Constables Marc Bourdages and Robin Cameron have succumbed to their injuries.
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I heard the news about an hour ago, I still have tears. My deepest condolences to their families, friends and co-workers.
Another very sad day for the RCMP, for the country and for their families.
Deepest condolences.
Minister Day, how much longer do we wait before we get tough on criminals ?
This is a sad day for Canada. God bless the loved ones of these two brave officers.
May Robin and Marc rest in peace.
And may the rest of us never forget that the cost of peace is not cheap–nor guaranteed. Our police officers and soldiers often pay the ultimate price on our behalf. These Canadian heroes deserve all the respect and support we can give them.
my heartfelt condolences goes out to the families of all concerned…
My son has just graduated from grade 12 and he is applying for the RCMPolice…I have advised him of the danger of the job and that the laws are in favor of the criminals but he hopes to make a difference and I know he will as he is an intelligent and compassionate person and I will stand by any decision he makes although it does make me uneasy as I once was in the Police force and I know first hand the obstacles the Police have to deal with….
God Bless their souls and condolences to their families.
Cst. Cameron was an role model of how one can turn their life around. A native Canadian who went to a residential school, who dropped out high school and was a single mother. She turned her life around and was a credit to her tribe, the Force, and the country. I hope a trust fund is being set up to care for her 11 year old daughter.
Cst. Bourdages leaves his wife, an RCMP member and their 9 month old baby.
Canada is the poorer, now that these two brave officers are gone.
It is worthwhile to live
and fight courageously
for sacred ideals.
O blow ye evil winds
into my body’s fire
my soul you’ll never unravel.
Even though disappointed a thousand times
or fallen in the fight
and everything would worthless seem,
I have lived amidst eternity —
Be grateful, my soul —
My life was worth living.
He who was pressed from all sides
but remained victorious in spirit
is welcomed into the choir of heroes.
He who overcame the fetters
giving wings to his mind
is entering into the golden age of
the victorious.
———————————————
Composed by Norbert Capek in Dresden Prison in 1941, shortly before he was transferred to Dachau concentration camp.
Bastard.
My tears are with Robin and Marc. My condolences are with their families and loved ones. My rage is with previous administrations.
Thank you, Angry Canadian, for that profound and profoundly beautiful poem.
altarboy, you and your son understand what this tribute to the transcendence of the human soul means.
My heart aches that the public institutions in Canada, which used to understand the importance of honour and the integrity of the individual, now seem to have lost their souls, their minds, and their memory: Identity and victim politics seem to be all that matters now.
A light in the darkness is the new government of Canada: Fred, I’m sure that Stock Day–a man of integrity if ever there was one–is listening!
I trust that the present government of Canada will not only honour the sacrifice and memory of our fallen brother and sister, but will take decisive action–as much as a minority government can–to see that the person(s) responsible is(are) held responsible.
Sincere condolences to their families…
My condolences & sympathy to the families. God Keep them in his hand.
Perhaps we can introduce a bill in there names, to end this reign of criminality instituted by the liberal Marxists.
Its time to bring punishment & responsibility back to our degraded , raped of any consequences, legal system.
Now that would be a real legacy & boon to future Canadians from the depredations of the mad Socialists & there love affair with Thugs.
I as well think it high time Judges with there appendages ,layers, social workers & parole officers be forced to accept the responsibility of there dereliction of duty . To the public, when they release these killers in our midst.
On the quiet of course .Names banned to protect the guilty. This cadre of social engineers of course Wouldn’t want the child molesters not to find victims. Marxists love these miscreants.
Its no better in Alberta because of the Federal assault on citizens because of there pro criminal stance.
To the families of those that lost there loved ones in the good fight. Justice one day will come!!!!
this is another one I drop squarely in the lap of alan rock and his pathetically and lethally misdirected gun legislation. whut a legacy there al.
I didnt think Robin was going to make it but I hoped Marc would.
lets hope THIS TIME the politishuns set aside ideology, agenda, platitude and image and FINALLY do something substantive to address gun violence in canada.
