Stolen Mortar

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

.. My suspicion is bureaucrats have removed them, not trophy hunters or idiots.

Pray tell, David. What is the difference?

[Marc Montgomery]

I wonder if someone wasn't trying to sell it to a scrap metal -breakers- yard? that happens a lot here. Many cenotaphs have been desecrated in Canada by thieves taking the bronze or brass original plaques.. This metal fetches a good price..and i can't say that Im aware of a lot, or any ethical breakers-scrap dealers

Lots of wire theft too for the copper.. recently someone broke into a transformer enclosure, broke some equipment to take the copper wire and left a couple thousand people in New Brunswick without power in the arctic cold...also a popular winter carnival had to be cancelled with no power.

Thieves care not a whit about historic, heritage, or respect for the fallen...

[motto (RIP)]

Canada is sounding more and more like a colder version of Australia.
There is a rogue virus or s**t-head gene running rampant through the population. The percentage of witless creeps seems to be growing dramatically.

David