I agree with all this. But as of now - in Gillam, they are demonstrating how they are keeping the locals safe. In a major way! I wonder tho if Manitoba Hydro didn’t have such a large presence/impact there if they would have invested the resources to Gillam.
Yes, but with very little information. Look how long it took for RCMP to even classify the crime as 'gun violence'? How tough of a call could that have been with the nature of the wounds and casing no doubt found at the scene? It was this delay in info where I truly expected locals to start demanding more information but neither the locals nor the press seemed to push hard back against the RCMP with the exception of a couple of reporters at the second press briefing.
No, they likely have someone checking on them. They are most often trailers. Often mega contractors will do that, they will rent/lease the space from whomever owns the land, or some get sold to other contracting companies......oil & gas industry, road construction, hydro projects and other. It would not surprise me if with the enmasse of people into Gillam and area, some may be currently used for the police enforcement and other people involved in the search as a 'command center' or if anything a bed to get some rest and eat. Most camps have big kitchens etc. These police also need to eat and sleep and there are only one or 2 tiny motels in Gillam.
Hate to say it but probably not! But I'm an outsider and perhaps the locals could weigh in on the question. To see those military folks arrive today was something but I'm not sure they were there to protect the good people of Gillam. MOO
There was an article yesterday, the Globe and Mail I think, that said people knowingly keep their vehicles and cabins unlocked because of inclement weather or bears in an effort to help each other. The article also said that it's understood and accepted that people may come in your cabin and take what they need, so the guys would have access to anything they came across before it was public knowledge they were in the area.
I don't either. I think that is wishful thinking from a desperate, grieving man. I think they may well have some camping experience, but that hardly makes them seasoned woodsmen. And if there's one thing I have learned from this thread is that camping in northern Manitoba is a very different experience from camping where they lived!
Yes that is true. But too much info was kept from the public at first. When two armed delusional pretend GI Joes are in your back alley, would you not have liked some info on them and a warning before hand?
That, and the heat sensing technology (FLIR) on that aircraft can allow for real time observation of heat signatures.
Ummm the Cold Lake incident, please don’t get me going on that lol
I have been here for years, and it's different to be discussing area's that are so close to home. Canada is such a large country and it's nice to see that we are able to share some of what our great country has to offer and just how beautiful it is (when not searching for 2 murderers). I know it's renewed my interest in travelling up North and across country, we have so much to see!The twitter report in which a person claimed to have seen one young white man near Gillam hitch hiking is intriguing. The person of course didn't identify the young man as McLeod or Schmegelsky only that it was odd to see a solitary young white guy in a remote mostly first nations area. To my mind it does reveal other plausible scenarios in which a new vehicle is the goal, so one of them hitch hikes with the intent of carjacking, while the other follows in the rav4....
All of that is possible, but why go through ALL this trouble just to hang out in someone's basement? Not to be crude, but what's the fun in that for these guys (other than the ongoing manhunt). Everything just seems like A LOT of trouble to go through just to hideaway in someone's basement. But, who knows?
