Peter Whitemore...why the hell is he not in jail?

Peter Whitmore is apparently at it again. For those of you who don't know who Peter Whitmore is, he is a convicted and serial pedophile of the hightest order. In 1993 he was found guilty of abduction and sexual offences against 4 young boys. He spent the next 16 months in jail. A lesson was not learned from this, after all I do not think pedophiles can be taught lessons. Within 9 days of his release from the first round in jail he was again up to his old ways. He abducted an 8 year old in Guelph and fled to Toronto with her. This time his sentence was a little longer, 56 months. Low and behold, shortly (less than a month) after his early conditional release in 2000, he was found in a motel room with a 13 year old boy that he had "befriended". Whitmore was prohibited from being in the company of anyone under the age of 14 unless accompanied by an adult or approved by police, so back to jail he went for another year long stint.

Peter moved out west to Morinville Alberta upon release this last time, to hide and avoid the media spotlight. I'm sure his compulsion was also a big part of this move. After all, the parents of southern Ontario had made it very clear that he was not wanted here, and this would make it difficult to get close to their children.

Now I see that Peter is back in the news. For the same old thing. He is suspected of abducting a 10 year old boy, Zachary Miller. Zachary is a beautiful little boy with brown eyes and red hair. A light dusting of freckles runs across his nose and cheeks. He stands approximately four and a half feet tall and weighs seventy pounds. He has been missing from his home in Whitewood Saskatchewan since yesterday afternoon, and was last seen wearing black track pants with a red & white stripe and running shoes.

Zachary may not be the only victim at Whitmore's mercy right now. Police have reason to believe he may have another youth with him. A 14 year old aboriginal youth by the name of Jordan Bruyere. Jordan was last seen on July 22nd at a bus station in Brandon Manitoba. He is described as five foot six, a hundred and fifty pounds, with blue-green eyes (although in the pictures I have seen they look darker, perhaps brown) and brown hair. Whitmore may be driving a blue Dodge Caravan with wood panelling on the side and an Alberta license plate CUS 532.

My question is WHY IS HE OUT???? The first time around there were 4 victims, yet he was given a sentence that is less then some get for having a 'joint' on them. Then he went immediately back to his deviate ways. Again, a relatively short sentence considering the circumstances. 56 months for a little girl's innocence? He has continued to violate his releases and violate children. When is the judicial system going to take this in to consideration and sentence him properly? Also keep him for his entire sentence, since he has made it quite clear that he is not going to be rehabilitated and will continue to leave a path of destruction in his wake.

Now I just pray that they find Zachary and Jordan alive and okay.

And I wonder why we did not hear of a missing 14 year old aboriginal youth until another boy went missing??

A final good bye to a Native sister

Robin Cameron, 29 succumbed to devastating injuries she received after being shot while on duty as a RCMP officer near Spiritwood, Saskatchewan. She passed away in hospital on Saturday night at 11:00 PM. She leaves behind an 11 year old daughter.

Constable Robin Cameron was more than just a sister as a native woman. She was, and still is, an inspiration to women, to single mothers and to native people that are raised on reserves.

Life can be wonderful and life can be full of dispair when you live on a reserve. The land is beautiful, the air is healthier and families are abundant. But there are also abnormal percentages for alcohol abuse, violence, teen pregnancy and suicides. I do not know which side of this coin Robin lived on. I hope and believe that life was good to her in her formative years. Afterall she grew up with a strength of character that would later mold her life choices. The choices that made her shine as a human being.

As a single teenage mother she saw and over came many struggles. She dropped out of highschool when pregnant. This was meerly a slight pit stop on her road. Two years later she returned to school and completed what she needed too.

Then there was her first application attempt with the RCMP. She was rejected due to her poor eye sight. She would not be deterred from the career she had wanted since childhood, opting to have laser eye sugery to correct her eyes. And again she applied for the RCMP and was successful.

She would make a difference in the world.

She did just that. With strength of will and character. I admire her. I hope that her family and her daughter can take some comfort in the memory of Robin Cameron. She was a good woman. An inspiration.

My regret is that we only had an opportunity to know this incredible, strong and brave woman at her end. We, as Canadians and the native community, should have known her much sooner. A bright star, far too soon burnt out.

The Caledonia Saga continues....

The Honorable Court Justice David Marshall is pissed off. Why is he pissed off? Because his injunction and order to remove the native protestors from Douglas Creek Estates has not yet been enforced. He is angry and demanding enforcement even though it really is a mute point at this time. You see, the Ontario government has bought the disputed land from the developers, therefore rendering the injunction granted, to Henco Industries, nullified. The judge went on and on in court about the rule of law needing to be followed in a democratic society. He is right. However as a learned man, he should also know that brute forceable removal is not always an option or answer. Especially considering the historical proof that such force can be deadly.

Is there a lower value to be placed on a native person's life or rights? Does their blood flow with less importance, as the big money machines that wish to impose there massive concrete villages on beautiful natural landscapes? I think not.

While I completely understand his frustration, I did not see him offering resolution or compromises or suggestions to end this in a peaceable manner. His orders were simple "REMOVE THEM". Would he have been happier if the OPP had went in and removed everyone, but killed a couple of Indians in the process?

I am of no use today....I'm on a tangent. So I will end this now. Perhaps later I can come back a discuss this a little more logically.