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Julia Peterson, a reporter with the Saskatoon Star Phoenix, discusses the recently released RCMP review of the 2022 mass stabbings in Saskatchewan's James Smith Cree Nation, which examined the force's handling of the incidents and the arrest of the perpetrator, the recommendations made, and whether this review, alongside two coroner's inquests, provides closure to the community. Background reading: RCMP's review of JSCN mass stabbing finds no 'missing link' in police response, makes 36 recommendations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In an editorial published earlier this month in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix, two contributors to the Saskatoon Public School Foundation, Pat Boot and Catherine Weenk, make note of Saskatchewan's poorer academic performance than other provinces. Boot and Weenk say better-performing provinces have implemented class size limits and classroom complexity measures and tell Evan they want to see the same careful action taken in the province.

Keith starts off with a story of a massacre in which 9 family members lost their lives, and Amanda tells the heartbreaking story of a little girl who exposed serious flaws in Toronto's child protective system. Trigger Warning for Amanda's Story - details of physical and psychological abuse of a child. If you wish to skip the story completely, it starts at 27:05 and ends at 38:07 Sources: CBC News, Saskatoon Star Phoenix, Prince Albert Historical Society, CTV News Saskatoon, Toronto Sun, Toronto Star, CTV News Toronto, Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies Resources: You can talk to a mental health professional, one on one: Call 1-866-585-0445 or text WELLNESS to 741741 (Adults) or 686868 (Youth) If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call Talk Suicide Canada at 1-833-456-4566. Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For residents of Quebec, call 1-866-277-3553 (24/7) or visit suicide.ca Visit Talk Suicide Canada for the distress centres and crisis organizations nearest you, if you're experiencing gender-based violence, you can access a crisis line in your province or territory. Hope for Wellness Help Line:  1-855-242-3310 (toll-free) or connect to the online Hope for Wellness chat. Services are available to all Indigenous peoples across Canada who need immediate emotional support, crisis intervention or referrals to community-based services experienced and culturally sensitive helpline counsellors can help if you want to talk in English and French and, on request, in Cree, Ojibway and Inuktitut. For Domestic Violence sheltersafe.ca is an online resource to help women and their children seeking safety from violence and abuse. The clickable map will serve as a fast resource to connect women with the nearest shelter that can offer safety, hope, and support. Childhelp National Child Abuse 24/7 Hotline (multilingual service available): 1-800-422-4453 TransLife - 1-877-330-6366

The manhunt for the last remaining suspect in a series of stabbing attacks in Saskatchewan ended with the capture and death of Myles Sanderson. This brought an end to a horrific series of events that saw 12 people, including the two suspects, killed, and nearly 20 people sent to hospital. Prior to the arrest, host Dave Breakenridge caught up with Saskatoon Star Phoenix reporter Zak Vescera to discuss how the tragedy unfolded, what we know about the victims, and the looming controversy over Myles Sanderson's release on parole earlier this year. Background reading: 'Collective sigh of relief': Stabbings suspect Myles Sanderson dead after highway pursuit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zak is a reporter at the Saskatoon Star Phoenix, where he's been covering Saskatchewan's overdose crisis since 2019.He began reporting on drug policy at his student newspaper before a stint covering Vancouver's Downtown Eastside for The Vancouver Sun and The Province.He cares deeply about the social and economic roots of substance use, including trauma, poverty and inadequate housing, which he wrote on in a seven-part series called Trapped.HIs reporting has won and been nominated for national awards.Join us this week live and interactive as we get real about the portrayal of substance use in the media, toxic drug policy, and the importance of improving substance use resources in our province.Love what we do? See everything we have to offer right here

