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he doesn’t even drive a porsche suv!

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I heard this same rumour when I was getting my haircut on the weekend… and I’ve heard it mentioned by several other people since. How did this start? Why hasn’t it gone away?

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Tradervik: You know, I debated as whether to post about this rumour. Ultimately, I decided to do so because:

* I’d heard it in four separate places
* It hadn’t gone away
* I’d heard nothing from official channels
* I work in PR, and thus have a professional interest in these phenomena

Now let’s consider the language that I used to characterize the rumour:

* “a highly-suspect rumour”
* “incredibly dubious”
* “doubt there’s a shred of truth to it”

Can you explain how I’ve misrepresented any aspect of this story?

I’m sorry if you’ve confused this with a professional media organization, but it’s just my weblog. I write about what interests me, and this interested me. Had I more time or inclination, I would have contacted Orca Bay for a comment, but I didn’t.

Happily, as you can read in my update above, Orca Bay responded to somebody else in this ‘incestuous blogging circles’ and gave an official reply.

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Case closed.

You think so? Seriously?

There are still rumours in Montreal about Chris Chelios and Petr Svoboda being in a car accident a couple of days before the 1988 (!) playoffs. Here’s what an old Sports Illustrated said about it in 1990:

One of those occasions [where Chelios admitedly has used "bad judgement"] may have been when he was involved in an accident two days before the first game of the 1988 playoffs. Three weeks later, the Montreal Gazette ran a sketchy account of a postcurfew car accident allegedly involving Chelios, two teammates and two women. No players’ names appear on police reports of accidents, however.
“Something happened,” says Chelios, “but there was no accident and no curfew-breaking. I’m not going to talk about it because other guys were involved. But it was all exaggerated. I didn’t even get in trouble with the coach.”

And anyways, when has a PR spokesperson ever lied, right?

MS

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I don’t think Darren’s up to anything untoward. More likely he’s thinking SEO. ;)

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This rumour is the most malicious, untrue piece of information that I have ever heard. I am a close childhood friend of Dan & his wife, and was circling the web to see where this rumour is coming from. I can assure you that both Dan and Jovo’s injuries are due to hockey related consequences, just as they have been reported by the Canucks. Further more, Dan has never in his life owned, leased or rented a Porsche of any kind and was never involved in any accident. Before you post this garbage on the web, think about how absolutely damaging it can be.

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Tradervik: I may write up rumours about Elvis or the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, if I hear them a lot. As I mentioned, I heard the Cloutier rumour from 4 different sources.

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Yeah, it’s a harsh rumor, but if the police/investigators have spoken to the registered owner of the vehicle and know who was driving, why is this case just swept under the rug??? This driver killed 2 people. You’d think this would be a big deal and the driver would be in jail by now. oh ya, funny how Cloutier hasn’t been playing since when? nov 20th….

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Tradervik: Well, now I’ve heard it in one spot.

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i wish I knew someone important who could tell me these stories first hand… i thought that this story had some credibility, but i keep hearing this week we’ll know for sure. Its been a couple of weeks of this, so my question to you is when? anyone out there who’s not the friend of the guy who went to grade school with the brother of the person who was baby sitting the gold fish of the son of the pr companies janitor who was in the room next to 2 guys who might have mentioned Dan’s name while talking about a car that was black.
Who has the real story or is it that the real story is just so boring we have to make it up bit by bit as we go.

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Hello

Last night on Vancouver Island a driver was involved in a hit and run, killing a pedestrian.

It made the news today (complete with name and charges).

The following is an article I wrote on the November accident.

Drinking & driving: smoking gun

On November 11th, 2005, Stanley Wong and John Larkin were gunned down by a speeding Porsche Cayenne on Hastings Street.

The vehicle had evaded a police road block moments before the accident.

In a cowardly fashion the driver did not stop. Instead, he abandoned the vehicle and retreated to a cone of silence with the other individuals involved.

Though the Vancouver Police Department know who the owner of the vehicle is - no charges have been laid. It is important to note: the vehicle was not reported stolen.

I find it atrocious. To put this into perspective, since the accident:

The Federal Government collapsed.

An election was called and full campaigns have been run.

During the same time frame, gun violence erupted across Canada claiming many lives. Some innocent. Some not so innocent.

Politicians took notice:

“We must get tougher on gun related crimes if we want to keep our streets safe and remain civilized.”

In the meantime the accident remains unresolved. We’ve been left in a fog with the exception of unsubstantiated rumors being spread around the internet regarding a “high profile” public figure and his potential involvement.

What a travesty of epic proportions. Two lives came to an end that evening.

Why has it taken so long to lay charges and identify suspects?

Are they trying to get their ‘stories’ straight?

Is the driver of the Porsche any different than other gun-toting hoods?

I think not.

Sure, we must crack down on the societies real criminals, however, justice will not be served until we crack down on all crime.

Drinking and driving is not a mistake. Everyone who drinks has likely done it at least once. Hell, bus drivers have recently been caught driving drunk. We must stop the nonsense.

Unlike the gun-toting criminals of this world - who usually kill one another. Drunk drivers don’t discriminate. We’re all targets.

For the cowards involved in the Remembrance Day tragedy: Step-up and hold yourself accountable.

Whether you’re wealthy or of celebrity status, quit hiding, you took two valuable life’s in an instant. You owe it to their families, yourself and society to face whatever punishment may be heading your way.

You’ll likely get a second chance.

As for the rumours, stop it, it disgusts me that we are more concerned about the rumours than the senseless loss of life.

And, VPD, you owe it to the public to at least release the name of the vehicles owner. By doing so you’ll quash unsubstantiated rumours and show us that you can’t hide behind wealth and celebrity.

If you can’t tell us who had their finger on the trigger, you can at least tell us who’s gun they were holding.

Lindsay Wincherauk is a Vancouver based author. See his website at http://www.seedenterprises.com

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Yo dawgs i was just trippin about da insident. Is it really true? is that why the man had been playing so bad before he got hurt? Im starting to believe it may be true!

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For sure Cloutier was somehow involved in this accident. Whether he was driving , a hooker , his mistress , boyfriend…whatever ! The fact that the media has gone hush on this is so obvious. I see alot of these PRO HOCKEY PLAYERS drinking it up around town then driving there high end vehicles home. I’ts just too bad he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. JUst fess up to it…are we ever going to get a response from the Canucks organization themselves ?

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Cloutier quit hiding a hooker, the driver of the Porsche.
It disgusts me.
You’ll likely get a second chance.
PRO HOCKEY PLAYERS drink it up around town then drive there high end vehicles to the games.

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this hole thing is a hole bunch of crap.

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