#St. Pierre et Miquelon

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Liz Fagan Band are heading southwest!

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Auguste Neel, the only man to be guillotined in North America.

Truly one of a kind, murderer Auguste Neel occupies a singular place in criminal history. The islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, though sited close to the Canadian territory of Newfoundland, remain a French colony to this day. While Canada hanged its civilian criminals and shot its soldiers for capital crimes, France used its dreaded guillotine even if it had to import one for the occasion. For…

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"MUTINY CHARGE LIKELY AGAINST KROMHOUT CREW," Hamilton Spectator. December 8, 1933. Page 7. ---- Arrests at St. Pierre International Matter ---- Application to France for Extradition ---- Ottawa Now in Police Kidnapping Picture ---- Ottawa, Dec. 8. (CP) - With the arrival of the rum-runner Kromhout at St. Pierre, and arrest of its crew, the sensational case involving the kidnapping of four Canadian coast guardsmen becomes one of international significance.

Headquarters of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the departments of justice and external affairs were to-day considering the next steps in a drama which must now, in all probability involve the exchange of communications between the Canadian government and the government of France.

'It looks like a straight case of extradition," an official of the department of external affairs said today when informed of the arrest of the Kromhout's master and crew at the French island.

Extradition would involve the transmission of a request by the government of Canada to the government of France through the Canadian minister in Paris that the men be returned to Canada. While steps along this line have not yet been taken, it seems probable that action will come without delay

Mutiny Likely Charge At R.C.M.P. headquarters it was stated to-day the department of justice would be consulted before a decision was reached as to the next step. The Kromhout, it was explained, was in charge of a prize crew, and consequently the question of mutiny was involved. A special international law applicable to mutiny is in existence, and this may be invoked in the present case. Departmental wheels were turning as information came through that the four coast guardsmen were safe and that their captors had been arrested. It is probable that further action will be taken shortly.

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Beak Full of Breakfast

This is a detailed shot of a blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) who was around yesterday. The jay is gathering peanuts, you can see two here, one in its mouth and one held in the end of its beak. The jay looks lit it recently went through a molt and its head feathers are growing back.

"The oldest known wild, banded Blue Jay was at least 26 years, 11 months old when it was found dead after being caught in fishing gear. It had been banded in the Newfoundland/Labrador/St. Pierre et Miquelon area in 1989 and was found there in 2016."

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airsLLide No. 21558: F-OHPX, Airbus A310-325, Air Calin, Sydney, May 7, 2002.

Air Calin is the Nouméa-based carrier of Nouvelle Calédonie (New Caledonia), a French group of islands in the South Pacific. Politically speaking, the islands are part of France, enjoying a unique status called collectivité d'outre mer (COM) in the French Constitution.

Eager for a geopolitical tangent of oddities? OK, here we go: Other than the French overseas territories in the Caribbean (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane) and the Indian Ocean (La Réunion, Mayotte), the islands of Nouvelle Calédonie are not among the five so-called overseas departments of France (départements d'outre-mer, DOM in short) that share the same political status as the departments of the French mainland. The main difference to those is that the seven French COM territories St. Pierre et Miquelon (off the Canadian Eastcoast), St. Barth and St. Martin (in the Carribean), Wallis-et-Futuna, French Polynesia/Tahiti and Nouvelle Calédonie (in the South Pacific), as well as the French territories of Antarctica including the outlying islands St. Paul, Kerguelen and the Crozet archipelago), and the uninhabited island of Clipperton (off the Mexican coast) are neither part of the European Union nor of the Schengen area - although they belong to the territory of EU and Schengen member France...

But similar to the five "departments abroad", the status of Nouvelle Calédonie as a French COM is reflected by the registration worn by Air Calin's sole Airbus A310, acquired second-hand from Swiss leisure carrier BalairCTA: Any aircraft belonging to an airline in one of the five overseas departments of France, or in one of the seven colléctivités d'outre mer, receive a specific 'French-Overseas'-tailnumber, beginning with the letters F-O... by default. Or, in other words, if you ever come along an aircraft with an F-Oxxx tailnumber, you can be sure it belongs to one of these exotic places...

