Paula Simons: He may be Canada's 'ultimate troll,' but is an Edmonton blogger also a criminal?
Police charged Edmonton blogger Barry Kent Winters, 62, with wilfully promoting hatred against an identifiable group June 1.
That’s an extremely rare charge under the Criminal Code. The Edmonton Police Service can’t recall any other time when they’ve charged someone under its provisions. There’ve been just three charges under that section in Alberta in the last six years.
Winters’ appalling blogs, the Baconfat Chronicles and the Baconfat News, have been a cancer in
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