Crime
Vehicle theft leads to crash in Lloydminster

July 23, 2019
Theft of vehicle leads to collision: Lloydminster RCMP
Lloydminster, Alta ā On Jul. 17, 2019 Lloydminster RCMP were dispatched to a vehicle that was stolen from the 4700 block of 13 street. A short time later, a second call was received to the Detachment advising a collision had just occurred in the 2700 block of 45 avenue involving the stolen vehicle, and the driver was fleeing the scene on foot. Lloydminster Police Dog Services were deployed to the area, and after a short track the driver was located and arrested. A female in the other vehicle was treated by Emergency Medical Services on scene.
Corey Blaine Graver (26) of Lloydminster, Alta, is charged with seven counts under the Criminal Code including:
- Dangerous operation of a conveyance contrary to Section 320.13 of the Criminal Code of Canada
- Theft of motor vehicle contrary to Section 333.1 of the Criminal Code of Canada
- Resisting arrest contrary to Section 129 of the Criminal Code of Canada.
Additionally, a friend of the registered owner of the stolen vehicle was issued a violation ticket for driving without reasonable consideration for others contrary to section 213 of the Traffic Safety Act.
āWe are lucky nobody was seriously injured in this collision,ā says S/Sgt Sarah Knelsen of the Lloydminster RCMP Detachment. āDonāt take matters into your own hands; let the police do their work. Vigilantism will not be accepted.ā
Lloydminster RCMP would like to remind the public to not leave keys in their vehicles. āVehicle thefts are generally not targeted,ā according to Const. Michael Hagel. āThey are a crime of opportunity, and its because they are at right place at the right time. Always remove your valuables from your vehicle when you are parking it for a long period of time.ā
Vehicle thefts and property crime are a priority of the Lloydminster RCMP Detachment. Citizens are requested to be vigilant and report things that seem out of place to the Lloydminster Detachment.
Graver has been remanded in custody and will appear in Lloydminster Provincial Court on Jul. 29, 2019.
Lloydminster RCMP are asking the public’s assistance for any information in relation to this incident. Please contact Lloydminster RCMP at 780-808-8400 or your local police if you have any information. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477(TIPS), online at www.P3Tips.com or by using the “P3 Tips” app available through the Apple App or Google Play Store.
2025 Federal Election
Liberal MP resigns after promoting Chinese government bounty on Conservative rival

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āI find it incredible that Mark Carney would allow someone to run for his party that called for a Canadian citizen to be handed over to a foreign government on a bounty,ā heĀ saidĀ at a recent rally. āWhat does that say about whether Mark Carney would protect Canadians?ā
Liberal MP candidate Paul Chiang has dropped out of the running after being exposed for suggesting Canadians turn in a Conservative Party candidate to the Chinese consulate to collect a bounty placed on the man by the communist regime.
In an March 31 statement, Chiang, the Liberal candidate for the Markham-Unionville riding,Ā announced his departure from the race after a video of him suggesting a bounty could be claimed for Conservative candidate Joe Tay by handing him over to Chinese authorities circulated on social media. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have announced they are āprobingā the comments.
āI am proud of what we have achieved together and I remain deeply grateful for the trust placed in me,ā he said. āThis is a uniquely important election with so much at stake for Canadians. As the Prime Minister and Team Canada work to stand up to President Trump and protect our economy, I do not want any distractions in this critical moment.ā
āThatās why Iām standing aside as our 2025 candidate in our community of Markham-Unionville,ā he announced.
Chiangās resignation follows backlash from Conservatives and Canadians alike when aĀ January videoĀ from a news conference with Chinese-language media in Toronto resurfaced.
In the video, Chiang jokingly suggested that Tay, his then-Conservative rival for the MarkhamāUnionville riding, could be turned over to the Chinese Consulate General in Toronto in return for $1-million Hong Kong dollar bounty, about $183,000 CAD.
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre was quick to call out Chiangās suggestion and blasted Prime Minister Mark Carney for keeping him on the ballot.
āI find it incredible that Mark Carney would allow someone to run for his party that called for a Canadian citizen to be handed over to a foreign government on a bounty,ā heĀ saidĀ at a recent rally. āWhat does that say about whether Mark Carney would protect Canadians?ā
Chiang has since apologized for his suggestion on both social media and personally to Tay.
āToday, I spoke with Joseph Tay, the Conservative candidate for Don Valley North, to personally apologize for the comments that I made this past January,ā heĀ wroteĀ in a March 30 X post.
āIt was a terrible lapse of judgement. I recognize the severity of the statement and I am deeply disappointed in myself,ā he continued.
