Author: Arielle J.
Within 180 days after June 22 this year, the Online News Act, also known as Bill C-18, is set to come into fruition. The law requires tech companies to pay Canadian news outlets every time somebody accesses news on their website through a link or through other means. The goal of this bill is to financially compensate news outlets, who otherwise do not have many people financially subscribing to them. It is also said that news outlets in Canada have been receiving falling subscriptions as well as less ad revenue despite their efforts to stay financially afloat. This is backed…
A man in the middle of two attempted murders fled the police and escaped out of the city. He then appeared in Regina Provincial court. 54-year-old Rony Hudson supposedly ran over a man and woman inside a truck then drove over the said woman once more as he attempted to escape from the police. EMS tried to save the woman who suffered from stab wounds. The event brought no serious injuries despite how violent it may have been considering how the police shot at the suspect after their commands for him to stop were ignored. Members of the RPS were able…
Saul Laliberte (33 years old) passed away while in the custody of the police back in 2021. This death marks the third death of somebody in custody in Prince Albert within the span of a month. After being part of the force for 21 years, a Prince Albert Police Service (PAPS) officer has been held responsible for the passing of 33-year-old Saul Laliberte after negligence characterized by not giving the victim necessities of life while the victim was in custody. The name of the police officer in question has not been publicized by PAPS. It was November 7, 2021 when…
Saskatchewan Power Corporation, also known as SaskPower, is a well-known electricity company that offers services to Saskatchewan residents. The company is known for their reliability and accessibility in the Saskatchewan community. SaskPower has recently publicized a warning to its customers regarding an email scam targeting the said company’s customers. The email is noted to come from MySaskPower but is fake in nature. It warns the customer of an unpaid bill that must be settled or else they would face instant disconnection from the company’s services. Although this is already harmful in itself, the scam goes further by insisting customers to…
A Saskatchewan farmer recently pointed a firearm at a young Indigenous girl. According to the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN), this man drove a tractor and allegedly threatened to kill the young girl. Pierceland RCMP is currently looking for the said man who is described to be of old age and owning a green tractor. The Pierceland RCMP is involved in the incident that unfolded August 2, 2022 which took place on Highway 55, east of Pierceland. Pierceland RCMP state that the victim was able to return to her car, drive away, and then report the incident to them.…
Excavations are taking place to recover the remains of children found in former Canadian residential schools. A highly-experienced forensic anthropology organization from Guatemala is assisting this process. Indigenous people of Canada have been struggling with trying to bring home loved ones who have passed away on the grounds of old residential schools. Approximately 150,000 children of Indigenous families were required to go to residential schools. Survivors from the said schools have been constantly shedding light on how it is possible for there to be unmarked graves at the said residential schools, which led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to publicize…
The Keeley Lake Lodge is currently in the middle of a court dispute regarding its ownership. On one side of the case is the Niessner family, who insist that they still own 100% of the Keeley Lake Lodge. On the other side of the case is Timothy Cimmer, whose shares of the Keeley Lake Lodge were sold to him by Richard Lunemann after Lunemann acquired his shares from Charles Niessner. What Cimmer is facing now is a Kangaroo Court, organized by the Niessners. A Kangaroo Court is wherein a court is unofficially set up by a collective in order to…
The Abbey Resources Corporation has gone bankrupt and here’s what you need to know about it:The Abbey Resources Corporation is a natural gas production company that holds properties in southwestern Saskatchewan. More specifically, its properties are located on Carry the Kettle First Nation, Crown, and freehold lands. The company produces natural gas from the late Cretaceous Milk River, the Medicine Hat and Colorado formations. Last 2016, the company purchased 2,200 unusable gas wells for 10 dollars from Husky and Enerplus, which seemed like a viable investment at the time. The companies only provided the Abbey Resources Corporation 800,000 dollars each for…
The Keeley Lake Lodge is an establishment in Saskatchewan that is in the middle of an ownership dispute between the Niessners and Timothy Cimmer. The story behind this dispute goes all the way back to December 1998, when Charles Niessner signed 60% of the Keeley Lake Lodge’s shares to Richard Lunemann. Later on, Lunemann sold his shares to Cimmer; this caught the attention of the Niessner family, who then claimed that they still owned 100% of the Keeley Lake Lodge. This forced both sides of the dispute to look for legal representation to defend their supposed shares of the Keeley…
You have the right to know about the existing criminal code responses to cyberbullying. More specifically, you have the right to know about cyberbullying and the non-consensual distribution of intimate images. Although Canada’s Criminal Code does not specifically cover bullying, it does cover behaviors that characterize bullying. Examples of these behaviors are “criminal harassment, uttering threats, intimidation, etc.” One action that falls under these behaviors is distributing intimate images that were provided to another individual that were supposed to be private in nature. This act negatively affects someone in the sense that the victim would fear for their safety because…