keep up the good fight in the meantime
>>>
>>> thank you for bearing with me
>>> i am literary drowning in requests to look into all sorts of matters
>>> and at the same time working 150% work at the parliament and
>>> the creation of a political movement and being a responsible parent:)
>>> plus all the matters in relation to immi
>>>
>>> with oceans of joy
>>> birgitta
>>>
>>> Better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are
>>> not.
>>>
>>> Andre Gide
>>>
>>> Birgitta Jonsdottir
>>> Birkimelur 8, 107 Reykjavik, Iceland, tel: 354 692 8884
>>> http://this.is/birgitta – http://joyb.blogspot.com -
>>> http://www.facebook.com/birgitta.jonsdottir
>>>
>>>
>>>>> >> On Dec 8, 2010, at 1:35 AM, David Amos wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>> I truly enjoyed talking to you. More to the point I am happy you
>>>>> >>> took
>>>>> >>> the time to listen to mean old me. I was impressed with your
>>>>> >>> openess
>>>>> >>> and honesty. In return I took a bit of time to study you more
>>>>> >>> closely
>>>>> >>> on the Internet and I am now even more impressed to view the
>>>>> >>> artist
>>>>> >>> in
>>>>> >>> you. To hell with the politics and the money for a minute. At the
>>>>> >>> risk of sounding odd your sincere soul that I sensed in your voice
>>>>> >>> came shining through the various webpages. An honest person
>>>>> >>> practicing
>>>>> >>> the wicked art of politicking is a rare thing indeed. I must
>>>>> >>> confess
>>>>> >>> that I grinned at the possibility of crossing paths with another
>>>>> >>> kindred soul when I saw you employ the expression Me Myself and I
>>>>> >>> because I often use that expresssion
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> I also sent you another email to your politcal email address on
>>>>> >>> June
>>>>> >>> 24th, 2010 right after you spoke on CBC. (I can resend it if you
>>>>> >>> wish)
>>>>> >>> When you folks ignored that and my calls and only sent me nasty
>>>>> >>> responses I gave up on Iceland and IMMI because I had made
>>>>> >>> everyone
>>>>> >>> well aware I had no respect for Assange and corrupt
>>>>> >>> parliamentarians
>>>>> >>> whatsoever. Assange became the big celebrity after releasing the
>>>>> >>> video
>>>>> >>> from Iraq but I felt sorry for the kid who went to jail that had
>>>>> >>> given
>>>>> >>> him the stuff. Obviously I sent you folks the email below long
>>>>> >>> before
>>>>> >>> Assange made the scene in Iceland. Rest assured that I sent him
>>>>> >>> evidence of my concerns about Iceland or he would not had sent me
>>>>> >>> his
>>>>> >>> bragging emails the following March.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Now that Assange is in jail with no hope of bail like I was a
>>>>> >>> couple
>>>>> >>> of times after CBC has been yapping about him for weeks I was
>>>>> >>> feeling
>>>>> >>> a little vindictive so I opted to tease some of his friends and
>>>>> >>> fans
>>>>> >>> (such as McCarthy and CBC) by reminding them that I was still
>>>>> >>> alive,
>>>>> >>> not in jail and kicking like hell. (A host of cops in seven cars
>>>>> >>> pounced on my son (who was visiting me) and I at 2;30 in the
>>>>> >>> morning
>>>>> >>> right after the results of the recent election was annnounced
>>>>> >>> Although
>>>>> >>> I managed to run them off this time need I say it really pissed me
>>>>> >>> off
>>>>> >>> and saddend me to put him on a bus back to Boston)
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> I did not send you that email with the pdf files attached from my
>>>>> >>> new
>>>>> >>> Yahoo address but you will get it in a bit. Heres hoping you will
>>>>> >>> enjoy it.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Best Regards
>>>>> >>> Dave
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> ———- Forwarded message ———-
>>>>> >>> From: David Amos
>>>>> >>> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:33:10 -0300
>>>>> >>> Subject: RE: Iceland and Bankers Whereas the politicians ignore me
>>>>> >>> maybe some fellow bloggers will listen to me eh?
