'He held her and watched her die in his arms': London attack victim from Castlegar, B.C. Christine Archibald worked in a homeless shelter in Calgary, moved to Europe to be with fiancé please log in to view this image Christine Archibald with her fiancé, Tyler Ferguson. Archibald was one of the victims of the attack in London. (Mark Ferguson/Facebook) The Canadian woman who was killed during the attack in London died in her fiancé's arms on London Bridge, according to her future sister-in-law. Christine Archibald, from Castlegar, B.C., was among the seven people killed in what U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May has described as a "brutal terrorist attack." Archibald was engaged to Tyler Ferguson. His sister, Cassie Ferguson, said her brother was with Archibald on London Bridge during the attack. "He is broken into a million pieces," Ferguson told CBC News in a Facebook Messenger conversation. "He held her and watched her die in his arms." Patrick Audet, a spokesperson for the Archibald family, said the young woman worked at a homeless shelter in Calgary before moving to Europe to be with her fiancé. "She had room in her heart for everyone and believed strongly that every person was to be valued and respected," Audet said. "She would have had no understanding of the callous cruelty that caused her death. Please honour her by making your community a better place. "Volunteer your time and labor or donate to a homeless shelter. Tell them Chrissy sent you." http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/london-attack-castlegar-1.4145737
Horrific,depressing and just incredibly sad. Why do people like this that give so much have to die, when there are so many horrible humans out there that would never dream of helping their fellow men or women like she obviously did. We're living in desperate times,but people like her give you hope in humanity. I hope he manages to get through the ordeal,but to have something like that occur to you I don't know how you can ! R.I.P. Christine
I know that at times like this a level head is required. It is dangerous to allow your anger to get the better of you and to support all manner of extreme measures of retribution. So I have tried to keep calm and let the human stories unfold, listen to the tales of courage and those of love and sadness. It's all so very heartbreaking, particularly when one reads about the likes of Christine Archibald. What I've tried to avoid is listening to the tough rhetoric coming from the likes of our awful Prime Minister, a woman so tough that she couldn't even face live TV debates with other political leaders. The only time she'd take the gloves off would be so her manicurist could get at her witch's talons. Awful, awful woman. I've kept away from all this "we stand with London" ****e, all these amended profile pictures on Facebook, all these idiots checking themselves in as "safe" after the terrible events of Saturday night despite being tucked up at home at the time. I've steered clear of the Manchester pop concert that Auntie decided was so important that every licence payer should have to endure it on their flagship channel last night. I've avoided holding hands and singing kum-by-ya at candlelit vigils, and I've not laid flowers at the makeshift memorial that's popped up outside a closed down shop in my local high street (some 80 miles from London and God knows how many from Manchester). I accept that people need to grieve and deal with their feelings about what is happening to our country and its people, but hope that in doing so we all take time out to think about how we got here. On Thursday largely the same group of idiots that have worked tirelessly to get us here are hopeful for your vote so they can deliver for you more of the same. They won't listen to your concerns about mass, unchecked immigration. They won't listen to your concerns about boatloads of unidentifiable young men supposedly fleeing war torn regions with such urgency that they had to leave their women and children behind. They'll continue to ignore your fears about multiculturalism. They'll label you a racist should you voice an opinion about how you regret the changing dynamics of many parts of this country, particularly some of the inner cities which now resemble another world. They'll label you intolerant when you voice your objections to the hijab and other items of Islamic dress. They'll do very little to keep you safe. No bobbies on the beat; they favour the squad car and armed response teams instead. No death penalty. No rounding up of undesirable elements within our society despite apparently knowing who most of them are. They've seemingly tightened up security around themselves, but where will they be when you and your loved ones are next out enjoying a balmy evening or a pop concert and some cannabis-filled Islamic no-hoper decides on taking a shortcut to paradise? They'll be ****ing nowhere until the 'fuss' has been contained, then they'll step out in front of the cameras and microphones with more of the tough-talking bollocks we've become accustomed to. It's all ****e. Vote for them and get more of the same. Not for me, I'm afraid. That idiot Blair, Cameron and Theresa May and their kind have failed us and will continue to do so for so long as the welfare of complete strangers is put ahead of that of those already here. They learn nothing.
assumptions are big on the qpr board hey ..............don't worry im not shocked its what the sheep people do
no offence but until you mentioned some cannabis filled Islamic no hoper you were doing ok but>>>>>>>>>>what the fk ...
