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True Stories of Weird Canadian Crime: A Heartbroken Mommy Moose, a Dirty Snow Job, and a Creepy Baby Monitor

We haven't even mentioned the goat murders yet. What's the deal?

It's a sad moose. Photo via Flickr user Powhusku

Every week, cops across the Great White North have to deal with some spectacular calls. Here's a sampling of some stuff Canadian police have had to respond to over the past two weeks, including goat murders, a heartbroken mommy moose and creepy music from a camera:

Snow Job
Toronto police have arrested two people for allegedly pulling off a fraud that violated the most basic of Canadian rights—to have a driveway clear of snow in the winter. According to police, a company called "Snow Easy Plowing" advertised snow-removal services at "a deeply discounted rate" on sites like Living Social and Groupon during November and December 2014. Because everyone hates having snow on their driveways but also hates getting it off their driveways themselves, a bunch of people went for it, but when the first big snowfall came in December, no one showed up. Some poor snowed-in souls tried calling Snow Easy Plowing and got a voicemail that said the company had gone out of business. Toronto police arrested company owners Zain-Ur-Rehman Shaikh, 25, from Missisauga, and Zaidi Shahmir, 24, from Brampton, on July 24 and charged each with 18 counts of fraud and 16 counts of passing off wares. Police believe there may be more victims who are still probably wishing they paid the kid next door $5 to shovel the driveway instead.

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Like the Littlest Hobo, But with a Sad Moose
In the most depressing entry in Canadian Crime so far, the OPP are warning drivers about a moose wandering around Highway 11 between Watson Rd. and the weigh scales in Callander, Ont. Now, a moose wandering around an Ontario highway in the summer is a fairly normal happening… Except that this is a mommy moose whose calf was killed after it was hit by a car on that stretch of Highway 11 earlier this month, and police say she's been searching for it ever since. If this isn't a ghost story in the making, I don't know what is.

Why the Goat Hate?
A small, horned animal out east must've seriously scarred someone's childhood or stolen their boyfriend or something, because the RCMP got a call from a farm owner in Argyle Sound, N.S., on July 19 who said that four goats had been shot. Two of the goats died from their injuries, but the other two were treated by a vet and presumably lived.

Burn All the Baby Monitors
The OPP in Middlesex Centre, Ont., said someone was rocking their kid to sleep in their nursery on July 7 when the the internet camera used to monitor the room started to play "eerie music and a voice could be heard indicating the parent and child were being watched." The internet provider later said the home's router was hacked, which is slightly better than a priest saying the camera was possessed, I guess. Either way, I'd cleanse both the camera and router with fire.

Fast & Furious Carting
A bunch of people called the OPP in Norfolk County after seeing some kids riding around in a shopping cart attached to a pickup truck driving around a Swiss Chalet parking lot "at dangerous speeds," police said July 20. When the crew realized they were being watched, the kids in the cart booked in on foot while the pickup sped away, shopping cart still attached. Says Const. Ed Sanchuck, "This isn't a game, it's real life. People will get seriously injured or killed if they choose to engage in this kind of activity."

What to Do When Egged: A Valuable Report
Regina police are investigating after some people pelted eggs at a moving car's windshield around 11 PM on July 8. When the car tried to stop, the egg-throwers rushed it and tried to open the doors. Police are advising anyone else this happens to to "stay in your vehicle with the doors locked, and do not turn on your windshield wipers, as the egg will smear and further hinder your vision. If you can see enough to safely drive, continue to do so."

Curse of the Were-Car
The RCMP in Moncton, N.B., are looking for a yellow Chevy Cobalt after it hit a pedestrian on a sidewalk not once but twice early on July 12. According to police, four people were walking on Mountain Rd. near Killam Dr. around midnight when the car drove on to the sidewalk and hit one of them. Then, around 3:15 AM, a man walking on the sidewalk on McLaughlin Dr. near Morton Ave. was hit by a car with the same description. Both people received minor injuries. If you've ever been to Moncton, you'd notice that no one ever walks there, so was this a weird coincidence or a warning?

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