The Government of Saskatchewan says they are happy to see the Theodore School dispute finally come to an end. The Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday morning that they would not be hearing the Good Spirit School Division’s appeal, after the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal overturned a decision that would have limited public funding for […]
Saskatchewan’s highest court has upheld the conviction of a foster parent who was found guilty of starving to death a girl in her care and abusing the girl’s sister but has ordered a new trial for the woman’s husband. The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal released its decision Tuesday on the appeals of Tammy and Kevin […]
Saskatchewan’s highest court has overruled a disciplinary decision and a $26,000 fine levied against a nurse who criticized her grandfather’s care on Facebook. The Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association had made a finding of professional misconduct against Carolyn Strom, a registered nurse from Prince Albert. “Criticism of the health-care system is manifestly in the public interest,” […]
UPDATE – An appeal from the La Loche shooter to be sentenced as a youth will not be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada. The now 22-year-old identified as Randan Dakota Fontaine, had his first request denied last year by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal. The shooter was just over a week shy of turning […]
The case of former RM of Sherwood councillor Tim Probe is not over yet. The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal says a new trial for Probe is needed after he was found not guilty of municipal corruption and breach of trust in 2018. Probe was accused of approaching another member on the RM board to take […]
A man sentenced to over seven years in prison is being released pending his appeal. In January, Robert Major was found guilty of three counts of dangerous driving causing death, dangerous driving causing bodily harm, criminal negligence causing death and criminal negligence causing bodily harm after a February 2016 accident in which two of Major’s […]
Saskatchewan’s highest court has dismissed a sentencing appeal by a young man who fatally shot four people and wounded seven others in a northern community. The shooter was weeks shy of turning 18 when he killed two brothers at their home and then a teacher and a teacher’s aide at the La Loche high school […]