>>>>> >>> To: jong@althingi.is, kristjanj@althingi.is, olofn@althingi.is,
>>>>> >>> petur@althingi.is, rea@althingi.is, ragnheidurr@althingi.is,
>>>>> >>> sdg@althingi.is, sij@althingi.is, siv@althingi.is,
>>>>> >>> tryggvih@althingi.is, ubk@althingi.is, vigdish@althingi.is,
>>>>> >>> thkg@althingi.is, thorsaari@althingi.is
>>>>> >>> Cc: margrett@althingi.is, thorgerdur@thorgerdur.is,
>>>>> >>> saari@centrum.is,
>>>>> >>> ha030002@unak.is, svanurmd@hotmail.com, baddiblue@gmail.com,
>>>>> >>> dominus@islandia.is, birgitta@this.is, einar@smart.is
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> ———- Forwarded message ———-
>>>>> >>> From: David Amos
>>>>> >>> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:23:15 -0300
>>>>> >>> Subject: Fwd: You mentioned Iceland and Bankers just now and I
>>>>> >>> smiled
>>>>> >>> To: johanna@althingi.is
>>>>> >>> Cc: ”Jacques.Poitras” , Dan Fitzgerald
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> ———- Forwarded message ———-
>>>>> >>> From: David Amos
>>>>> >>> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:52:42 -0300
>>>>> >>> Subject: You mentioned Iceland and Bankers just now and I smiled
>>>>> >>> To: wmreditor@waynemadsenreport.com, lenbracken@hotmail.com
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>> ———- Forwarded message ———-
>>>>> >>>> From: David Amos
>>>>> >>>> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:24:42 -0300
>>>>> >>>> Subject: Fwd: RE: Iceland and Bankers etc I must ask the obvious
>>>>> >>>> question. Why have you people ignored me for three years?
>>>>> >>>> To: vasilescua@sec.gov, friedmani@sec.gov,
>>>>> >>>> krishnamurthyp@sec.gov,
>>>>> >>>> horwitzd@dsmo.com, wrobleskin@dsmo.com,
>>>>> >>>> wolfem@dicksteinshapiro.com,
>>>>> >>>> Lisa.Baroni@usdoj.gov, ssbny@aol.com, service@ssbla.com,
>>>>> >>>> rwing@lswlaw.com, rriccio@mdmc-law.com, lmodugno@mdmc-law.com,
>>>>> >>>> griffinger@gibbonslaw.com, mmulholland@rmfpc.com,
>>>>> >>>> kmalerba@rmfpc.com,
>>>>> >>>> tlieverman@srkw-law.com
>>>>> >>>> Cc: webo , John.Sinclair@nbimc.com,
>>>>> >>>> Norma.Kennedy@nbimc.com, jan.imeson@nbimc.com, mc.blais@pcnb.org
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> I wonder if any lawyer will bother to read this email, understand
>>>>> >>>> it
>>>>> >>>> and call me back
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> ———- Forwarded message ———-
>>>>> >>>> From: postur@fjr.stjr.is
>>>>> >>>> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 15:06:39 +0000
>>>>> >>>> Subject: Re: RE: Iceland and Bankers etc I must ask the obvious
>>>>> >>>> question. Why have you people ignored me for three years?
>>>>> >>>> To: David Amos
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Dear David Amos
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Unfortunately there has been a considerable delay in responding
>>>>> >>>> to
>>>>> >>>> incoming letters due to heavy workload and many inquiries to our
>>>>> office.
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> We appreciate the issue raised in your letter. We have set up a
>>>>> >>>> web
>>>>> site
>>>>> >>>> http://www.iceland.org where we have gathered various practical
>>>>> >>>> information
>>>>> >>>> regarding the economic crisis in Iceland.
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Greetings from the Ministry of Finance.
