Author: Hunter W.
Tony Merchant, the lawyer representing Tim Cimmer in their legal battle, is still needing to respond to the latest documents filed by the Niessners and their lawyer, Grant Scharfstein. One important issue is registering the New Jersey Judgment in Saskatchewan. The court has been making decisions that don’t follow the usual laws, which makes the justice system inconsistent. This is why it’s crucial to address the situation. In a recent legal document, Originating Application submitted by a lawyer named Grant Scharfstein on behalf of his clients, the Niessner family, they claimed that a court decision from New Jersey could be recognized…
The following case brings to light a matter for public concern with significant implications. Picture a scenario where the crucial time limit for filing a lawsuit, known as the Statute of Limitations, is disregarded, setting off a chain reaction of consequences that is proving how broken Canada’s justice system is. The ongoing Keeley Lake Lodge Case, which is currently awaiting decisions from the newest Judge involved in Saskatchewan, Judge Bardai. The case demonstrates that more than six years have passed since the alleged incident or wrongdoing took place. As a result, the Statute of Limitations should be applied, indicating that…
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…
Saskatechewan is known to be a safe place to live. You can go anywhere in Saskatchewan and feel comforted by knowing that nothing bad will happen to you. The police department is well-trusted and local governing bodies handle the security of their towns seriously. Once in a while, however, crime slips between the cracks of Saskatchewan’s well-built foundation of safety. In Prince Albert, the third largest city in the province of Saskatchewan, people’s safety has come into question as its police department discovered the body of a dead man in his home. Last June 4, 2023, at about 2:30 PM,…
Rohan Swaby, a manager at the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA), and Laurie Jacobson, a Licensing Specialist at SLGA, didn’t follow the rules and regulations in their positions as government employees. They accepted foreign documents that resulted in false records being filed with SLGA. Jacobson enforced the Foreign Judgments Act without the proper authority, even though the US judgment was not registered in Saskatchewan and is not enforceable there. Tony Merchant, in a letter to Laurie Jacobson on July 12, 2022, stated that a judgment from New Jersey doesn’t hold any significance in Saskatchewan. However, Jacobson allowed Charles and…
In the context of gas retailing, a tariff refers to the pricing structure or rate schedule thatdetermines the charges customers will incur for the gas they purchase. It outlines thefees and charges associated with the consumption of gas supplied by the retailer.Recently, there have been claims that Sask Energy is planning to change the way they charge for energy without being open and transparent about it. The claim is that SaskEnergy wants to have complete control over energy prices, so they would be the only ones making decisions and other companies would have no say. This secretive approach is worrying…
Court case QB No. 733m of 2021 has attracted significant attention due to the involvement of MNP as the receiver following the bankruptcy of Abbey Resources Corp. In this case, the Government of Saskatchewan has assumed the role of the governing body for the receiver, MNP. Recent developments have revealed a pattern of extended bidding deadlines without reasonable explanations, causing concerns among stakeholders. This article explores the frustrations faced by one stakeholder who has invested considerable time and effort in complying with the requests but is left uncertain about the status of their bid. Extended Bidding Deadline and Stakeholder FrustrationThe…