Carney has said remarkably little regarding the situation. First, heĀ refusedĀ to fire the Liberal candidate, referring to Chiangās statement as a āterrible lapse of judgment.ā
āHeās made his apology. Heās made it to the public, heās made it to the individual concerned, heās made it directly to me, and heās going to continue with his candidacy,ā Carney said. āHe has my confidence.ā
Then, following the announcement of Chaingās resignation, CarneyĀ toldĀ reporters that it was time to āmove onā and that he would āleave it at that.ā
2025 Federal Election
āCoordinated and Alarmingā: Allegations of Chinese Voter Suppression in 2021 Race That Flipped Toronto Riding to Liberals and Paul Chiang

āThere were Chinese officials following Bob Saroya around.ā The Bureau investigates claims of voter intimidation in the Toronto-area riding now at the centre of Canadaās election.
As Canadaās snap election unfolds under the shadow of foreign interferenceāfollowing the resignation of a Liberal MP accused of suggesting his Conservative rival could be handed to Chinese officials for a bountyāThe BureauĀ has uncovered new allegations that Chinese agents attempted to intimidate voters and the Conservative incumbent in the same MarkhamāUnionville riding during the 2021 federal campaign. The revelations raise urgent concerns that similar tactics may be resurfacing in Toronto-area ridings with large communities of immigrants from China and Hong Kong.
Paul Chiang, a former police officer who unseated longtime Conservative representative Bob Saroya to win MarkhamāUnionville for Team Trudeau in 2021, stepped down as a candidate late Monday after the RCMP confirmed it was reviewing remarks he made to Chinese-language media in January. During that event, Chiang reportedly said Conservative candidate Joe Tayāa Canadian citizen wanted under Hong Kongās National Security Lawācould be taken to the Chinese Consulate in Toronto to claim a bounty.
Tay, a former Hong Kong broadcaster whose independent reporting from Canada has drawn retaliation from Beijing, rejected Chiangās apology, calling his comments to Chinese-language journalists āthe tradecraft of the Chinese Communist Party.ā He added: āThey are not just aimed at me; they are intended to send a chilling signal to the entire community to force compliance with Beijingās political goals.ā His concerns were echoed by dozens of NGOs and human rights organizations, which condemned Chiangās remarks as an endorsement of transnational repression.
There is no indication Chiang was aware of the intimidation campaign alleged by senior Conservative sources during the 2021 vote. He has described his January remarks as an ill-considered joke, a serious lapse in judgment, and emphasized that he intended no harm or wrongdoing.
According to multiple senior figures from Erin OāTooleās 2021 Conservative campaignāwho spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of intelligence disclosuresāOāTooleās team was briefed by Canadian intelligence that Chinese officials were actively surveilling Saroya during the election. One source recalled being told that āthere were Chinese officials following Bob Saroya around,ā and that āCSIS literally said repeatedly that this was ācoordinated and alarming.āā
āBob lost because the Chinese vote abandoned him,ā the source added.
When asked to respond, OāTooleāwho stepped down after the 2021 lossāacknowledged awareness of voter intimidation reports but did not say whether CSIS had informed his team about alleged Chinese surveillance targeting Saroya.
āOur candidate Bob Saroya was a hardworking MP who won against the Liberal wave in 2015,ā OāToole wrote. āHe won in 2019 as well, but thousands of votes from the Chinese Canadian community stayed home in 2021. We heard reports of intimidation of voters. We also know the Consul General from China took particular interest in the riding and made strange comments to Mr. Saroya ahead of the election. It was always in the top three of the eight or nine ridings that I believe were flipped due to foreign interference. The conduct of Mr. Chiang suggests our serious concerns were warranted.ā
A third senior Conservative campaign source confirmed Chinese interference was a concern in multiple ridings. āThe concern was related to Chinaā¦ we had candidates that were being intimidated,ā the source said.
Speaking specifically to Saroyaās campaign, the source said that in the early stages of the 2021 election, Saroya and a close family member believed they were performing well. āHe said he had never had such a good reaction at the doors, and he assumed he was getting the Chinese traditional vote,ā they recalled.
But the campaign later learned from CSIS that Saroya was allegedly being followed by suspected Chinese security personnel. Intelligence assessments reportedly indicated that these actors were shadowing Saroyaās canvassing team and visiting the same homes shortly after campaign stops. WhileĀ The BureauĀ has not confirmed CSISās exact conclusions, the conduct appears consistent with voter suppression tacticsāparalleling public warnings issued this week by Canadaās SITE Task Force.
The source added that CSIS interviewed Saroya. āHe was convinced he was being tailed at times,ā they said.Ā The BureauĀ has independently confirmed with two sources that Saroya was interviewed by CSIS.
Saroya has declined to comment.
While Saroya is not named among alleged victims, a January 2022 āSpecial Reportā from the Privy Council Officeāsourced from over 100 CSIS documents and reviewed byĀ The Bureauāstated that a small number of MPs in 2021 reported concerns for their families, reputations, privacy, and re-election chances due to ātargetedā CCP activity.