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Tilvísun í mál: FJR08100024
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Frá: David Amos
>>>>> >>>> Dags: 29.01.2009 19:17:43
>>>>> >>>> Til: johanna.sigurdardottir@fel.stjr.is, postur@for.stjr.is,
>>>>> aih@cbc.ca,
>>>>> >>>> Milliken.P@parl.gc.ca, sjs@althingi.is, emb.ottawa@mfa.is,
>>>>> >>>> rmellish@pattersonlaw.ca, irisbirgisdottir@yahoo.ca,
>>>>> >>>> marie@mariemorneau.com, dfranklin@franklinlegal.com,
>>>>> egilla@althingi.is,
>>>>> >>>> william.turner@exsultate.ca, klm@althingi.is, mail@fjr.stjr.is,
>>>>> >>>> Edith.Cody-Rice@cbc.ca, wendy.williams@landsbanki.is,
>>>>> cdhowe@cdhowe.org,
>>>>> >>>> desparois.sylviane@fcac.gc.ca, plee@stu.ca, ”oldmaison@yahoo.com”
>>>>> >>>> , ”t.j.burke@gnb.ca” , Dan
>>>>> >>>> Fitzgerald , jonina.s.larusdottir@ivr.stjr.is
>>>>> >>>> Afrit: fyrirspurn@fme.is, audur@audur.is, fme@fme.is,
>>>>> >>>> info@landsbanki.is, sedlabanki@sedlabanki.is, tif@tif.is
>>>>> >>>> Efni: RE: Iceland and Bankers etc I must ask the obvious
>>>>> >>>> question.
>>>>> >>>> Why
>>>>> >>>> have you people ignored me for three years?
>>>>> >>>> ———————————————————
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> FYI Some folks in Canada are watching your actions or lack
>>>>> >>>> thereof
>>>>> >>>> more closely than others. As you well know I am one.
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> http://www.topix.com/forum/world/canada/TJHJ5HP501LN7C4MV#lastPost
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/4304560/Speaker-Iceland-etc
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> http://davidamos.blogspot.com/2006/05/harper-and-bankers.html
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> You folks should not deny certain responses that I have received
>>>>> >>>> over
>>>>> >>>> the course of the last few months from your country CORRECT?
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> From: David Amos
>>>>> >>>> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 13:57:55 -0300
>>>>> >>>> Subject: Re: Regarding your enquiry to the Prime Ministry of
>>>>> >>>> Iceland
>>>>> >>>> To: postur@for.stjr.is
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Thanx
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> On 10/8/08, postur@for.stjr.is wrote:
>>>>> >>>> David Raymond Amos
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Your enquiry has been received by the Prime Ministry of Iceland
>>>>> >>>> and
>>>>> >>>> waits
>>>>> >>>> attendance.
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Thank you.
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> From: Fjármálaeftirlitið – Fyrirspurn
>>>>> >>>> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:23:41 -0000
>>>>> >>>> Subject: Staðfesting á móttöku
>>>>> >>>> To: David Amos
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Fjármálaeftirlitið hefur móttekið erindi yðar. Erindinu verður
>>>>> >>>> svarað
>>>>> >>>> við fyrsta tækifæri. Vakin er athygli á heimasíðu
>>>>> >>>> Fjármálaeftirlitsins, http://www.fme.is. Þar má finna ýmsar
>>>>> >>>> upplýsingar ásamt svörum við algengum spurningum:
>>>>> >>>> http://www.fme.is/?PageID=863.
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> The Financial Supervisory Authority (FME) of Iceland confirms the
>>>>> >>>> receipt of your e-mail. Your e-mail will be answered as soon as
>>>>> >>>> possible. We would like to point out our website,
>>>>> >>>> http://www.fme.is.
>>>>> >>>> There you can find information and answeres to frequently asked
>>>>> >>>> questions: http://www.fme.is/?PageID=864.
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Kveðja / Best Regards
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Fjármálaeftirlitið / Financial Supervisory Authority, Iceland
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Sími / Tel.: (+354) 525 2700
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> From: David Amos
>>>>> >>>> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 10:53:47 -0300
>>>>> >>>> Subject: I just called to remind the Speaker, the Bankers and the
>>>>> >>>> Icelanders that I still exist EH Mrs Mrechant, Bob Rae and Iggy?
>>>>> >>>> To: Milliken.P@parl.gc.ca, sjs@althingi.is, emb.ottawa@mfa.is,
>>>>> >>>> rmellish@pattersonlaw.ca, irisbirgisdottir@yahoo.ca,
>>>>> >>>> marie@mariemorneau.com, dfranklin@franklinlegal.com,
>>>>> >>>> egilla@althingi.is, william.turner@exsultate.ca
>>>>> >>>> Cc: Rae.B@parl.gc.ca, Ignatieff.M@parl.gc.ca,
>>>>> >>>> lebrem@sen.parl.gc.ca,
>>>>> >>>> merchp@sen.parl.gc.ca, coolsa@sen.parl.gc.ca,
>>>>> >>>> olived@sen.parl.gc.ca
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> All of you should review the documents and CD that came with this
>>>>> >>>> letter ASAP EH?
