Teacher Lap Dance During Assembly Sparks Controversy.

While S.A.C pep rallies have seen a lot of rowdiness, nothing compares to the racy footage caught on tape by Saigha Vincent, a Grade 9 student, at Churchill Highschool. The steamy clip involves the standard school gymnasium, then just add a laughing female teacher in a chair, and a male coworker simulating intercourse on top of her, in the middle of the gym. This formula creates the perfect viral video, becoming watched across the globe on social networks like Myspace and Facebook, and gathering hits rapidly on Youtube. The school, needless to say, found the video, oral sex simulation and all, and have now released a statement that the teachers have been sent home, with pay, while the school board decides what to do with them. The Winnipeg Teacher's Association president, Dave Najduch, thinks that their punishment could "range from nothing to job loss, and everything in between". Sooner than later, the promiscuous pair are bound to have their fate decided, with the world continuing to laugh at their poor situation.

I would like to state that these teachers are incredibly stupid for thinking this was funny or appropriate to do at an assembly, and that if they lost their jobs, they shouldn't complain, because it is pretty basic logic that teachers shouldn't be grinding up against other teachers in the gym. That being said, parents actually think the teachers don't deserve to lose their jobs, and that they think the video going viral was punishment enough. The videographer's father stated quite plainly "It's common. There's dancing stuff going on all the time, on dancing shows and that. I don't think it's that big a deal". One teenager's mother is being cited as saying, on her way to pick up her son from school, "We all make mistakes, You have to beware in this digital world, right? It's too bad. I think they were just trying to have fun, and try to be like the kids are today." And that they were, but school trustee, Mike Babinsky, thinks that this could go either way depending on the general consensus by human resources, parents, students, and other staff. Hopefully they won't lose their jobs, as I think something that silly isn't worth losing your job over, and not to be crass, but it's nothing the teens haven't seen before. Here is the link to the infamous lap dance, and soon enough, we'll see what the fate of the pair will be.

Police Caution Torontonians! Dog Killer on the Loose!

For Karen Lloyd and her dog, it was a normal day in the Allan Gardens park; fresh grass, a cold chill, and her dog, going to the toilet. Being responsible, she crouched down to pik up her dog's deposit, only to find at least 50 crushed pills scattered around the entire park. Today, police are investigating the death of a dog in it's own backyard, surronded by the same crushed pills. Going through the rest of the neighbourhood, several backyards had their own deposit of the crushed pills that Karen and the deceased dog has encountered. The kind of medication is currently unknown, but the meaning of the pills isn't; some believe the pills are not a definitive cause of death, but all are sure that there is a dog murderer on the loose. Police are guessing that the motive would be the barking and noise from the dogs in the Sixth Street/Lake Shore West Area, where the killer lives. This is actually not the first time someone has gone homicidal on man's best friend, as in High Park in 2008, two dogs died and many got very sick, after digesting intentionally planted bread that had been heavily soaked in antifreeze. Hopefully, before another victim is found, we can discover what kind of medication it was, and if it was prescription, track it to the killer.

As a dog owner, I was pretty horrified that anybody would want to kill a dog, and a little scared for my pets (irrationally, though, I don't live near the Newer Toronto Area). I definitely think that the perpertrator is totally insane to go and murder dogs for the sole purpose of their own silence. I would suggest people look after their dogs with caution for the next while, and maybe bring their dog on a leash to your frontl awn for the next few weeks. If you would like to read the article, here is one of many of the publications on the topic.

Twitter menacing in more ways than one.

Put yourself in the shoes of a 26 year old man, planning to fly from Doncaster to Dublin, to get away from the bad weather in his home county. Then, a week before you are going to fly, you hear word that the same bad weather that has you wanting to leave the country might prevent the flight he so anticipated. If you are anything like me, you would feel annoyance, and not be pleased with the airport; but if you are anything like Paul Chambers, you would go to popular social network site Twitter to express your frustration. "Robin Hood airport is closed. You've got a week and a bit to get your s**t together, otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high!" he typed on his iPhone, out of anger towards the airport, but not containing an ounce of will to actually commit a terrorist act against the organization. One public complaint and a week later, he is brought into a 7 hour interrogation, thrown in jail, and the iPhone is confiscated. Now, he is out on bail, and on the day I am writing this is being brought to court for "sending by a public communications network a message that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character contrary to Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003". Soon enough, we will find out the fate of this unlikely terrorist of the web.