Another section of the report details threats and coercion strongly resembling the emerging picture in Markham. It stated that Chinese diplomats, public security officers, and intelligence officers had monitored Canadians, including one case in which agents threatened the parents of a student in Canada.
The Privy Council Office report also suggested that concerns about forced repatriationsāor even covert renditionsāof dissidents are plausible. It noted that in 2020, a Chinese police liaison worked with a Canadian law enforcement officer to repatriate an economic fugitive in the Fox Hunt campaign. Another coerced repatriation involved Chinese police bringing a fugitiveās brother and father to Canada, and the relatives could not return to China unless the fugitive returned with them.
The report also noted that āChinese intelligence officers have discussed that Canadians can be āmessed withā in person and online because they are critical of China.ā
Although SITE officials have not directly addressed Joe Tayās statement that he contacted the RCMP for protection in relation to his candidacy, they acknowledged under repeated questioning from Canadian reporters Monday that the spread of Chiangās comments through Chinese-language media fits a broader pattern of foreign interference aimed at silencing dissidents and influencing voters.
In aĀ public statement,Ā a SITE official said the task force is aware of ongoing efforts by authoritarian regimes to target dissidents, critics, journalists, and other members of diaspora communities. āPlease remember two things. First, your vote is secret and secureāit will not be possible to find out who you vote for. And second, it is an offense to threaten someone so that they change their vote,ā the official said Monday.
Canadians experiencing intimidation or threats were urged to write down the detailsāsuch as the person, location, and nature of the eventāand report to local police or contact the RCMP National Security Information Network.
Though Saroya has not spoken publicly about the matterādespite repeated interview requests fromĀ The Bureauāparliamentary testimony suggests he raised his concerns within Conservative leadership. During a 2023 hearing of the House Procedure and Affairs Committee, Conservative MP Michael Cooper asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeauās Chief of Staff, Katie Telford:
āTen weeks before the 2021 election, Bob Saroya, then member of Parliament for MarkhamāUnionville, received a cryptic and threatening text message from Beijingās Consul General in Toronto, suggesting that he would no longer be a member of Parliament after the 2021 election. Were you, the Prime Minister or anyone in the PMO briefed or otherwise have knowledge about that text message?ā
Telford replied: āI canāt speak to that information.ā
Meanwhile, a review of September 2021 campaign materials shows at least one controversial appearance in Markham featuring Paul Chiang, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and thenāPublic Safety Minister Bill Blair.
In a Facebook post, Chiang wrote: āToday I hosted Justin Trudeau here in MarkhamāUnionville. Itās time for Erin OāToole to come clean with Canadians, and for Bob Saroya to do the same. Their commitment to re-legalize 1,500 models of assault-style firearms will put the safety of our community at risk.ā
That message echoed attack ads against OāToole displayed on a digital screen inside a Chinese grocery store in Torontoās ScarboroughāAgincourt riding, according toĀ evidenceĀ presented at the Hogue Commission.
Even after ChiangāsĀ resignation,Ā Prime Minister Mark Carney has faced renewed scrutiny for expressingĀ confidence in himĀ just hours before the RCMP announced its investigation. Carney characterized the controversy as a āteachable moment.ā
Dennis Molinaro, a former national security analyst and author of the forthcoming bookĀ Under Siege: Interference and Espionage in Chinaās Secret War Against Canada, criticized Carneyās handling of the issue.
āThe threats the community faces are real and longstanding,ā Molinaro said. āCarneyās reference to Chiang as a former police officerāas if thatās a valid reason for him to remain in the raceāis ludicrous.ā
āCarney has continually said next to nothing on China,ā he added. āItās one of the most significant political and geopolitical issues of our time, and he has nothing to say? Why? China is a major concern for the United States, and yet he remains silentāeven after the execution of four Canadians?ā
The Durham Regional Police Associationāwhich represents officers in one of the three Ontario forces where Chiang servedāissued a statement condemning Carneyās actions. āWe are disappointed in the clear lack of integrity and leadership displayed by Mark Carney to stand by this candidate rather than act after such egregious actions,ā the association wrote, adding that Chiangās conduct āwould be held to a higher standard for an active officer in Ontario.ā
The group also rejected Carneyās defense of Chiangās law enforcement background: āThe fact that Mr. Carney used Chiangās policing career as a shield for his actions undermines the great work our heroes in uniform do in their communities each and every day.ā
Chiangās policing career spanned nearly 30 years. He began with the London Police Service in 1992, later served with the Durham Regional Police, and retired in 2020 as a sergeant with York Regional Police. In 2013, he worked as a diversity officer in Yorkās Diversity and Cultural Resources Unit.
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