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Character Name: Antoine Lefeuvre Nickname (s): Toine Face Claim:  Logan Lerman Birthday: 8th of May - 28 years old Place of birth: St Pierre et Miquelon Zodiac: Taurus MBTI: ENFP (Campaigner) Moral Alignment: Chaotic good Occupation: Bookseller Place of work: Once Upon A Book Subplot affiliation: Skeptical co-host in the Mystery Series 3 positive traits: Curious, Quick-thinking, Generous 3 negative traits: Stubborn, Resentful, Forgetful Languages: English, French, some Latin Love language: Acts of kindness, Physical touch

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Biography: Coming soon

Wanted Connection #1: Dinosaur Fans - He has three passions in life : the paranormal (Scully's version), reading and dinosaurs. One caught the other talking about them, and that was enough to spark the first light of a beautiful friendship.

Wanted Connection #2: The hater : They think Antoine is all pretend. No one can be so obtuse when it comes to what's really out there. They can't stand him, and they have made it their mission to prove his smug ass wrong. 

Wanted Connection #3: Older brother (ideally Michiel Huisman FC / anyone who looks related to him)

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Holidays 7.14

Holidays

Bastille Day (France)

Beh Deinkhlan (Meghalaya, India)

Black Country Day (UK)

Comedy Celebration Day

Corkboard Day

Drukpa Tshechi (Sikkim, India)

Emmeline Pankhurst Day (UK)

Fete Nationale (Guadaloupe, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Reunion, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna)

Hondurans’ Day (Honduras)

International Non-Binary People’s Day

International Nude Day

International Sister Cities Day

Lá Cuimhneacháin Náisiúnta (Republic of Ireland)

Mad Pride Day

National Be Nice to Bugs Day

National Break Free From the Big Three Day (Bad Habits, Relationships & Stale Mobile Plans)

National Car Wash Day

National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Honor Based Abuse & Forced Marriage (UK)

National Joey Day

National La Chancla Day

National Marco Day

National Nude Day (New Zealand)

National Psychologist Appreciation Day

National Reese Day

National Tape Measure Day

Pandemonium Day

Quatorze Juillet (France)

Sage Plant Day (French Republic)

Shark Awareness Day

Silver Day (South Korea)

SpongeBob Day

Sunflower Day (Japan)

Tape Measure Day

Unaine Day (Elderly Women’s Day; Kiribati)

Victims of the Nice, France Attack Day

Victoria Day (Sweden)

World Chimpanzee Day

World Orca Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

International Macaroni & Cheese Day

Macaroni Day

M&Ms Argument Day

National Grand Marnier Day

National Mac and Cheese Day

Roasted Chicken Day

2nd Friday in July

Collector Car Appreciation Day [2nd Friday]

Kebab Day [2nd Friday]

Kilburn Feast begins (Yorkshire, England) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

National Motorcycle Day [2nd Friday]

Sea Festival begins (Jūras Svētki Sākas; Latvia) [2nd Friday]

Wayne Chicken Show begins [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

White Cloud’s Birthday & Tatanka (Bison) Festival begins (North Dakota) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

World Kebab Day [2nd Friday]

Worldwide Art Day [2nd Friday]

Independence Days

Ijivate of Rikuchar (Declared; 2015; subsequently dissolved) [unrecognized]

Montenegro Statehood Day Holiday (Montenegro)

Republic Day (Iraq)

Feast Days

Birthday of Osiris (Egyptian God of Agriculture)

Boniface of Savoy (Christian; Saint)

Bona-Venture (Christian; Saint)

Camillus of Lellis (Roman Catholic Church, except in the United States)

Cow Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Deusdedit of Canterbury (Christian; Saint)

Ellegua’s Day (Pagan)

St. Ferdinand III (Positivist; Saint)

First Sermon of Lord Buddha (Bhutan)

Gaspar de Bono (Christian; Saint)

Goat Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Gustav Klimt (Artology)

Humphrey Bogart Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Idus of Leinster (Christian; Saint)

John Keble (Church of England)

Kateri Tekakwitha (a.k.a. Lily of the Mohawks; Christian; Saint)

Libertus (Christian; Saint)

Matariki (Maori New Year; New Zealand)

Nachi Himatsuri (Fire Festival; Japan)

Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain (Christian; Saint)

Procopius (Christian; Saint) [Czech Republic]

Samson Occom (Episcopal Church (United States))

Whamop the Rental Magician (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 32 of 60)