Most blogs I have written so far, I have strongly spoken against brutes, vandals, and unsympathetic people. This, however, is a huge exception. While it was quite stupid to write this message on Twitter, the fact that his justice system is actually taking this as an actual threat is beyond strange. In an age of techology, it is very easy to write a sarcastic comment in the moment, and hit send, but as officials, they should be able to distinguish real threats from angry customers. Would an actual terrorist post that on Twitter if they planned on bombing the airport? Unlikely, so charges and a 7 hour interrogation are way overboard. It is nice to see that these people are entusiastic enough to stop potential threats, but it makes no sense that we would waste our time with disgruntled Tweeters, when the real threats are still getting on flights. Hopefully this man won't actually be charged, and if you want to know more, click on the link here, here, and here.

Victims of Unprovoked Racist Attacks Find Justice

Just three years ago, on a typical Friday, a group of six anglers at Lake Simcoe had their day turn sour when him and his friends brutishly pushed two fishermen into the lake they were fishing in. The shock is, that the perpertrator, Trevor Middleton, did not even know the victims. The motive was out of hatred towards Asian-Canadians, which was taken out on Ruohang Liu, who is only 24, and his friend. Back in 2007, he was found guilty for his crime, but also of two counts of criminal neglegence, by the jury. The two additional charges were because in the middle of the courtroom, the 23 year old thug threw an armrest of a chair through a window. The foolish man also started a quarrel within his group of intoxicated friends and nearby fishermen, who got so out of hand, that it ended with the beating of one man, and a car chase and accident that left Middleton's crony with permanent brain damage. The one controversy in this case that has everyone talking is that missing in this list of committed crimes, hate crime. His punishment, though, will be enough to stop him doing this again, as he will have two years in jail, three on probation, 10 years of a suspended license, and a mandatory DNA sample.

I personally am disgusted that someone who commit a crime this rough against anybody, especially because of the colour of their skin. These men were minding ther own business, and were clearly wronged by this moron's want to satisfy his thirst for violance. "Where is the Human Rights Commission now? What's their part now" was said by the mother of the young man thrown into a coma by the car chase's bad turn, and everyone is asking this. To be honest, I am not feeling too much sympathy for Middleton or his band of geniuses, but think they all deserve a long time in the pen, so that nobody ever will feel a discrimatory like this again, and watch their attacker get away with it.

Toronto Mayor Candidate's Girlfriend Speaks Out

As you may have heard by now, Adam Giambrone, a member of Toronto's city council, dropped out of the mayoral race due to a shocking sex scandal, where he cheated on his live-in girlfriend with a woman 12 years younger than him. Being the youngest city council member ever, at 32, his mistress, a 20 year old university student, read in a newspaper, as a result of an error, that her lover was married. This article lead her to coming clean about their fling. Their whirlwind affair began when Kristen Lucas was just 19, but hit a rough patch when she found out she was not his only partner, and that Adam would tell the press his steady girlfriend would be the one in the papers as his partner; as you can guess, this was horribly embarassing for Kristen. The straw that broke the camel's back was when Sarah McQuarrie, the "official girlfriend" was overheard by Kristen's stepmother as saying that Kristen was crazy, based on a few derogatory Facebook messages. So Kristen came to the press, and told them about their relationship, which was met with Adam claiming they had an "inappropriate" relationship, but that it wasn't sexual, even though she has said they had sex several times in his office. When Adam came clean about her, he also admitted to affairs with other women outsid Kristen and Sarah. Now, Kristen's family is worried about her wellbeing, while Adam has dropped out of his race to be mayor.

After reading this article, I have quite a strong perception, which would be the only one at fault here is Adam Giambrone. Kristen Lucas was not "the mistress" in her own eyes, as she thought she was the only one. People also forget the big age difference, which leads to their being a person in the relationship with too much power, which isn't fair or healthy. I do have to wonder, though, what kind of person this Sarah McQuarrie is, as from what I've read, she sounds quite wretched, if you ask me. Overall, I think this is less about one mistress, and more so about a promiscuous man who is now being punished for cheating on his girlfriend, and more importantly, setting a bad example as an influential member of the community. Kristen Lucas' interview can be found here , and I hope you enjoyed this article.

Fighting for Lucy's Freedom

Lucy is a 34 year old female in a confined area in Edmonton, and is also an Asian Elephant. PETA, or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, well known for their controversial and effective campaigns ("I Would Rather Go Naked Then Wear Fur" Campaign, or their recent mime seal clubbing around Vancouver), is getting ready to sue the city of Edmonton for the way the Valley Zoo is treating her. The zoo, run by the city's government, is kept in an area all by herself, that is cold enough to give her severe arthritis, so small she's become obese, and have concrete floors so vile to plague her feet of serious infection. Poor Lucy is also suffering of an undignosed respiratory problem, which is very likely related to her treatment. Clayton Ruby, Torontonian, raises the question that keeping Lucy at all is also an improper way to spend the city's funds, when they are already scarcely making their snow removal costs. This case will go to court on March the first, and we will see if Lucy gets her salvation afterwards.