Just as the COVID-19 pandemic was hitting Canada, Saskatchewan was rocked by a huge spike in overdose deaths, driven by the appearance of fentanyl in the drug supply. At the same time, the province has also been grappling with the highest rates of HIV infection in Canada. Zak Vescera from the Saskatoon Star Phoenix joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss what communities are being hardest hit by this crisis, how the pandemic has hurt efforts to address it, and what gaps need to be addressed to stem the tide. Background reading: Trapped a seven-part series Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex MacPherson is the Editor of allSaskatchewan.com, a business news publication in Saskatchewan that recently launched, and was previously a reporter for the Saskatoon Star Phoenix. Alex returns to the Talking 306 Podcast to speak with host Dale Richardson about his early love of flying airplanes and how an autoimmune condition prevented him from flying in the Canadian Air Force; the incredible story of his great uncle Ian MacPherson during World War II; what the last 18 months have been like for him during the COVID-19 pandemic and how COVID-19 should be reported on going forward; the oral history feature of the BHP-PotashCorp takeover bid that he wrote last fall; and everything there is to know about his work as the Editor for the recently launched allSaskatchewan.com. The Talking 306 Podcast is a proud member of the Saskatchewan Podcast Network, which is supported this month in part by Conexus and DirectWest. The Talking 306 Podcast is sponsored by Path Cowork. Talking 306 Podcast is presented by 306 Media Productions, a premiere podcast production and consulting company based in Saskatchewan. 306 Media Productions works with businesses, brands, organizations, and entrepreneurs to create professional podcasts and audio stories. Start your podcast project right now. Visit the Talking 306 Podcast website. Learn more about the Saskatchewan Podcast Network.

When the pandemic first started back in early 2020, few people imagined we'd have an effective vaccine against the disease. Now we have several, and countries that are reaching high vaccination levels are seeing the disease decline. If only there was a similar treatment for COVID conspiracy theories, which continue to circulate even as the pandemic eases in some wealthy countries.  Researchers say there are ways to neutralize conspiracy theories. But they'll take time, and a lot of education.  Today, in our final episode, Phil Tank of the Saskatoon Star Phoenix looks into a cure for conspiracy theories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's no question that the COVID-19 pandemic has imposed an enormous cost on, well, everyone. Lost lives, lost jobs, delayed schooling, stress and anxiety. Some people think there's another cost too — the cost of COVID conspiracy theories. It's almost like a second virus, infecting peoples' minds instead of their bodies. And the cost to humanity is going up as conspiracy theories like anti-vaccination campaigns just prolong the pandemic. Today, Phil Tank of the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix takes a closer look at what COVID conspiracy theories are costing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The killing of Colten Boushie and the trial of Gerald Stanley raised concerns about rural crime and racism across Canada.  But the RCMP also faced scrutiny from the start, and new reports offer condemnation of how police handled the homicide investigation, and how they treated Boushie’s family.  Saskatoon Star Phoenix reporter Thia James walks through why these reviews were conducted what the reports into the RCMP investigation dug up, and what it means to Boushie’s family.  Background reading: Watchdog reports find RCMP discriminated against Colten Boushie's family following shooting death  'We were never going to be swept away': Colten Boushie's mother encourages others to continue fighting injustice 