Premieres

Anchor’s Aweigh (Film; 1945)

The Big Sick (Film; 2017)

The Blair Witch Project (Film; 1999)

Brazil, by Jimmy Dorsey (Song; 1939)

The Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling (Novel; 2007) [Harry Potter #7]

Easy Rider (Film; 1969)

The Flying Mouse (Disney Cartoon; 1934)

For Whom the Bell Tolls (Film; 1943)

Foul Play (Film; 1978)

Gunpowder Milkshake (Film; 2021)

Horehound, by The Dead Weather (Album; 2009)

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (Film; 1965)

Johnny Bravo (Cartoon Series; 1997)

Licence to Kill (US Film;1989) [James Bond #16]

Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One (Film; 2023)

Muppets from Space (Film; 1999)

The Pride of the Yankees (Film; 1942)

The Stan Freberg (Radio Series; 1957)

Venus, by Shocking Blue (Song; 1969)

War for the Planet of the Apes (Film; 2017)

The Wearing of the Grin (WB LT Cartoon; 1951)

When Harry Met Sally (Film; 1989)

X-Men (Film; 2000)

Today’s Name Days

Goswin, Kamilus, Roland (Austria)

Kamilo, Marcelin, Miroslav (Croatia)

Karolína (Czech Republic)

Bonaventura (Denmark)

Joel, Joosua (Estonia)

Aliisa, Alisa (Finland)

Camille (France)

Roland, Camillo, Goswin (Germany)

Akylas, Nikodemos, Nikodimos (Greece)

Ors, Stella (Hungary)

Camillo, Giusto (Italy)

Loreta, Oskars, Ritvars, Selgars (Latvia)

Eigilė, Libertas, Vydas (Lithuania)

Solfrid, Solrun (Norway)

Bonawentura, Damian, Dobrogost, Franciszek, Izabela, Kosma, Marceli, Marcelin, Marcelina, Stella, Ulrych, Ulryk, Ulryka (Poland)

Angelina (Russia)

Kamil (Slovakia)

Camilo (Spain)

Folke (Sweden)

Priscilla (Ukraine)

Alton, Camden, Cameron, Camron, Camryn, Kameron, Kamryn, Ventura (USA)

Cami, Camilla, Camile, Camille, Camillus, Camilo, Came, Kaamil, Kami, Kamil, Kamila, Kamilla, Kamille (Universal)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 195 of 2024; 170 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 28 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 5 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Wu-Wu), Day 27 (Guide-You)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 25 Tammuz 5783

Islamic: 25 Dhu al-Hijjah 1444

J Cal: 15 Lux; Oneday [15 of 30]

Julian: 1 July 2023

Moon: 9%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 27 Charlemagne (7th Month) [St. Ferdinand III]

Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 1 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 24 of 94)

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 24 of 31)

Calendar Changes

July (a.k.a. Quintilis or Iulius; Julian Calendar) [Month 7 of 12]

Ur (Primal Strength) [Half-Month 14 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 7.28)

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Holidays 7.14

Holidays

Ann Hutchinson Memorial Day

Bastille Day (France)

Beh Deinkhlan (Meghalaya, India)

Black Country Day (UK)

Comedy Celebration Day

Corkboard Day

Crop Circle Origin Day

Day of the Russian Post

Day of Tax Office Workers (Belarus)

Drukpa Tshechi (Sikkim, India)

Emmeline Pankhurst Day (UK)

Fete Nationale (Guadaloupe, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Reunion, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna)

Fish Farmers Day (Tajikistan)

Hondurans’ Day (Honduras)

International Non-Binary People’s Day

International Nude Day

International Sister Cities Day

Lá Cuimhneacháin Náisiúnta (Republic of Ireland)

Mad Pride Day

National Be Nice to Bugs Day

National Break Free From the Big Three Day (Bad Habits, Relationships & Stale Mobile Plans)

National Car Wash Day

National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Honor Based Abuse & Forced Marriage (UK)

National Joey Day

National La Chancla Day

National Marco Day

National Newt Day

National Nude Day (New Zealand)

National Psychologist Appreciation Day

National Reese Day

National Tape Measure Day

National Tax Day (Indonesia)

Pandemonium Day

Quatorze Juillet (France)

Sage Plant Day (French Republic)

714 Day (California)

Shark Awareness Day

Silver Day (South Korea)