By looking at the rest of my blog, you can tell that as a vegetarian and animal lover, I am disgraced by the maltreatment of animals, especially foreign or endangered ones. This is such a horrific example of a shady zoo, treating animals like money making machines, and not giving them actual care. Also, Asian Elephants are considerd an endangered species, with an average of 46, 877 of them left in the world. As a nation we consider to be civilized, it is our right and duty to treat animals like true inhabitants of this earth, and the fact that we are putting so little importance on the wellfare of these fantastic animals is disturbing. If they don't want to care for them, they should not have them in posession to begin with. With the treatment Lucy is getting, there is absolutey no reason for her to still be in this prison. To conclude, Lucy and any other animal who is treated a fraction as badly as her deserve to be brought somewhere else, where they can be actually happy, because the way she is treated now is certainly not the what is right. I would say you should look at this beautiful animal, and realize it's your duty as a citizen of the world to at least spread the word and tell your friends and family that this injustice is happening. Many publications are talking about it, but PETA has a page on it here. Hopefully Lucy will get the freedom she deserves.

Click here for a petition to save Lucy!

Fifteen Year Old's Murder Trial Begins

Two twenty year old men are just about to be tried for the horrible crime they commit as seventeen year old boys, the murder of fifteen year old Jordan Manners. The homicide occured in the middle of the hallway at C.W Jeffrey's Collegiate, where the two culprits got away without identification, after shooting the boy several times. Due to the age of the culprits at the time of the crime, they will remain anonymous, but within four days, one guilty man was found during an investigation, and the second turned himself in, shortly after his accomplice was caught. Toronto District School Board has now released an 1000 page report following this, which will be followed by taking serious action against all sorts of sexual harassment and violence that go unreported, which happens far too often in these schools. More resources and a phone hotline are ideas of things that should be provided for the predicted 250,000 kids who go to these schools in fear. His funeral recalled the boy as being a fun loving and honest young man, and his memory will now help to clean up the bad situations in these schools.

I definitlely think this is a horrific crime, and that these two culprits should be trialed as aduts, as a seventeen year old should most certainly know that murdering people in the middle of a school hallway isn't the best idea. I do think, though, that these environments are very hard on young men, who need stimulation through means of creative or active extracurricular activities, rather than find their fun in gang culture. The school board is not going about fixing this the right way, as troubled men are not likely to call a hotline, but to take a support disguised as a fun activity. I really think that the other problem is that these young men were able to get into school carrying two handguns, and that the security in these rougher areas should be stricter. But as you saw in my previous entry, random acts of violence and vandalism can occur at absolutely any school. Overall, I offer my sincere condolences to the young man whose life was taken away far too early.

The Deadly Mission

Volunteer firefighters are brave men around the globe, helping service their community by under going training and doing what they can to assist their communities. However, for Gary Kendell, he will not be able to help others any more, for a dark twist in a standard mock rescue lead to te death of the 51 year old man. His work was situated in the Ontario town of Port Edward, a small community of less than 2000 citizens, and the fire department is made up of a fire prevention officer, a fire chief, and almost 30 volunteer fire fighters. While he will be dearly missed by his wife and three kids, the fire departments of both Sarnia and Point Edward has received quite the shock in his death, one that may give future volunteers the want to be cautious. Sarnia Fire Chief, Pat Cayen, was quoted to say "It's a wake up call that it's your neighbour, it's your brother right next door, and you know, I think it wakes everybody". The death occured during a mock water rescue at Waterfront Park, where the now deceased was trapped underneath a sheet of ice, and died of injuries by the time his fellow comrades had gotten him to the hospital.

I would first like to offer my condolenses, as this is a tragic story, and this poor man had given a lot to his community, and to have to die and leave behind a family and community so early is very sad. I think the fire department shouldn't treat it so nonchalantly, though, because while it may be a "wake up call", it is also a tragedy, and should be treated delicately, not as something to teach the new recruits. Also, I question the fire departments decision making to initiate a water rescue on a frozen lake, where a real victim would no doubtly not survive either, and create unnecessary risk for these firemen. It is a very hard job in real life, but replicating a scenario that could end in death as a mock is just taking the point of a real mission out, but keeping the possibility of injury or fatalities. This interesting article can be found at this link, and many other Canadian publications.