Damn it what is it with these little settler towns (Spiritwood,Mayerthorpe)Caledonia?… oops I mean some still have the mindset that it is still the colonial frontiers of the 1700’s and that Canada is still lawless and open to free settlement…..oh wait. Wheres the justice! Where’s the justice! Frontiersmen going around killing the likes of these two brave and noble individuals again I say where’s the justice!!!!!
“Perhaps we can introduce a bill in there names…”
Lets not do that. Too often what is heartfelt wished for, becomes a horrific political nightmare that results in abuses to the innocent, and shame for the family.
Better to honour their memory by enhancing the resolve and betterment of their peers, and to sincerely acknowledge and respect their sacrifice, and to truly support their families in their loss.
Right now, we can only weep with the families and friends of Robin Cameron and Marc Bourdages. We can speculate about the wisdom of engaging in a chase after a known nut bar (the alternative being that he, with a weapon, might visit his anger on someone else). We can also extend our sympathy to the officer who was shot at and and survived – just imagine how she must feel tonight. But, at a deeper level (and please spare me superficial thoughts about gun registry laws and the judicial system), why is there so much anger out there? Is it just in small prairie towns? Is it just in urban places like Toronto? Is it just where First Nations and others try to get along? We’re not unique … see other reports about the Lebanon/Israel/Syria? I’d love to hear some ideas.
Andy
The antigun lobby is going to use this as a reason for even stronger gun control. But we all know that it needs to be the other way around.
What a truly sad day. My heartfelt sympathies go to the families of the deceased officers.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, let’s not paint towns like Spiritwood with the idea that they’re lawless or angry or rednecks, or savages or whatever people may come up with. Please. Let’s get some facts straight (for what we know anyway). This case in Mildred stems from the fact that the fugitive (Curtis Dagenais)and his father had “”issues””.
Do the research on them! It was Curtis Dagenais who pulled this horrific crime, NOT the people of Spiritwood, Mildred, nor the suurounding communities. These communites are full of heart and kind and generous people, and very law-abiding citizens to boot.
Countless volunteers, career-people, and businesss people work extremely hard at making everyone safe and welcome there, INCLUDING the RCMP staffs. So don’t even think this is a “gun-control issue”, or that rural Sask is the wild frontier or whatever. If you’ve ever lived in, or visited such a place, you’ll know what I mean.
Putting that aside, I am personally crushed by the fact that the two officers are gone. They were just doing their job.
Being a farmer and living near a small prairie town, it is hard to understand why this could have happened. If you read a bit of the history of this guy, he has had probs for years. Just read an article today that he threatened the life of Highway Traffic board officers as long ago as 1999. The prob. I think is that this type of person should have been Red flagged then.
I know nothing of the law, but have a feeling that he should have been delt with a long time ago.
Makes me sick to think of what the families have to go through now. Having delt with the loss of my brother a year ago, my heart goes out to them and are in my prayers.
Whether the peacekeepers are at home or abroad, they are the brave.
I had really hoped they’d make it but when the news was so scarce as Kate pointed out, I feared the worse.
My condolences for the families, loved ones and RCMP colleagues of these fine citizens of Canada.
both this killer and Roszko in Mayerthorpe had long histories of criminal behavior protected by a diseased system and lawyers of ill guided intent.
my heartfelt sorrow for the families of the RCMP officers and to the Canadian people who have to put up with a system that favours criminals.
telltale signs of aappallingly flawed legal system (note I dont call it ‘justice’ system)
cliffie olson is right on the cusp of applying for parole.
parole?
like he has a chance or sumptin ???
parole ??? him ???
ah yes. this is the land of the namby pamby liberals as envisioned by the deeply manby pamby francis fox and his ….(drum roll) faint hope clause !!!! wooo hooo !!!! there’s still hope for the most vile evil. so sayeth thine liberals.
uh, frankiefoxbaby …. how ‘faint’ does the ‘hope’ hafta BE before ya locks them away and melts down the big jail house key ???
liberals just dont get it. there is a type, a profile, of individual so filled with violent thoughts that they are irretrievable.
their thoughts churn and churn and churn inside them and now we have 2 more murdered rcmp.
liberals always dismiss it as an ‘aberration’ an ‘exception’. they dont get it. its their attitude of liberalism that has established the social and legal conditions that keeps these type roaming about.
sign of the times.
anybody expect mr minister of public safety to do anything?