SpongeBob Day

Sunflower Day (Japan)

Tape Measure Day

Unaine Day (Elderly Women’s Day; Kiribati)

Victims of the Nice, France Attack Day

Victoria Day (Sweden)

World Chimpanzee Day

World Orca Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

International Macaroni & Cheese Day

Macaroni Day

M&Ms Argument Day

National Grand Marnier Day

National Mac and Cheese Day

Roasted Chicken Day

Independence & Related Days

Bastille Day (France)

Ijivate of Rikuchar (Declared; 2015; subsequently dissolved) [unrecognized]

Montenegro Statehood Day Holiday (Montenegro)

National Day (Tahiti)

National Day of Commemoration (Ireland) [Sunday closest to 7.11]

Republic Day (Coup d’Etat; Iraq; 1958)

2nd Sunday in July

Barn Day [2nd Sunday]

Disability Awareness Day (UK) [2nd Sunday]

Father’s Day (Uruguay) [2nd Sunday]

Festival of the Giants begins (Fête des Géants; France) [Sunday after 7.5]

Lá Cuimhneacháin Náisiúnta (National Day of Commemoration; Ireland) [Sunday closet to 7.11]

World Rollout Day [2nd Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning July 14 (3rd Week of July)

Captive Nations Week (thru 7.20) [3rd Week]

Every Body Deserves a Massage Week (thru 7.20) [3rd Full Week]

Operation Safe Driver Week (thru 7.20)

Parenting Gifted Children Week [3rd Week]

Roman Mercanus (Ancient Roman Market) [thru 7.19]

Sports Cliche Week (thru 7.20) [Week of MLB All-Star Game]

Festivals Beginning July 14, 2024

Bastille Day Military Parade (Paris, France)

Black Hawk County 4-H and FFA Fair (Waterloo, Iowa) [thru 7.18]

BVI Emancipation Festival (Road Town, British Virgin Islands) [thru 8.10]

Derry Township Agricultural Fair (New Derry, Pennsylvania) [thru 7.20]

Heritage Fire (Asheville, North Carolina)

IFT FIRST: Annual Event and Expo (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 7.17]

Feast Days

Birthday of Osiris (Egyptian God of Agriculture)

Boniface of Savoy (Christian; Saint)

Bonaventure (Christian; Saint)

Brian Selznick (Writerism)

Camillus of Lellis (Roman Catholic Church, except in the United States)

Clooties in Wells Day (Celtic Book of Days)

Cow Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Day of Horus (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Deusdedit of Canterbury (Christian; Saint)

Ellegua’s Day (Pagan)

St. Ferdinand III (Positivist; Saint)

Festival of Millennial Fairy Olympics (Shamanism)

First Sermon of Lord Buddha (Bhutan)

Gaspar de Bono (Christian; Saint)

Goat Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Gustav Klimt (Artology)

Humphrey Bogart Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Idus of Leinster (Christian; Saint)

John Keble (Church of England)

Juliette Wytsman (Artology)

Kateri Tekakwitha (a.k.a. Lily of the Mohawks; Christian; Saint)

Libertus (Christian; Saint)

Machelm (Christian; Saint)

Marco de Gastyne (Artology)

Mike Esposito (Artology)

Nachi Himatsuri (Fire Festival; Japan)

Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain (Christian; Saint)

Procopius (Christian; Saint) [Czech Republic]

Samson Occom (Episcopal Church; United States)

Ulric of Zell (Christian; Saint)

Whamop the Rental Magician (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 32 of 60)

Premieres

All Our Yesterdays, by Natalia Ginzburg (Novel; 1952)

Anchor’s Aweigh (Film; 1945)

Barnyard Baseball (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1939)

The Big Sick (Film; 2017)

The Blair Witch Project (Film; 1999)

Brazil, by Jimmy Dorsey (Song; 1939)

The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care, by Benjamin Spock (Health Book; 1946)

The Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling (Novel; 2007) [Harry Potter #7]

Easy Rider (Film; 1969)

The Flying Mouse (Disney Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1934)

For Whom the Bell Tolls (Film; 1943)

Foul Play (Film; 1978)

Glory Road, by Robert A. Heinlein (Novel; 1963)

Gunpowder Milkshake (Film; 2021)

Hello, How Am I (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1939)

