Niagara man drove truck down Hamilton trail then tried to steal canoe to use as a 'getaway vehicle'

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Riding a bike along the Waterfront Trail near Princess Point normally offers a view of foliage, wildlife and Cootes Paradise in Hamilton.

But when Jon Davey pedalled down that path on Aug. 6, he saw a pickup truck barrelling toward him.

“I could tell it wasn’t a parks worker,” he told CBC Hamilton. “I was just shocked.”

Davey tried to get his phone and snap a picture as quickly as possible, but the truck was too far away to get a photo of the licence plate.

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What Davey saw was a glimpse of a wild situation that led to an arrest.

Attempted in canoe-jacking

Const. Indy Bharaj told CBC Hamilton that police received multiple reports

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