Merci aux box à cuisiner HelloFresh de soutenir Quoi de meuf et rdv sur hellofresh.fr/quoidemeuf pour bénéficier de 20€ de réduction sur vos 2 premières commandes avec le code QUOIDEMEUF.Habité depuis des dizaines de milliers d’années puis envahi par les colons français et britanniques à la fin du XVIème siècle, le territoire québécois a derrière lui un passé douloureux. Aujourd’hui pourtant, le Québec est, dans l’imaginaire collectif, plus progressiste que la France et considéré par certain-e-s comme la terre promise de l’exil féministe. Qu’en est-il réellement? Clémentine en discute avec Émeline dans ce nouvel épisode. Les références entendues de l’épisode :Camille Kouchner, La familia grande, Seuil (2021)« Premières Nations », L’encyclopédie canadienne Erin Blakemore, « Canada’s Long, Gradual Road to Independence », History Stories (2018)« Jusque’à ce qu’il n’y ait plus un seul Indien au Canada », Facing History and ourselvesAnne-Marie Yvon, « Réconciliation avec les Autochtones à Montréal: enthousiasme et questionnement », Radio Canada (2020)« Front de libération des femmes du Québec », Wikipédia, L’encyclopédie libreDiane Lamoureux, « Les ambivalences du féminisme québécois face au discours postcolonial », Département de science politique, Université Laval (Québec)Jean-Louis Bordeleau, « Idle No More Québec, cinq ans plus tard », Radio Canada (2017)François Marmouyet, « #MoiAussi: Le roi du rire Gilbert Rozon accusé d’agressions sexuelles », France 24 (2017)Marie-Eve Maheu, « #AgressionNonDénoncée: des victimes brisent le silence », Radio Canada (2014)Hélène Jouan, « « Féminisme du lynchage » ou « éclatant continuum »: la seconde vague de #metoo au Québec », Le Monde (2020)Francis Dupuis Déri, La crise de la masculinité: autopsie d’un mythe tenace, Eds du Remue-Menace (2018)Bénédicte Magnier, « La mort de Joyce Echaquan au Québec réveille le débat sur le racisme », Huffpost (2020) Sylvie Braibant, « Stérilisation forcée des femmes des Premières nations au Canada: la taille optimale d’une famille selon les autorités », Information tv5 monde (2017)Betty Ann Adam, « Saskatchewan women pressured to have tubal ligations », Saskatoon Star Phoenix (2015) « Quand la police est une menace pour les femmes autochtones de Val-d’Or », Radio Canada (2015)Catherine François, « Au Québec, des femmes autochtones brisées par des agressions sexuelles et par l’absence de justice », Information tv5 monde (2016)« Nos femmes et nos filles sont sacrées, Rapport provisoire, l’enquête nationale sur les femmes et les filles autochtones disparues et assassinées (2014)Lucile Bellan, Thomas Messias, « Polytechnique, le massacre qui fascine encore ceux qui ont la haine des femmes », Slate (2017)Sarah Labarre, « Le Québec, une société matriarcale? », Urbania (2014)Mélodie Nelson, « Papa, Maman, j’étais escorte », Urbania (2020)« Le Bulletin des cousins », un podcast de Garance et Julio Mendy (2020)« Ferry, traversée érotique » un podcast de Catherine Lavoie, Radio Canada (depuis 2018)Emilie, la passion d’une vie, de Jean Baudin et Fernand Dansereau (1990)La femme de mon frère, Monia Chokri (2019) Crazy, de Jean-Marc Vallée (2006)Une colonie, de Geneviève Dulude-De Celles (2019)Antigone, de Sophie Deraspe (2020)Aline, de Valérie Lemercier (2021)Féminin, féminin, de Chloé Robichaud (2014) Amours d’occasion, d’Eva Kabuya (2020)Gabrielle Roy, Bonheur d’occasion, Boréal (1976)Nelly Arcan, Putain, Seuil (2002)Marie-Eve Thuot, La trajectoire des confettis, ed. Du Sous-sol (2020)Michel Rabagliatti, la série de bd Paul, La Pastèque Mirion Malle, C’est comme ça que je disparais, La ville brûle (2020Julie Delporte, Journal, L’agrume (2014)Vinca Petersen, No system, Vinca Petersen (2020) Mum de Stefan Golaszewski, BBC two (2016)Quoi de Meuf est une émission de Nouvelles Ecoutes. Cet épisode est conçu et présenté par Clémentine Gallot et Emeline Amétis. Mixage par Laurie Galligani. Générique réalisé par Aurore Meyer Mahieu. Prise de son par Adrien Beccaria à l’Arrière Boutique. Montage, réalisation et coordination Ashley Tola.

For many many Canadians who grew up in cities, the connection with agriculture and rural life is merely what they drive past on the highway, or produce bought from the store.  But for others, it’s a story of their family history.  In part two of our look at the series Abandoned Saskatchewan Dave talks to Saskatoon Star-Phoenix sports editor Kevin Mitchell about growing up on his family farm, his return to the abandoned property, and what the decline of rural Saskatchewan means to him.  BACKGROUND READING: This old house: Visiting my abandoned home on the Saskatchewan prairie

To many Saskatchewan is still seen as Canada’s breadbasket. A land of farms and flat stretches of road. But as Regina and Saskatchewan grow into thriving cities, there has been a decline in the rural heartland. In the first of two episodes highlighting the series Abandoned Saskatchewan, Dave is joined by Saskatoon Star Phoenix reporter Phil Tank about when the decline started, what’s driving it, and what the potential implications are for the province. In our next episode we’ll talk with Star Phoenix Sports Editor Kevin Mitchell, who took a journey back to his family’s farm. BACKGROUND READING: 'Change is necessary;' Saskatchewan's long-standing rural-to-urban shift poses challenges

