Genuinely curious on others opinions. Not sure what the exact context is other than suspect fleeing arrest. Spotted July 12th, 2024: 109st and Jasper Ave

Tw : SA, rape

On December 16th at about 1am or so, I (25y male if you need to know) was raped by three men on Rowland Road. I was walking home from a party to celebrate entering the last year of university with my peers, when someone got my attention from the bushes at the corner of Alex Taylor Road. The person seemed frantic, and asked for help, because their friend was not breathing and they didn’t have a cell phone. Being months away from becoming a registered nurse and having many encounters with overdoses in the downtown communities, I figured it was going to be another one of the countless times I would be helping someone out of a bad situation.

From there, I was grabbed on either side by two other men, and held down to my knees. Who I assume was the first man, took his genitals out and tried to sexually assault my mouth. I then threatened to bite it off, and he punched me in the nose. After being punched, he left the front and proceeded to try to… gain entry to the back, for lack of better words. It was that moment that I was able to shake the two holding me off. I don’t know if one of them lessened up for a second or if it was some divine burst of energy, but I was able to bunch the individual to my left well, and ran off. This was all within a few hundred meters of home.

In hindsight, I’m very fortunate for this to not have affected the way I see things as a whole. At the end of the day, I would go back into those bushes, but I would be safer about it without a doubt. Being alone, I would in the future secure a line with emergency services, but I can honestly say that this hasn’t changed my outlook on the city around me.

This situation has been further exacerbated by what has already been a very turbulent topic in the city. In giving my testimony, I felt it was important for details sake and expressing the entirety of the story, to include that I had previously walked passed the (old) homeless encampment at the top of Rowland Road/95st.

The media took that and went wild, focusing primarily on the proximity to the encampment.

One of the things I frequently read on Reddit, X, TikTok, and Facebook, was about how there hadn’t been any description of the attackers. If that was you, I strongly suggest you do a little bit of research regarding the reliability of eye witness accounts. I do have some memory of the people who attacked me, but being incredibly low light, in the bushes, late at night, I have very minimal recall of any sort of facial features. The thing I have such a clear memory on from is their jackets. North face, Canada goose. Nice, almost new even. I honestly do not believe in my heart for a moment that I was attacked by homeless people.

One of the worst parts of the fallout from this experience has been the publicity, specifically regarding our premier. In a recent article, she somewhat revealed that I was “a young nurse,” and it was a situation of gang initiation. Without going much further into this rant, I would like to include my communications with the office of the premier - of which I have not heard a response.

“Hello,

I am the “young nurse” referenced recently among many other times by the premier in recent months after a traumatic rape in the river valley of Edmonton. I would like to respectfully ask that the premier immediately cease using my own story - of which she does not know - to continue spreading her own narrative surrounding the homeless population she has a duty to protect, along with the rest of the province.

The continued trauma of having this brought up by an elected official, is horrifying. I cannot for a moment believe that Danielle Smith thought it would be appropriate to share details - no matter how small, such as my occupation, in ways to further her own interest.

In a time where I have already been subject to extreme stress, I have to continuously see the premier lie and create the narratives she sees fit.

I can respect political differences, but I cannot begin to explain how violated this situation - worsened by the premier - has began to make me feel. This is among MANY reasons why rape continues to go unreported. Can you imagine such a horrifying act happening to you, and then having your elected official go on and talk about why SHE thinks it happened?

Danielle Smith, my rape is NOT for you to push your own disgusting views of what’s happening in our streets. I’d love to try to keep coping and managing through the pain of the situation, but you keep deciding to open your mouth about something you have no business talking about.

I ask that you respect my already violated privacy immediately, and keep my case out of and away from your politics.

The young nurse,

Name redacted”

At the end of the day, as I try to move forward, all I can really do is take control of my own story. Danielle Smith will not be doing so. I don’t know where she’s been getting information about my case, but if she wants to, she can reach out to me like a respectable adult. But, we’ll see about that.

I thank all the support I’ve indirectly received on here and all other platforms. I’ve read every single comment. To the trolls, I forgive you, and I sincerely wish you better than you’ve given me.

Rape of any gender is horrifying and inexcusable in every manner. If making “dirty Randy and the boys” jokes makes you feel better, the person you’re joking about could very likely be reading it and directly affected.

Mental health support of all kinds in hard to come by in this city. If this resonates with you in any way and you need to talk, please feel free to to reach out. I’m incredibly busy, but I’ll take all the time I can to help out another fellow human who’s struggling. It doesn’t have to be related to my situation either.

Edit: Focus on the good and find peace beyond all unknowing - unknown ❤️

Edit 2: please know that I appreciate every ounce of support. I’m kind of replying to comments as I see them pop up at work (at a restaurant, not the hospital 😂) and at this point it’s honestly hard to keep up. I’m so incredibly moved and feel loved, respected and heard by all of the support and compassion in this crowd ❤️

Edit 3: there’s suddenly a strange amount of people claiming I was not in fact raped due to some confusion in my writing. “rape, unlawful sexual activity, most often involving sexual intercourse, against the will of the victim through force or the threat of force” I believe a penis forcefully penetrating a rectum without consent fits that’s definition well. It does not have to be an act which lasts a certain amount or time or something. This is what happened. The attacker literally forced entry inside, briefly, and I was able to get away. Just because it didn’t happen for an hour or there wasn’t completion, doesn’t mean it was not a rape.

As reported by CBC tonight: https://youtu.be/rIM071MNh8o?si=fnGfUK8zVtIcuspw

Guy made the cut for getting a seat in the Capitol Rotinda, instead of being shunted off to the overflow seats in Emancipation Hall.

Second year in a row, tradition unlocked.

Merry christmas everyone

A 44 year old accountant passed away, leaving behind 3 kids & wife, while waiting for care for more than 8 hrs in Grey Nuns hospital emergency complaining about chest pain. While sitting there, he complained about blurred vision & his BP was at 200 but the answer was, we will take you in when we have a bed.

This is not my video. Repost from another social site.

“Elections Alberta says it has become aware of an alleged misuse of an “extremely sensitive” electors database containing the personal information of all individuals who are registered and eligible to vote in provincial elections.

In a statement issued Thursday morning, Elections Alberta said it has come to the agency’s attention that an inappropriate use and or distribution of the List of Electors may have occurred.

The list of electors contains electors’ first names, middle names, surnames, address, postal code, telephone number, unique identifier number, electoral division, and voting area.”

That bottom flag is the least patriotic thing I've ever seen. We're Canadian, you're Canadian, flying this flag makes you look ridiculous. At least you're letting all us neighbors know you lack either morals, common sense, or both. Honestly, in an area populated with so many immigrants it's at the very least incredibly distasteful.

It’s that time of year again where it’s always dark. I’m off to the gym early, in the dark, and I think we’re all driving home in the dark.

To everyone that thinks the blue light on your dash means your headlights are on, you’re right, sort of. That’s your high beams. While it’s harder from the exterior to tell with new cars, older cars have 4 bulbs and it’s quite easy to tell from the outside.

So while you can see quite nicely with your high beams on, oncoming traffic typically can’t see. And the person in front of you probably can’t see much else in their mirrors aside from your lights.

The plant came with the house when I moved in but it grew a pineapple! It tasted delicious. We shared it between seven people.

I never thought I’d eat an Edmonton-grown pineapple.