Lucky Moose Shopkeeper Off Some of The Hook

I wish I had thought of the name "Lucky Moose Food Mart" I really do....but I didn't and David Chen did...lucky him....anyway David is breathing a little easier now after having some, but not all of the charges dropped following his chasing down and catching a thief who stole from the Lucky Moose Food Mart in downtown Chinatown in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

David was charged by police when he chased tackled a man he "alleges" (I love saying alleges...sounds so Law and Order like) says stole a tray of flowers from outside the Lucky Moose Food Mart.  Apparently when the thief made the grab David ran like a moose deer,  caught him, tied him up, and stuck him in a van for safe keeping until police arrived.

Where this gets kind of silly is when the police arrived later to arrest David, charging him with several offences including kidnapping, carrying a concealed weapon, assault and forcible confinement.


Awww..c'mon now....well the Crown later decided to drop the kidnapping and concealed weapons charges, but the others remain outstanding.
Now here is how those of us on Silverhorn Mountain look at this.....a common thief steals some flowers from the Lucky Moose. The owner of those flowers catches him and does what he thinks necessary to hold him for the police....the police and Crown get their knickers in knot and decide why not get two for the price of one and charge everyone with something....except anyone with half a wit knows that David did what he thought was necessary to save his property, and I for one, don't blame him.

If David Chen hadn't  chased down the flower thief and caught him, what do you think are the chances that the police would have ever caught him? Slim to none? None at all? All of the above?  You got it, how much effort is the Toronto police force going to put into catching someone who stole a tray of flowers? I doubt it would make the most wanted list....On the other hand, shouldn't a shop owner, who is physically able to, try to get his property back, and if he can, shouldn't he arrest the person who took it?

Otherwise, the next time someone steals a basket of flowers, or perhaps a Rolex watch, all the store owner can do is say, "Thanks for stealing from me, have a nice day, would you like a receipt?" 

That is, of course, that the story is true, and the person really did steal the tray of flowers from the Lucky Moose Food Mart in Toronto's Chinatown.

Calgary Flames Vaccinated Against Swine Flu

Well...well...it seems that even with things like the Canadian H1N1 vaccination program, which I by the way is going swimmingly 

It apparently helps to be a sports star or more exactly, a member of the Calgary Flames or a family member of the Calgray Flames NHL hockey team. Members of the Calgary Flames were given their swine flu shots in a   medical clinic "under the direction of Alberta Health Services"  Just in the nick of time, almost like a last second goal in a tie game, because one day later the province suspended it's H1N1 vaccination clinics because of the vaccine shortage.

According to the Calgary Flames H1N1 report, the Flames organization and medical staff thought it was a good idea to get their players protected quickly, citing reasons like the physical contact players have, the "extreme exhertion" they perform, all all the travel in and out of the country. There was also the fuss that could have been caused if the players had of shown up at a public clinic. Hmm..actually it might have been good for line-up moral to have a player there signing autographs, imagine the press, "Get you shot and an autograph" maybe even your picture taken with a Calgary Flame hockey player....that would have been something! But alas, that ain't likely now, given that they are already done....I hear some of their family members got the shot too....pretty good deal, the priviledges of being a Canadian hockey player I guess, not standing in Alberta cold to get a needle...that is for the fans to do.....

In their defense, the players did get the shot before the vaccine supply was shut down and limited to only certain people, so that isn't really an issue, but getting special treatment, well.....I'm not sure what to think about that....what about you? What do you think about the Calgary Flames recieving the H1N1 vaccine at a medical clinic while others lined up to wait?

Read the full news report Here