Dr. Mario Ostrowski is a vaccine researcher and a professor of medicine and immunology at the University of Toronto. He talks about some of the logistics of delivering the fragile vaccine created by Pfizer and BioNTech; Laura Tribe of Open Media - an organization that advocates for better internet connectivity - discusses how the Starlink satellite network could bring high speed internet to remote and rural areas in Canada; How do you approach the matter of getting vaccinated with people who feel it may be risky or even unnecessary? Maria Sundaram, an infectious disease epidemiologist with I-C-E-S research institute and the University of Toronto talks about 'vaccine hesitancy'; Sofia Rodriguez of CBC London tells us about NameCoach a new tool being tested at the Ivey School of Business at Western University that helps students and professors correctly pronounce names; Doug Cuthand, columnist with the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, discusses Perry Bellegarde's decision to step down as Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations; Kimberly Sutherland Mills of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library offers up some suggestions for holiday reading; The Orillia Youth Centre has created the Valis Music Studio to honour an aspiring young rapper Nelson Bell who died in a car accident. We hear from Nelson's sister Leticia Stagg and Kevin Gangloff, the director of the studio.

I was very excited and nervous for this interview. I mean, how often do you get to meet people who are literally trying to save the world? In my mind, Andrea Kroeker and Jill Van Kessel are superheroes and it was a real thrill to speak with them.Andrea and Jill are Research Technicians at Saskatoon's VIDO-InterVac, an organization located on the University of Saskatchewan that has been researching viruses and developing vaccines for decades. This year, VIDO-InterVac has been thrust into the global spotlight because of its work on developing a Covid-19 vaccine. I have loved reading and listening to stories about the work being done at the VIDO-InterVac facility. I think it's wonderful that national and international news organizations are paying attention to what is happening at VIDO-InterVac, and I also think the local media have done a great job of explaining why the work is so important. My friend and former CBC colleague Alicia Bridges wrote a really interesting story in August that you must read, and The Saskatoon Star Phoenix's Zak Verscera has written several great stories highlighting the work being done at VIDO-InterVac. I didn't want to copy their stories, but I was curious about what it must be like to be a member of a team working towards such an important goal. I mentioned how I think Andrea and Jill are superheroes. I think what makes them so interesting and such a perfect fit for the podcast is that if you ran into them say at the grocery store, and didn't know where they worked, you would have no idea they spent their days working on solving a global pandemic that has impacted all of our lives in so many different ways.  I feel very lucky to have met Jill and Andrea. It took about four months to arrange a time to have our conversation, and it almost didn't happen due to a massive snow storm that effectively shut down Saskatoon last weekend. We actually recorded the interview two days before it was released and they were amazing to speak with! They are humble, kind, passionate about their work and genuinely excited to be part of a global effort to develop a Covid-19 vaccine. We cover a lot of topics in this episode (while wearing masks and at a safe physical distance, which is why Andrea and Jill sound a little distant compared to my voice). Everything from the nature of their work and why they love doing it, to how they deal with the pressure that comes with their jobs. They were very open and honest with me and I really do appreciate that. There are so many WOW moments in this episode and it was a lot of fun to listen to it again while editing. I hope you enjoy it as well!A big thank you to Trenna Brusky, VIDO Inter-Vac's Marketing Coordinator, for making this episode happen. We exchanged many emails these past few months and a lot of texts last weekend coming up with Plans A, B and C due to the blizzard. You're amazing, Trenna! I also want to thank Saskatoon photographer Rona Andreas for stepping in at the last second to take some really wonderful photos of Jill and Andrea. This episode is sponsored by Uncle Mike's All Natural Products. Mike Zimmer is the owner of Uncle Mike's and in my opinion, he makes the best darn soap in the country! I love that this episode is sponsored by a company that makes great soap because we all need to wash our hands...wash our hands...wash our hands! Visit his website to learn more about his products and I bet you'll find a stocking stuffer or two while you're there. YXE Underground is a production of the Salthammer Production Company. If you like what you hear, please leave a 5-Star review and tell your friends!Thank you so much for listening and supporting a local, independent podcast. I really appreciate it. Cheers...Eric 