I feel so bad for the children of these two officers. They will both grow up not knowing one of their parents. I find that the most upsetting factor in this whole mess.
In slightly over one year six Mounties have been killed by gunshots in the government’s senseless and vengeful, Bush-pleasing “War on Crime”. During the same period seven members of the Canadian Forces have been killed by hostile action in Afghanistan as part of Canada’s participation in Bush’s fanatical “War on Terror”.
Surely it is time to realize that these “wars” cannot be won using brute force. It is obviously time for negotiations, the only way to end the fruitless killing…
Canadians want our Mounties to resume their traditional role as peace officers, just as they want our soldiers to be peacekeepers–not legionaires for Bush’s falling Rome.
Mark
Ottawa
Mark, you’re joking, right?
If not, I have to be honest and call you an idiot.
Mark, have you ever tried negotiating with a two year old? Adult toddlers–the murderers of police officers and Canadian soldiers in the ME–if their murderers respected the Geneva Convention, I’d call them soldiers–can’t be negotiated with. Period. End of story. Do you have any other bright ideas?
BTW: My husband forgot to water the flowers AGAIN. I know he’d really appreciate it if you could let him know how this is Bush’s fault. I’m sure you won’t let my hubby down. I’ll check back later;-) On his behalf, many thanks!
Hey bucolics! If you go down to the woods today, You’d better go in disguise
For every bear that ever there was Will gather there for certain because Today’s the day the ..*
Police in bucolic rural Canada often face “ticking time bombs:” criminologist
(CP) – Rural Canada’s idyllic image as a peaceful and protected oasis from big city danger is a myth that often hides “nasty little cauldrons” of police haters, an Alberta criminologist said Monday.
c news
* Tdy bears picn….
lookout: Sarcasm, actually. Excerpts from an imagined column by Linda McQuaig.
Mark
Ottawa
Thanks, Mark. I thought maybe . . .
And you’re not an idiot!
Geez Mark ,
You had me concerned for a bit there.
ya Mark . . . thought you had quaffed the kool-aid & crossed over to the dark side of the moonbat universe.
Whew . . . sarcasm, but it is a perfect parody of McQuaig
I heard the news about an hour ago, I still have tears. My deepest condolences to their families, friends and co-workers.
Another very sad day for the RCMP, for the country and for their families.
Deepest condolences.
Minister Day, how much longer do we wait before we get tough on criminals ?
This is a sad day for Canada. God bless the loved ones of these two brave officers.
May Robin and Marc rest in peace.
And may the rest of us never forget that the cost of peace is not cheap–nor guaranteed. Our police officers and soldiers often pay the ultimate price on our behalf. These Canadian heroes deserve all the respect and support we can give them.
my heartfelt condolences goes out to the families of all concerned…
My son has just graduated from grade 12 and he is applying for the RCMPolice…I have advised him of the danger of the job and that the laws are in favor of the criminals but he hopes to make a difference and I know he will as he is an intelligent and compassionate person and I will stand by any decision he makes although it does make me uneasy as I once was in the Police force and I know first hand the obstacles the Police have to deal with….
God Bless their souls and condolences to their families.
Cst. Cameron was an role model of how one can turn their life around. A native Canadian who went to a residential school, who dropped out high school and was a single mother. She turned her life around and was a credit to her tribe, the Force, and the country. I hope a trust fund is being set up to care for her 11 year old daughter.
Cst. Bourdages leaves his wife, an RCMP member and their 9 month old baby.
Canada is the poorer, now that these two brave officers are gone.
It is worthwhile to live
and fight courageously
for sacred ideals.
O blow ye evil winds
into my body’s fire
my soul you’ll never unravel.
Even though disappointed a thousand times
or fallen in the fight
and everything would worthless seem,
I have lived amidst eternity —
Be grateful, my soul —
My life was worth living.
He who was pressed from all sides
but remained victorious in spirit
is welcomed into the choir of heroes.
He who overcame the fetters
giving wings to his mind
is entering into the golden age of
the victorious.
———————————————
Composed by Norbert Capek in Dresden Prison in 1941, shortly before he was transferred to Dachau concentration camp.
Bastard.