Horehound, by The Dead Weather (Album; 2009)

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (Film; 1965)

Johnny Bravo (Cartoon Series; 1997)

Licence to Kill (US Film;1989) [James Bond #16]

Main Mouse (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1966)

Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One (Film; 2023)

Muppets from Space (Film; 1999)

Popeye the Sailor (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1933)

The Pride of the Yankees (Film; 1942)

The Stan Freberg (Radio Series; 1957)

Stuart Little, by E.B. White (Novel; 1945)

Venus, by Shocking Blue (Song; 1969)

War for the Planet of the Apes (Film; 2017)

The Wearing of the Grin (WB LT Cartoon; 1951)

When Harry Met Sally (Film; 1989)

X-Men (Film; 2000)

Today’s Name Days

Goswin, Kamilus, Roland (Austria)

Kamilo, Marcelin, Miroslav (Croatia)

Karolína (Czech Republic)

Bonaventura (Denmark)

Joel, Joosua (Estonia)

Aliisa, Alisa (Finland)

Camille (France)

Roland, Camillo, Goswin (Germany)

Akylas, Nikodemos, Nikodimos (Greece)

Ors, Stella (Hungary)

Camillo, Giusto (Italy)

Loreta, Oskars, Ritvars, Selgars (Latvia)

Eigilė, Libertas, Vydas (Lithuania)

Solfrid, Solrun (Norway)

Bonawentura, Damian, Dobrogost, Franciszek, Izabela, Kosma, Marceli, Marcelin, Marcelina, Stella, Ulrych, Ulryk, Ulryka (Poland)

Angelina (Russia)

Kamil (Slovakia)

Camilo (Spain)

Folke (Sweden)

Priscilla (Ukraine)

Alton, Camden, Cameron, Camron, Camryn, Kameron, Kamryn, Ventura (USA)

Cami, Camilla, Camile, Camille, Camillus, Camilo, Came, Kaamil, Kami, Kamil, Kamila, Kamilla, Kamille (Universal)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 196 of 2024; 170 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of Week 28 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 8 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 9 (Ji-Mao)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 8 Tammuz 5784

Islamic: 7 Muharram 1446

J Cal: 16 Red; Twosday [16 of 30]

Julian: 1 July 2024

Moon: 57%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 27 Charlemagne (7th Month) [St. Ferdinand III]

Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 6 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 25 of 94)

Week: 3rd Week of July

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 24 of 31)

Calendar Changes

July (a.k.a. Quintilis or Iulius; Julian Calendar) [Month 7 of 12]

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Saint-Pierre — Joséphine Jobert's new show

Saint-Pierre — Joséphine Jobert's new show

DS Florence Cassell may have left St Marie in series 13 of Death in Paradise, but Joséphine Jobert will return to the Atlantic to the real location of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (far North from the Caribbean). Coming to CBC in winter 2025, Saint-Pierre stars Jobert, alongside James Purefoy and Allan Hawco. What’s Saint-Pierre about? It’s more than a little like a Canadian version of Death In…

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2024 IIHF Worlds France Roster

Wingers

#3 Charles Bertrand (E.R.C. Ingolstadt/Paris)

#12 Valentin Claireaux (H.K. Vítkovice Ridera/St. Pierre Et Miquelon)

#41 Pierre-Édouard Bellemare (Seattle Kraken/Le Blanc-Mesnil)

#44 Tomas Simonsen (C.D.H. Amiens Somme/Neuilly-Sur-Seine)

#72 Jordann Perret (Mountfield H.K./Autrans-Méaudre-En-Vercors)

#81 Anthony Rech (Rouen Hockey Élite 76/Sallanches)

#94 Tim Bozon (Lausanne C.D.H./Lugano, Switzerland)

#95 Kevin Bozon (C.D.H. Ajoie/Lugano, Switzerland)

Centers

#14 Stéphane Da Costa (K.K. Avtomobilist/Paris)

#29 Louis Boudon (Iowa Heartlanders/Grenoble)

#77 Alexandre Treille (Brûleurs De Loup/Grenoble)

Defensemen

#6 Vincent Llorca (Ducs d'Angers/Clermont-Ferrand)

#7 Pierre Crinon (Brûleurs De Loups/Reims)

#8 Hugo Gallet (Kalevan Pallo/Amiens)