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/Integrity-Yea-Right
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/4304560/Speaker-Iceland-etc
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/5352095/Tony-Merchant-and-Yankees
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Perhaps Geir Haarde and Steingrimur Sigfusson should call me at
>>>>> >>>> 506
>>>>> 756
>>>>> >>>> 8687
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Veritas Vincit
>>>>> >>>> David Raymond Amos
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Ryan Elson
>> To: David Amos
>> Cc: josh steffler ; stop_codex ; grenouf ; maryann4peace ; mark.lord ;
>> David Amos ; andre ; andremurraynow ; police ; law ; evelyngreene ;
>> sallybrooks25 ; hiddenfromhistory1 ; dbaines@png.canwest.com ;
>> Shirley.Bond.MLA@leg.bc.ca ; chief@vpd.ca ; leader ;
>> adrian.dix.mla@leg.bc.ca ; danny.copp@fredericton.ca ;
>> kderosa@timescolonist.com ; Wayne.Lang ; Leanne.Fitch ; oldmaison ;
>> lou.lafleur@fredericton.ca
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 4:53 PM
>> Subject: Re: Interesting mails to the RCMP EH Josh Steffler???
>>
>>
>> Cease and desist your section 264 violations of criminal code, of
>> course this isn't a warning anymore really you are already in
>> violation of criminal harassment law and I am awaiting the victoria
>> police services to file a complaint and have them press charges to the
>> dummy that does not comply with a lawful order to you, david raymond
>> amos, stalker and criminal. I also spoke with the lady officer you
>> had chatted with at the vic rcmp, she wasn't very impressed by you and
>> didn't appreciate you wasting her time.
>>
>> Again, for your deaf ears, cease and desist or you will only be
>> providing more evidence for that criminal harassment case against you,
>> you fake, fat, psychopathic, would be truther -- that told josh you
>> had ran occupy and that it was hijacked after it had started (which is
>> a blatant lie, my guess would be that you are in bed with the
>> international socialists if you really think that). Either way you
>> can't say you haven't been warned and all unwanted communications will
>> be dealt with and disclosed to the according authorities. I hope your
>> arrest comes with a mandatory mental evaluation of which you would
>> fail and wind up in the nuthouse where you belong. You wanna talk
>> shit in a public forum -- go for it, but private messages, stalking my
>> friends and associates, making threatening phone calls; those are well
>> beyond any such liberty that you might have. You sir, are in the
>> wrong and you will now bear the burden of your unjustified and
>> criminal behaviour, and while I am at it I will be mentioning mr.
>> Annett and his fake charity and be forwarding his victim's contact
>> information just to be certain that both of you criminals are issued
>> some justice.
>>
>> On Wednesday, August 15, 2012, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Ryan Elson
>>> Cc: kevin.violet@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ; Peter.KENNEDY@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ; David
>>> Amos ; toewsv1
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 12:46 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Attn Inspector Kevin Violet of the RCMP in Victoria I st
>>> called your office and was NOT allowed to speak to a member
>>>
>>>
>>> This stalker is criminally harassing me, may you please charge this
>>> s.o.b. Already? How many fucking time must I forward his direct and
>>> unwanted communications to the rcmp before something is done about it?
>>> Wtf you guys ignore fraud and you ignore stalkers, and I can remember
>>> being assaulted at 18 where as a victim I was totally kept out of the
>>> loop and was still pestered by the guy even after he'd went to jail.
>>> Wtf? You call it police services? Really!!? It's a wonder this
>>> country hasn't turned to anarchy with these fantastic services.