My tears are with Robin and Marc. My condolences are with their families and loved ones. My rage is with previous administrations.
Thank you, Angry Canadian, for that profound and profoundly beautiful poem.
altarboy, you and your son understand what this tribute to the transcendence of the human soul means.
My heart aches that the public institutions in Canada, which used to understand the importance of honour and the integrity of the individual, now seem to have lost their souls, their minds, and their memory: Identity and victim politics seem to be all that matters now.
A light in the darkness is the new government of Canada: Fred, I’m sure that Stock Day–a man of integrity if ever there was one–is listening!
I trust that the present government of Canada will not only honour the sacrifice and memory of our fallen brother and sister, but will take decisive action–as much as a minority government can–to see that the person(s) responsible is(are) held responsible.
Sincere condolences to their families…
My condolences & sympathy to the families. God Keep them in his hand.
Perhaps we can introduce a bill in there names, to end this reign of criminality instituted by the liberal Marxists.
Its time to bring punishment & responsibility back to our degraded , raped of any consequences, legal system.
Now that would be a real legacy & boon to future Canadians from the depredations of the mad Socialists & there love affair with Thugs.
I as well think it high time Judges with there appendages ,layers, social workers & parole officers be forced to accept the responsibility of there dereliction of duty . To the public, when they release these killers in our midst.
On the quiet of course .Names banned to protect the guilty. This cadre of social engineers of course Wouldn’t want the child molesters not to find victims. Marxists love these miscreants.
Its no better in Alberta because of the Federal assault on citizens because of there pro criminal stance.
To the families of those that lost there loved ones in the good fight. Justice one day will come!!!!
this is another one I drop squarely in the lap of alan rock and his pathetically and lethally misdirected gun legislation. whut a legacy there al.
I didnt think Robin was going to make it but I hoped Marc would.
lets hope THIS TIME the politishuns set aside ideology, agenda, platitude and image and FINALLY do something substantive to address gun violence in canada.
Damn it what is it with these little settler towns (Spiritwood,Mayerthorpe)Caledonia?… oops I mean some still have the mindset that it is still the colonial frontiers of the 1700’s and that Canada is still lawless and open to free settlement…..oh wait. Wheres the justice! Where’s the justice! Frontiersmen going around killing the likes of these two brave and noble individuals again I say where’s the justice!!!!!
Lets not do that. Too often what is heartfelt wished for, becomes a horrific political nightmare that results in abuses to the innocent, and shame for the family.
Better to honour their memory by enhancing the resolve and betterment of their peers, and to sincerely acknowledge and respect their sacrifice, and to truly support their families in their loss.
Right now, we can only weep with the families and friends of Robin Cameron and Marc Bourdages. We can speculate about the wisdom of engaging in a chase after a known nut bar (the alternative being that he, with a weapon, might visit his anger on someone else). We can also extend our sympathy to the officer who was shot at and and survived – just imagine how she must feel tonight. But, at a deeper level (and please spare me superficial thoughts about gun registry laws and the judicial system), why is there so much anger out there? Is it just in small prairie towns? Is it just in urban places like Toronto? Is it just where First Nations and others try to get along? We’re not unique … see other reports about the Lebanon/Israel/Syria? I’d love to hear some ideas.
Andy
The antigun lobby is going to use this as a reason for even stronger gun control. But we all know that it needs to be the other way around.
What a truly sad day. My heartfelt sympathies go to the families of the deceased officers.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, let’s not paint towns like Spiritwood with the idea that they’re lawless or angry or rednecks, or savages or whatever people may come up with. Please. Let’s get some facts straight (for what we know anyway). This case in Mildred stems from the fact that the fugitive (Curtis Dagenais)and his father had “”issues””.
Do the research on them! It was Curtis Dagenais who pulled this horrific crime, NOT the people of Spiritwood, Mildred, nor the suurounding communities. These communites are full of heart and kind and generous people, and very law-abiding citizens to boot.
Countless volunteers, career-people, and businesss people work extremely hard at making everyone safe and welcome there, INCLUDING the RCMP staffs. So don’t even think this is a “gun-control issue”, or that rural Sask is the wild frontier or whatever. If you’ve ever lived in, or visited such a place, you’ll know what I mean.