#18 Yohann Auvitu (H.K. Vítkovice Ridera/Ivry-Sur-Seine)

#27 Enzo Cantagallo (Rouen Hockey Élite 76/Grenoble)

#62 Florian Chakiachvili (Rouen Hockey Élite 76/Briançon)

#74 Thomas Thiry (C.D.H. Ajoie/Saint-Germain-En-Laye)

Goalies

#33 Julian Junca (Tulsa Oilers/Prades)

#37 Sebastian Ylönen (Jokers De Cergy-Pontois/Rouen)

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"HALTING TO FREE MEN CAPTORS ARE TRAPPED BY ST. PIERRE POLICE," Toronto Star. December 8, 1933. Page 23. --- French Authorities Waiting on Rocky Shore as Boat Pulls In ---- NOW HELD IN JAIL ---- Halifax, Dec. 8. Four Canadian coastguardsmen carried away yesterday aboard the rum-running vessel Kromhout are safe at St. Pierre.

While every available craft of Canada's preventive service combed the Atlantic for the four captives, they were landed on the rocky little island off Newfoundland's coast at nine o'clock last night.

Captain Ross Mason and the crew of the Kromhout were arrested immediately and held in jail at St. Pierre.

The motor vessel was seized yesterday morning by the patrol boat Stumble Inn after a long chase in which the government ship fired several times on the suspected rum-runner.

Four men of the Stumble Inn's crew were placed aboard the seized vessel as a prize crew, and they were carried away when the towline linking the ships was cut, and the Kromhout escaped in the morning mist.

Chief Officer Milton Mackenzie of North Sydney was in command of the prize crew; under him were Second Engineer James McIntosh of Sydney Mines and Able Seamen Raymond Oxford and Murdock McDonald of North Sydney.

Search for the speedy craft carrying the four captives began immediately. The wireless carried a warning to all ships to be on the watch for the Kromhout; and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, who administer the customs preventive service, concentrated their ships in the waters about Cape Breton.

From the North Sydney base the Stalwart and Tenarity steamed seaward. The Bay Hound sped from Charlottetown to join them. And the Stumble Inn - officially patrol boat No. 4 - took on provisions and fuel hurriedly at North Sydney and put to sea for St. Pierre, where the Kromhout was believed to have taken on her cargo of 1,500 kegs of liquor.

It was while the Stumble Inn was driving hard for the little French island that the Kromhout slipped into shore under cover of darkness to land her prisoners. Advised to be on the watch, authorities there immediately arrested the Kromhaut's crew and lodged them in jail.

Now International Problem Ottawa, Dec. 8. - With the arrival of the rum-runner Kromhout at St. Pierre, and arrest of its crew, the sensational case involving the kidnapping of four Canadian coast guardsmen becomes one of international significance.

Headquarters of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the departments of justice and external affairs were to-day considering the next steps in a drama which must now, in all probability, involve the exchange of communications between the Canadian government and the government of France.

"It looks like a straight case of extradition," an official of the department of external affairs said to-day when informed of the arrest.

Extradition would involve the transmission of a request by Canada to the government of France through the Canadian minister that the men be returned. While steps along this line have not yet been taken, it seems probable action will come without delay.

At R.C.M.P. headquarters it was stated to-day the department of justice would be consulted as to the next step. The Kromhout, it was explained, was in charge of a prize crew, and consequently the question of mutiny was involved. A special international law applicable to mutiny is in existence, and this may be invoked.

Departmental wheels were turning and it is probable action will be taken shortly.

[swede1952]

Blue Jay

Here is a photo of a blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) that I took in October 2023. I haven't seen any of these birds in a few weeks, I know that they are still around though. Perhaps they are deeper in the forest. My guess I'll see them more when it starts getting really cold, especially it snows. Yes, it occasionally snows in Louisiana.

"The oldest known wild, banded Blue Jay was at least 26 years, 11 months old when it was found dead after being caught in fishing gear. It had been banded in the Newfoundland/Labrador/St. Pierre et Miquelon area in 1989 and was found there in 2016." - allaboutbirds.org

[renaudb]

DÉPRESSION SUR L'ATLANTIQUE NORD-OUEST - 15/10/2023 - 14 H 00 UTC

Image du satellite GOES16, le 15/10/2023 à 14h00 UTC : une dépression bien creuse (974 hPa en son centre) circule actuellement près des côtes de Nouvelle-Angleterre. On distingue un enroulement nuageux bien net autour de son centre.

