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• Harold McNeill

  January 15, 2021 | #

  Wow, Graham, I was taken by surprise (but then again that’s not too hard). Having all you fine folks (my children by other fathers and mothers) would have been great. I’m hopeful that sometime in the not too distant future, we can reprise that trip. Perhaps we’ll just set aside a time for someone else’s landmark day, and we can surprise them. Love to you two. Harold

• Graham and Nazanin

  January 15, 2021 | #

  How could we miss this historic event my friend!!!
  Nazy and I were booked for that cruise Harold, we were looking so forward to it.
  We will be together soon! We both wish that continued unconditional love you receive from everyone to continue as you are that special someone that makes a difference in this world.
  Happy birthday sir, cheers!

• Harold McNeill

  January 7, 2021 | #

  Glad you found the site and that Dorthy enjoyed. I’ve added a lot of school photos in other locations linked to the High School Years stories. Cheers, Harold

• Shelley Hamaliuk

  January 2, 2021 | #

  Hi there, I am Dorothy Marshall’s (nee Hartman) daughter. Mom was quite excited when she discovered this site while surfing the net yesterday, so excited that she told me to have a look! She quite enjoyed taking a trip down memory and seeing old pictures of herself.Keep up the great work!

• Harold McNeill

  April 14, 2020 | #

  Hi Rick,
  Great to hear from you and trust all is going well. Our family members are all doing well but it must be pretty tough for a lot of people. I had once heard you were going to do some writing but never heard anything further. I would be most interested, but do you think the OB News have archives back to that time. Any link or information you could provide would be greatly appreciated. Did you keep copies? Regards, Harold

• Rick Gonder

  April 14, 2020 | #

  Hi Harold
  About 22 years ago I spent several weeks going through the OBPD archives. I wrote several stories that were published in the OB News. Feel free to use if they are of value to what you are doing.
  Keep this up, I’m enjoying it and it brings back memories.

• Harold McNeill

  April 12, 2020 | #

  Hi Susan,

  Glad you had a chance to read. I decided to update these stories by proofreading as there were several grammatical errors in many. Hopefully, many of those glaring errors have been removed.

  Many of the stories carry a considerable amount of social comment regarding the way the criminal justice system is selectively applied. Next up involves a young woman from near Cold Lake, Alberta, who was abducted by an older male from Edmonton. Her story is the story of hundreds of young men and woman who have found themselves alone and without help when being prayed upon unscrupulous predators.

  Cheers, Harold

• Susan

  April 8, 2020 | #

  Great read, Harold!…and really not surprising, sad as that may sound.
  Keep the stories coming, it is fascinating to hear them.
  Love from us out here in the “sticks”, and stay safe from this unknown predator called Covid.

• Harold McNeill

  February 17, 2020 | #

  Update:  Times Colonist, February 16, 2020, articles by Louise Dickson, She got her gun back, then she killed herself,” and,  Mounties decision to return gun to PTSD victim haunts her brother. 

  Summary: I don’t know how many read the above articles, but they contained the tragic details about young woman, Krista Carle’, who took her own life after suffering for years with PTSD. While tragedies such as this play out across Canada every week, the reason this story resonates so profoundly is that the final, tragic, conclusion took place here in Victoria. Continued in the article.

• McNeill Life Stories Index to Police Notebook - McNeill Life Stories

  February 16, 2020 | #

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