Monica Ogden (she/they) is an award-winning disabled Filipina, Polynesian, British storyteller, actor and comedian. Her Lilang migrated from Illocos Sur, Philippines in 1966, and she is now an uninvited visitor in the unceded territories of the Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples. Her solo show Monica vs. The Internet: Tales of a Social Justice Warrior ( ★★★★★ Winnipeg Free Press, ★★★★★ Saskatoon Star Phoenix) directed by K.P. Dennis toured 6 cities across Canada in the summer of 2019, toured to Second City Toronto, and was recently featured on CBC Arts with the National Theatre School #ArtApart series. Their next show 100 YT GUYS IN AN HOUR is currently in residency with the Belfry Theatre, and the Tremors Festival with Rumble Theatre Twitter: @monicaogden12 Instagram: @monicaogden12 K.P. DENNIS is a black, non-binary, multi-disciplinary artist, producer, director, and activist. They were the 2016 Youth Poet Laureate of Victoria and are currently the artistic director of COLORQODED, QTI2POC arts collective. In 2017 they were the recipient of the VACCS Community recognition Award and just finished a cross Canada tour with their critically acclaimed shows, Monica vs the Internet & LUBDUB. In February 2020 they released a chapbook entitled Growing Pains, available for purchase on their Instagram @wild.womxn, and are currently working on two new plays, The Cowboy Church & the Arena of Life in residency with the Belfry Theatre, and 100 YT GUYS IN AN HOUR in residency with Tremors Festival (Rumble Theatre) and the Belfry Theatre Incubator Program. Instagram: @starboi.dennis Support Stageworthy: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/stageworthy

Today we present the first episode of Postmedia's newest crime podcast, She's Gone.   She's Gone tells the story of four women's lives, deaths and the criminal cases that followed.   It's hosted by Bre McAdam, Saskatoon Star Phoenix criminal justice reporter, and is available on all your favourite listening platforms, like the one on which you're listening to my voice, right now.    Subscribe to She's Gone today.

How easy is it to get basic information from your local government? According to an investigation by the Regina Leader-Post and the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, not as easy as you might think. The papers asked for what should be readily available information from more than 700 municipalities, and the results were somewhat lacking. Andrea Hill joins Dave to talk about the project, what kind of information they were seeking, what roadblocks they hit, and why this matters.

It has been nine months since the horrific crash between a semi-trailer and a bus carrying players and personnel from the Humboldt Broncos hockey team. On April 6 2018, the driver of the semi failed to yield at a stop sign along a Saskatchewan Highway and hit the team’s bus, killing 16 and injuring 13. Now, nine months later, the driver of the truck has owned up for his actions, pleading guilty to all charges. We look at why he pleaded guilty, what the reaction has been, and what penalty he could be facing. Dave is joined by Saskatoon Star Phoenix justice reporter Bre McAdam.  

Alex MacPherson is a reporter for the Saskatoon Star Phoenix. Alex sits down with Dale Richardson to discuss his life and career, including growing up with two parents who were journalists; his unusual path to working at the Star Phoenix; his vast and diverse portfolio of reporting; covering the historic Saskatchewan Party leadership race last year; getting a rare interview with Robert Latimer; and how Saskatoon and Saskatchewan have changed in the past decade. The Talking 306 Podcast is an original Saskatchewan podcast hosted by Dale Richardson. Theme music is by Saskatoon artist Maybe Smith.

Murray Mandryk is the political columnist for the Regina Leader-Post and Saskatoon Star Phoenix. Murray sits down with Dale to discuss his life and career, including growing up in rural Manitoba, the first small newspapers he worked at, his writing process, the perils and positives of Twitter, and, of course, various topics about Saskatchewan politics. The Talking 306 Podcast is an original Saskatchewan podcast hosted by Dale Richardson. Theme music is by Saskatoon artist Maybe Smith.

Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the truck driver charged in the crash that killed 16 members of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team and injured 13 others, made his first appearance in court Tuesday. Saskatoon Star Phoenix justice reporter Bre McAdam joins host Dave Breakenridge to discuss what's next in the court process and the hurdles faced in prosecuting a case like this. Also joining Dave is Calgary Herald and Sun reporter Ryan Rumbolt to explain the Alberta government's plans to overhaul that province's training and safety requirements for truck drivers and trucking companies. Sidhu is from Calgary where the company he drove for is based.