Elle se dirige vers le Nord. Ainsi lundi en journée, elle passera à proximité de St-Pierre-et-Miquelon, où l'on attend des rafales de vent de Nord-Est de l'ordre de 100 km/h et des pluies parfois soutenues.

[dsandrvk]

Saturday, August 29 - St Pierre, France

Well, the weather forecasters were unfortunately right, and our string of beautiful shore days was broken. The fog horn sounded through the night, and the only time the fog lifted was when the rain poured down. Even so, we spent the entire day in the small, but cute port of St Pierre, the largest town in the territory of France called St Pierre et Miquelon (the other main island). We were greeted by cheerful volunteers handing out maps and small French tricolor flags (plastic -a good thing considering the conditions). Once again we were sharing the port with the Holland America ship, but we were both anchored out beyond the breakwater and had tenders. Theirs took them to the main square, ours to a small dock near the lighthouse and a row of sheds (mostly shuttered) where many zigotos and dories were winched up onto the shores. The former are large dories with a sail - more on them later.

We were also greeted by this little duo in one of the sheds. This was the museum for the zigotos and dories, and had models, plans, memorabilia, etc., all in a tiny space. A couple doors down was the only other open shed - it appeared to be a clubhouse of sorts for the organization of zigoto folks, and they had a little sign at the front advertising t-shirts, hats, etc. so we went in, and had a lovely chat, winding up with a couple of shirts. Later, in town, we saw the workshop where they actually repair and restore the boats.

The harbor for St Pierre is protected mostly from the east by a low barrier island that still has a few buildings, but has mostly been abandoned. Our plan had been to take the ferry out there, but with the wind over 40 mph, and sideways rain, we decided to stay on the main island. In addition to the island, the harbor is protected by a couple of breakwaters, but it was a little bumpy at the start of the tender ride. The lighthouse is actually inside the breakwater.

These islands are extremely close physically to Newfoundland and Labrador, but were originally settled by French cod fishers, and although they have been under British control at least 5 times since 1713, they have been permanently controlled by the French since 1816. There is also a heavy Basque influence and an annual Basque fest. We think it was supposed to be this weekend, including today, but when we walked past, everything was shuttered because of the weather. Because of their location, these islands were widely used for smuggling alcohol into the US during Prohibition, and Al Capone had a base of operations here. There is still a lot of fishing here, although more modern boats are used rather than the traditional zigotos and dories.

There are a few commercial streets in town, as well as the waterfront, but most of the town is not geared to tourists, and many shops close up for an extended lunch, or close on Friday afternoons, when we were there. We walked the main streets and then walked south to a small lake, then up through residential areas to a higher lake with a little tumbling stream - still with houses on one side. By this time it was raining fairly heavily, but we had on our rain gear and decided to hike up a trail along the creek to a "belvedere" (overlook). The views would have been spectacular if we could have seen through the rain. Our original plan B (plan A had been the island) was to take some of the trails through the surrounding hills to the "seven lakes", but that seemed a little ridiculous, since the cloud level was just above us. Instead, we meandered through town, found the tourist information center, bought a couple of Basque style berets, and did some more wandering. Despite having our ponchos over our rain gear, we were pretty much soaked by this time.

We finally headed back to our tender dock, but when we passed by the zigotos association building a party seemed to be happening, since there was a long table with chairs, lots of food and wine, and about 20 members. We were invited in, and given lots of yummy homemade cakes, since we were now old friends. We talked at length with one of the group about current fishing trends, zigoto repairs and maintenance, and a little more about life on these islands. Then we had to spend some time in the little museum learning more. At least both spaces were dry.

We finally made it back to the ship, probably spending more time ashore than anyone else. We hung up all our wet clothes (pretty much all our clothes that we wore) in the bathroom, showered, and enjoyed a sail away out into the fog, with the sound of the fog horn a constant reminder of the weather.

We now have two sea days to dry out and get ready for a blitz of stops up and down the Saint Lawrence. Our next stop will be in Sangueney, a conglomeration of several villages up a fjord off of the St Lawrence. We'll be back in Canada, but will still be needing to figure out French. C'est la vie.