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, August 14, 2012, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Inspector Kevin Violet
>>>> 698 Atkins AVE,
>>>> VICTORIA, V9B 3A4
>>>> (250) 474-2264
>>>>
>>>> Go figure why I am pissed
>>>>
>>>> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.ca/2008/06/david-amos-vs-bcs-liberal-premier.html
>>>>
>>>> http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/2526023-DAMOSIntegrity-yea-right.-txt.pdf
>>>>
>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/08/14/bc-rcmp-paulson-kennedy.html
>>>>
>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/07/30/bc-rcmp-harassment-lawsuit.html
>>>>
>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/02/22/bc-graham-gun-victoria.html
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:43:35 -0300
>>>> Subject: Attn Chief Jamie Graham do you and the RCMP recall my
>>>> complaints about Ryan Elson and his pal Alex Hunter?
>>>> To: jamie.graham@vicpd.ca, xtofury <xtofury@gmail.com>,
>>>> brian.fox@vicpd.ca, "Wayne.Lang" <Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
>>>> "bob.paulson" <bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
>>>> Cc: kjosephson@victoria.ca, publicsrv@victoria.ca, mayor@victoria.ca,
>>>> "adrian.dix.mla" <adrian.dix.mla@leg.bc.ca>, David Amos
>>>> <myson333@yahoo.com>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Ryan Elson <xtofury@gmail.com>
>>>> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:00:31 -0700
>>>> Subject: Re: Attn Josh Steffler do you "We Are Change" people STILL
>>>> agree with this wacko Ryan Elson and your other buddy Alex Hunter?
>>>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>> Attention harassing fat stalker bully
>>
>
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Winnipeg Free Press Fires Seven News Staff
Winnipeg Press Offices on Mountain Avenue
It is the paper of record and rightly or wrongly takes it on the chin when they gets things wrong, overlook things or take a position that someone is not going to like. the Winnipeg Free Press has the largest news gathering force in the city. It still does but it is minus some of its most junior staff as of Tuesday.
Seven in the newsroom were let go.
They were:
John White, online editor
Melissa Martin, reporter
Alison Mayes, reporter
Adam Wazny, sports writer
Rob Williams, music columnist
Lindsey Wiebe, social media reporter
And one web position not named.
It should be noted that some of these latest hires are the most active in multiple media platforms, especially Twitter, blogging, radio and elsewhere.
Unions protect senior employees first. Always have. With some justification the fear is that companies will dump older workers for ones paid lower wages. However, the problem with removing new and younger workers in a downturn is that they are the very people to build for the future.
I can say about some of the above writers that some were truly innovative and exciting to read. They will be missed.
This lay-off represents 8% of the news staff. I think it is devastating. It comes on the heels of 15 people let go earlier this year. The Free Press and its partners such as Canstar, Brandon Sun and the Steinbach Carillon employ around 570 people. Employees had a 2% wage increase in the year and revenue was down $500,000 in the second quarter from last year.
Like many newspaper companies, the Free Press is trying to figure out how to increase advertising revenue and profit.
Some say that newspapers are a declining business as people get their news online. However, getting news online also entails people writing it and the best writing is that which comes from people who make their living on it.
The Brandon Sun is mostly behind firefalls now. I am not sure how the paper fares compared to its larger counterpart but I'd wager the fact that the previous cutbacks of 14 jobs at the Free Press and 1 at the Brandon Sun were not an accident.
We are seeing more firewalls going up for newspapers all the time. Content has to be paid for somehow. We have gotten used to the idea that things are free and they really aren't.
I think the Free Press has no choice but to go behind a firewall so they can create exclusive content for the local area. The trick will be to create content so that is affordable and unique. That won't be easy without the writers that were let go.
I am wondering if a new model of newspaper by owner/operated news reporters might not work in this city. The big corporate format seems to be driven by management and union issues that won't go away too soon.
It may be that the future job security for journalists is multi-platform like Gary Lawless with the Free Press and TSN or finding reporting work with Shaw cable like Marty Gold on City Circus or Scott Taylor and Goldeyes broadcasts. The first writer likely does well with two strong commercial enterprises paying him. I am not sure about the other two writer/broadcasters but I hope they are self sustaining with their work.
I want strong newspapers and media but fear the corporate and labour structure that seems to put them in conflict.
To the writers who are out of work. Please keep writing! And hope upon hope that jobs are there for you.
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Election 2025?