Putting that aside, I am personally crushed by the fact that the two officers are gone. They were just doing their job.
Being a farmer and living near a small prairie town, it is hard to understand why this could have happened. If you read a bit of the history of this guy, he has had probs for years. Just read an article today that he threatened the life of Highway Traffic board officers as long ago as 1999. The prob. I think is that this type of person should have been Red flagged then.
I know nothing of the law, but have a feeling that he should have been delt with a long time ago.
Makes me sick to think of what the families have to go through now. Having delt with the loss of my brother a year ago, my heart goes out to them and are in my prayers.
Whether the peacekeepers are at home or abroad, they are the brave.
I had really hoped they’d make it but when the news was so scarce as Kate pointed out, I feared the worse.
My condolences for the families, loved ones and RCMP colleagues of these fine citizens of Canada.
both this killer and Roszko in Mayerthorpe had long histories of criminal behavior protected by a diseased system and lawyers of ill guided intent.
my heartfelt sorrow for the families of the RCMP officers and to the Canadian people who have to put up with a system that favours criminals.
telltale signs of aappallingly flawed legal system (note I dont call it ‘justice’ system)
cliffie olson is right on the cusp of applying for parole.
parole?
like he has a chance or sumptin ???
parole ??? him ???
ah yes. this is the land of the namby pamby liberals as envisioned by the deeply manby pamby francis fox and his ….(drum roll) faint hope clause !!!! wooo hooo !!!! there’s still hope for the most vile evil. so sayeth thine liberals.
uh, frankiefoxbaby …. how ‘faint’ does the ‘hope’ hafta BE before ya locks them away and melts down the big jail house key ???
liberals just dont get it. there is a type, a profile, of individual so filled with violent thoughts that they are irretrievable.
their thoughts churn and churn and churn inside them and now we have 2 more murdered rcmp.
liberals always dismiss it as an ‘aberration’ an ‘exception’. they dont get it. its their attitude of liberalism that has established the social and legal conditions that keeps these type roaming about.
sign of the times.
anybody expect mr minister of public safety to do anything?
I feel so bad for the children of these two officers. They will both grow up not knowing one of their parents. I find that the most upsetting factor in this whole mess.
In slightly over one year six Mounties have been killed by gunshots in the government’s senseless and vengeful, Bush-pleasing “War on Crime”. During the same period seven members of the Canadian Forces have been killed by hostile action in Afghanistan as part of Canada’s participation in Bush’s fanatical “War on Terror”.
Surely it is time to realize that these “wars” cannot be won using brute force. It is obviously time for negotiations, the only way to end the fruitless killing…
Canadians want our Mounties to resume their traditional role as peace officers, just as they want our soldiers to be peacekeepers–not legionaires for Bush’s falling Rome.
Mark
Ottawa
Mark, you’re joking, right?
If not, I have to be honest and call you an idiot.
Mark, have you ever tried negotiating with a two year old? Adult toddlers–the murderers of police officers and Canadian soldiers in the ME–if their murderers respected the Geneva Convention, I’d call them soldiers–can’t be negotiated with. Period. End of story. Do you have any other bright ideas?
BTW: My husband forgot to water the flowers AGAIN. I know he’d really appreciate it if you could let him know how this is Bush’s fault. I’m sure you won’t let my hubby down. I’ll check back later;-) On his behalf, many thanks!
Hey bucolics! If you go down to the woods today, You’d better go in disguise
For every bear that ever there was Will gather there for certain because Today’s the day the ..*
Police in bucolic rural Canada often face “ticking time bombs:” criminologist
(CP) – Rural Canada’s idyllic image as a peaceful and protected oasis from big city danger is a myth that often hides “nasty little cauldrons” of police haters, an Alberta criminologist said Monday.
c news
* Tdy bears picn….
lookout: Sarcasm, actually. Excerpts from an imagined column by Linda McQuaig.
Mark
Ottawa
Thanks, Mark. I thought maybe . . .
And you’re not an idiot!
Geez Mark ,
You had me concerned for a bit there.
ya Mark . . . thought you had quaffed the kool-aid & crossed over to the dark side of the moonbat universe.
Whew . . . sarcasm, but it is a perfect parody of McQuaig