The man who allegedly pulled the trigger during a drive-by shooting in Prince Albert, striking an 18-year-old woman in the back, has no further scheduled court dates.
Kyle Bear, 29, was one of three people charged following the incident on Aug. 27, 2019. Last June, he entered not guilty pleas to various charges including attempted murder and the case was scheduled for trial. The Crown has since entered a stay of proceedings.
The man behind the wheel, Kirk McDonald, was sentenced last week and received a three-year prison sentence for his role. According to the statement of facts read in court, a gold-coloured Chrysler car pulled up alongside a second car in the 1400 block of Marquis Drive. A passenger in the suspect’s vehicle proceeded to fire three shots towards the other vehicle. One of the bullets struck the young woman, who was sitting in the back seat.
SASKATOON Cultural lodges are set to be built at Saskatoon Correctional Centre, Prince Albert Correctional Centre, Regina Correctional Centre and Kilburn Youth Hall, a Saskatchewan government spokesperson told CTV News. “The services include lodge ceremonies, pipe ceremonies, one-on-one elder counselling, smudging, traditional feasts, tipi teachings, medicine wheel teachings, traditional parenting, sharing circles, drumming, singing, beading, drum making and, when possible, gathering traditional medicines,” said Ministry of Justice spokesperson Margherita Vittorelli. These services facilitate lifestyle choices that help reduce recidivism, she said. Each cultural lodge is anticipated to cost $230,000 and the province expects to break ground in early spring. People with Indigenous or Metis ancestry accounted for 75 per cent of the adult jail population during the 2019-20 fiscal year, according to the province. That figure was 85 per cent for youth in custody.
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As we continue to reckon with the effects of rising COVID-19 cases in homes, hospitals, businesses and our university – and realizing how flawed the response to these cases has been – we cannot forget about those whose health and safety is most dependent on the government’s response. Some of the most vulnerable to new cases of COVID-19 are incarcerated people, who cannot move freely or isolate themselves beyond the terms set by law enforcement and government policy. If we want to know how the Saskatchewan government is truly responding to keep us healthy, people experiencing the pandemic inside prisons are a crucial indicator – and simply put, it is doing a shameful job.
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Police and fire department vehicles are shown outside the Prince Albert Correctional Centre in Prince Albert, Sask., on Jan. 4, 2021. The union for correctional officers in Saskatchewan says two of its members were slightly hurt during a disturbance caused by inmates at a men s jail. /The Canadian Press
The union for correctional officers in Saskatchewan says two of its members were slightly hurt during a disturbance caused by inmates at a men’s jail.
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — The union for correctional officers in Saskatchewan says two of its members were slightly hurt during a disturbance caused by inmates at a men s jail.Verne Larson with the . . .