The new budget comes November 4 and the final vote on it comes a few weeks after. It is a confidence vote. If all the parties vote against it and there are no abstentions or people absent from the House, it is an automatic election before Christmas. An election is not an idle thing to dismiss. In 1979, the Progressive Conservative government of Joe Clark was defeated six months after being elected in a confidence vote. Pierre Trudeau and the Liberals one again became the government.
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John grew up in the Quispamsis area where he spent 16 years working for Source Atlantic in the industrial supply industry. After his doctor suggested he get out of this line of work due to medical reasons, he decided to go back to school and take massage therapy because he enjoys helping people. John graduated from the 2200hr massage therapy program at Eastern College with honors in 2018. John is certified in TDR/M Cupping and plans on constantly furthering his education and incorporating other modalities such as acupuncture, reflexology and Indian head massage into his practice. When not treating client’s john enjoys playing guitar, trying Scotch from around the world, listening to jazz and blues, and being with family.
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Firstly thanks for the mention.
I am currently seeking additional sponsors for The Great Canadian Talk Show podcast and the City Circus TV show -- which has been renewed until March 2013 and will have better time slots in the fall. I can be reached at TGCTS1 at gmail.com.
My web traffic is much superior to that of a certain radio host in town and I am quite sure the cumulative audience for City Circus' replays as well as its demographic and influence makes it a better ad buy than that show by far.
Why? I break news and make a difference, that's why.
Regarding the FP 7:
No one has mentioned the sterling leadership of Margo Goodhand who abandoned ship rather than wear the failure of her failed "vision" to attract audience/readers and wield the ax over the neck of her favored pets.
Maybe if Margo knew what real journalism was, rather than promoting pink papers, and gimmicks like 'story-telling' CNC -style, the finances of the newspaper would have been able to sustain these jobs.
Strange isn't it that my becoming a loud voice for the community, breaking important news stories, and a good option for advertisers so enraged Margo and radio execs that I was illegally silenced by Red River College. Yet in this case there is no censorship at play and there are poor financial results in evidence, but the outcry is far more widespread and pronounced even though the dismissals are legal and legitimate.
I do feel sorry for Adam Wazny and Rob Williams. The NHL strike may have played into Adam's dismissal and I think it was a quirk of the union system that Rob was a victim of. Adam's story which touches on Rob's firing is http://wazoowazny.tumblr.com/post/31849917533/breaking-news
Wasn't Martin the one that had widdle fweelings hurt by big bad Marty Goldness when criticizing Freep for superficial local gov't /civic election coverage? Y'know.. back when KICK FM had a show called TGCTS...? and back when there was actually a KICK FM on the FM AIRWAVES in this barren wasteland of empty & foul local radio?? If so, FANTABULOUS.
Williams is a surprise. He is a good music critic.
Wasny was ok in sports.. Lawless probably felt that near miss!
Online Editor was responsible for, let's face it... "innovative" fluff. Someone with an edge and ability to dig deeper pls and tanks?
Mayes and Wiebe: can't say I recall much of their work.
@ TGCTS
Why are you stumping for Matty Moroun now?
There is a new newspaper in town that is making money while giving their news away for free. I love Metro Winnipeg. They're the future.
"I am wondering if a new model of newspaper by owner/operated news reporters might not work in this city."
Something like chrisd.ca?
Anon 1: Metro is owned by the Toronto Star which saw profits drop even further than the Free Press.
Anon 2; Is ChrisD owned by the journalists who work there. What is the ownership?
chrisd mostly does press releases. It's not exactly a newspaper. That said, it really shows how little content there is in newspapers nowadays anyways.
I'm not a fan of paywalls. I loathe logging in to things, and I highly doubt anything the Free Press puts out would be worthy of me paying for it. They already have subscription only content, and I can't imagine that anyone cares for it.
The problem with the Free Press is exemplified by whose jobs they cut. People with fresh ideas who aren't old and repetitious cranks from the 60's and 70's and 80's. That might work for local radio, but not for news reporting.
If the Brandon Sun makes decent money from their paywall, I'd be shocked.
The Free Press and the Sun are two sides of a turd sandwich.
I do think it's about time the Free Press went to a tabloid format. Where do people read the newspaper these days? At home? Probably not. If you're at home, you have the internet. If you're on the bus or at the coffee shop, you're not going to read a broadsheet.
