With her wire-rim glasses and grandmotherly demeanour, Sue Johanson seemed an unlikely candidate to be Canadian TV’s foremost sex guru. But her straight talk about anal, oral and solo sex earned her call-in advice shows a loyal following, first on the radio and later on both Canadian and American TV. Director Lisa Rideout, who made […]
The head of a sexual assault centre says she wrote a letter to the Canadian Judicial Council condemning recent comments made by a Saskatchewan judge. Last month, Justice Brian Scherman found a former Regina doctor not guilty of sexually assaulting five of his former patients. In his written decision, Scherman said the women mistook what […]
A second complaint has been lodged against a Saskatchewan judge who recently heard a sexual assault trial for a former Regina doctor. The complaint was filed Friday with the Canadian Judicial Council by a woman who accused Sylvester Ukabam of touching her inappropriately during a doctor’s visit. The woman cannot be named due to a […]
A doctor, who used to practice in Regina, has been found guilty of 10 charges by the province’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Jordan Velestuk, now a doctor at a family practice in Moosomin, was fined $15,000 plus another $20,000 to cover legal costs. This comes after Velestuk was retroactively suspended for seven months. […]
A Regina doctor is being suspended for inappropriate behavior. The Council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan has suspended Dr. El-fellani Mohammed for three months after finding he was behaving inappropriately and inappropriately touched two female patients in 2016. Dr. Mohammed is also now required to have a female chaperone for in-person professional encounters […]
REGINA — A Regina mother has filed a lawsuit alleging negligence after the tip of her baby’s penis was severed during a circumcision. In an interview, the woman says she and her husband are worried about their son’s self-esteem as he grows up. The circumcision happened last November when the boy was nine-days old. The mother has filed a statement of claim against the doctor, his […]