Melbourne siege a 'terrorist incident' 3 minutes ago please log in to view this image Australian police are treating as a "terrorist incident" a Melbourne siege in which a gunman was killed. Officers went to an address in a suburb of the city on Monday after reports of an explosion and found one man already dead in a stairwell. Another man, now identified as Yacqub Khayre, was holding a woman inside the building against her will. Khayre called a local broadcaster during the siege to say he was acting in the name of the Islamic State group. A news outlet for the group said it had carried out the attack.
I see that Diane Abbot is blaming the austerity measures for our lack of security. She would do well to remember that the austerity measures were brought in as a direct result of the previous Labour governments poor handling of the economy. Remember the note left at the Treasury: 'Good luck, there's no money left'.
How the hell does someone who appears on a jihadi documentary get a job on the underground but even more surprising is the father of the Didsbury bomber with known links to Lybia gets a job on security at Manchester airport!! Oh deary me it really isn't good
Thing is mate, the leader of the three London bridge terrorists was known to have extreme views two years ago. If he had been removed from the streets then the usual suspects would have been screaming about civil liberties etc. Only yesterday we had that wet twat Tim Farron whining that we must avoid infringing people's freedoms. This kind of liberal thinking has been in place for thirty years now and is one of the main reasons we are where we are. Police cuts are also to blame no doubt. All the politicians have ****ed things up but the time has come to change our approach.
As unpc as it may be if a couple of the extremist Imans were to be killed and the rest warned if they carry on they will be next At least some young fool might not join the road to martyrdom
These people are already slaves to their cretinous beliefs, 'civil liberties' don't exist for them therefore they can't be infringed. The idiots who whine on about them just don't understand that a pluralistic democracy like ours, which is a privilege not a right to live in, is entirely justified in suspending its values on occasion to defend the same values against an existential threat. Was it only 'extremists' on the streets after the Danish cartoons? No, Muslims were encouraged by their priests and Islamic governments to prevent us feeling able to express ourselves without being threatened. Was it only 'extremists' calling for Salman Rushdie to be executed? No, Muslims were asked to do this by their priests and Islamic governments. This religion is incompatible with the way we live. I have thought myself into a gloves off position, had enough. As an aside, I am also pissed off with the media, especially the BBC, for devoting nearly 100% of every news programme to this attack, endless repetition of arguments about police numbers, cyber security etc. Of course it's the most important story at the moment, but we have several massive, nation changing issues to vote on this week which are getting no air time at all. Seriously considering not voting, as Ubes has pointed out, they are all ****.
When someone like you, who's thought processes I greatly admire (whilst not always agreeing with) says this, then I believe that I'm right to think that the time has come to take the gloves off. How many more tears for the slain before we wake up!!?
Thanks Col. I've been thinking about little else since Saturday. I am sad enough to need some kind of intellectual rationale to suggest things which feel contrary to my own values. But it's obvious that respecting the 'rights' of people who don't respect our rights (or each other's given the way they treat women, people who leave their religion, or people who believe different versions of their religion) will not make us safer. I still have no idea what we should actually do, but if the security forces say detention on suspicion, fine by me. Debate between Home affairs spokes people, including Amber Rudd, of all the major parties on the radio at the moment. Diane Abbott called in sick, so Emily Thornberry had to sub for her. Perhaps Labour have finally discovered what a liability she is. Apparently she set up her 'old haircut' interview with Andrew Marr herself, without consulting the campaign team, who were furious when they found out and got Corbyn to call her and ask her to drop out. She refused. It's a stinking day out there.