Does the Free Press or Winnipeg Sun offer pdf's of their daily newspapers print versions to be downloaded via their android or iphone apps? If not, why not? I might not subscribe to view content on the net, but to receive an ebook readable copy would be worth paying a reasonable subscription fee per month. Plus no need to charge for delivery and printing. Heck I used to download the metro this way until i realized it's too tedious to do so (they could just put a link to download as pdf from their app but they don't)
And now I'm rambling. That's enough out of me.
This doesn't require saying but it sure would have been nice to see Gordon Sinclair Jr. (need I say more??) and Bruce Owen (aka Hydro's unofficial spokesperson and Selinger bootlicker extraordinare) get the axe.
"This doesn't require saying but..." You're right, why be so nasty?
"Wasn't Martin the one that had widdle fweelings hurt by big bad Marty Goldness when criticizing Freep for superficial local gov't /civic election coverage?"
If thatès what you think happened, you can blame Margo Goodhand.
She lied, and what everyone believed was a lie.
6 weeks after free speech got kaiboshed by the corporate media and their College censor friends - MM told Graham Hnatiuk she had NEVER complained about me to Margo Goodhand and said Èthat wouldn't have even made senseÈ.
So as the push to censor me was first told to station manager Rick Baverstock, who heard it from Dean of Business and spokesman of the fictional Executive Committee Graham Thomson:
- He had attended a meeting (with VP and treasurer Cathy Rushton) with president Stephanie Forsyth who heard it from Margo Goodhand. And they had to cook up a false reason to cancel my show to protect Margo.
- Margo made the mistake of repeating the Melissa deal TO the company lawyer. ie "when he attacked Melissa it was the last straw". How dumb is that. And I have it in writing.
- Melissa was not attacked.
- She was not even aware IF I had criticised her reporting, let alone about what and bitched about it.
- She didn't complain about me to Margo.
Melissa was NOT moved to tears by my citizen journalism or audience comments.
Margo admitted she had never heard my program, so she couldn't have heard me say anything about Melissa.
The editor of the Free Press incited my ouster by falsely claiming I had caused a scene in her office with the star, um, non-graduate of the Collegeès CreComm program - turned- FP reporter.
Whatever scene there was Melissa that cried about, was NOT about me.
Not about the supposed "last straw" that led Goodhand to smear my work with the RRC students and qualification to be on Kick-FM.
(Like I had never reported on Sports. What a dumb thing to say.
And donèt forget, To make sure I was buried, Margo, employed for zero known days in the radio business, also smeared the station manager to Forsyth to seal the cancelation deal.)
Margo libel-chilled and made some insinuations to pressure Forsyth to get rid of TGCTS.
As it turned out to keep it together and protect Margo, RRC ignores all ethics complaints that followed and the NDP, whose economic advisory committee was co-chaired by Margoès publisher.
The Minister, a RRC graduate, ignores all complaints about the College and their blowing $300,000 of tax dollars by folding Kick-FM.
(The business aspect of me being wiped out by the contract breach at the same time the Free Press started a sports show with one the commercial stations that got rid of me on the Board - in my time slot - is for another day.)
We can all see what happened here.
And why the mainstream media, or the college papers whose reporting is pathetic - never mentioned the interventions filed with the CRTC demanding an RCMP investigation.
The bottom line is that Margo Goodhand told a horrible lie about Melissa Martin and me.
Since it was repeated to College executives who repeated it to Rick, I believed it too. He knew this version about 5 days before the ax fell.
It was only 6 weeks later, when Melissa emailed Hnatiuk, that we learned Margo had told a lie about her pet pupil to get rid of me.
So as for TGCTS, it never made her cry or hurt her feelings.
Anonymous said...
@ TGCTS
Why are you stumping for Matty Moroun now?
September 19, 2012 11:24 PM
HI! I;m glad to answer that. Ièm not stumping Maroun, I donèt see him as the issue.
The entire NITC DIRC process smacks of Canadian intervention in US and Michigan affairs and is a vast waste and risk of our tax dollars on US infrastructure. Meanwhile Winnipeg and Manitoba streets and highways fall apart.
Thatès why I am covering it.