On Friday RCMP announced that they have laid more than two dozen charges in connection with the crash that killed 16 members of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team. Jaskirat Sidhu, a 29-year-old man from Calgary, has been charged with 16 counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and 13 counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm. Sidhu was arrested Friday without incident at his residence in Calgary. He was remanded and is scheduled to appear next week in Saskatchewan court. On April 6 a semi truck collided with the Humboldt Broncos bus, killing 16 people and injuring 13 others. On this episode host Dave Breakenridge is joined by Saskatoon Star Phoenix sports editor Kevin Mitchell to discuss the charges and the tragedy that led to them.

Betty Ann Adam is a reporter with the Saskatoon Star Phoenix. She is also a survivor of the "Sixties Scoop". When she was a toddler, the Canadian government pried her from her mother's arms. She was raised by foster parents. A modern version of this is still happening to Indigenous children across Canada.      

The story of Saskatchewan’s worst mass murder. 21-year-old Victor Hoffman suffered from paranoid schizophrenia which saw him descend into madness, leading to a collision with an unsuspecting family that would have tragic consequences.…..Support my sponsors! Here's where the discount codes are:www.canadiantruecrime.ca/sponsorsLearn more about:Rampage: Canadian Mass Murder and Spree Killing by Lee MellorVincent Li episode on The Minds of MadnessThe Greyhound Bus Beheading episode on Dark TopicPodcasts to check out:In SightCourt JunkieJoin my patreon to get early, ad-free episodes, video AMAs and more:www.patreon.com/canadiantruecrimeSocial media and contact information:Facebook: www.facebook.com/canadiantruecrime/Twitter: twitter.com/CanadianTCpodInstagram: www.instagram.com/canadiantruecrimepod/Email: CanadianTrueCrimePodcast@gmail.comCredits: Writer, researcher and narrator: Kristi LeeAudio production and original scoring: Erik KrosbyAdditional editing, mixing: Mike MigasMusic credits:Erik Krosby - composer and producer of original music in the first half of the storyMusic below is used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Podcast theme music: Space Trip. http://www.dl-sounds.com/royalty-free/space-trip/The tracks below come from Free Music Archive:Lucky Stars by Podington Bear Dark Water by Podington Bear Antoine’s Song by ROZKOL Fly Inverted Past a Jenny by Chris Zabriskie Cylinders 7 by Chris Zabriskie Everybody’s Got Problems That Aren’t Mine by Chris Zabriskie We Always Thought The Future Would Be Kind of Fun by Chris ZabriskieMain information sources:Rampage: Canadian Mass Murder and Spree Killing by Lee Mellor‘Schizophrenia, Mass Murder, and The Law’ by F.H. Kahan, Orthomolecular Psychiatry, Volume 2, Number 3, 1973, Pp. 127-146http://orthomolecular.org/library/jom/1973/pdf/1973-v02n03-p127.pdfCLIPPING: ‘Leask man charged in mass murder’, Saskatoon Star Phoenix. August 21, 1967 CLIPPING: ‘Living in the shadow of Tragedy’, Calgary Herald, 8 June 2008http://leaderpost.com/storyline/a-whole-family-was-murdered-in-shell-lake-in-1967http://orthomolecularvitamincentre.com/illnesses-and-conditions/mental-disorders/schiz-disorders/dr-hoffers-schizophrenia-page/

Ruling overturned for disgraced aboriginal leader David Ahenakew. David Ahenakew was a distinguished member of the Saskatchewan First Nations community. He’d given years of service at the helm of the Assembly of First Nations and had been recognized for other accomplishments with the prestigious Order of Canada. So onlookers were shocked when on December 13, 2002, at an aboriginal health-care conference, he went into a racist tirade with slurs against Jews, Indo Canadians and other immigrants to Canada. After his speech, Saskatoon Star Phoenix reporter James Parker asked Ahenakew for more comments and clarifications and he continued on his tirade, saying more horrible things about Jews. Media coverage of his comments led to national headlines and condemnation from coast to coast. Ahenakew resigned from all aboriginal leadership positions, as he began the long process of trying to defend himself. On July 8, 2005, Saskatchewan provincial court judge Irwin found Ahenakew guilty of inciting and wilfully promoting hatred against Jewish people as per Canada’s criminal code. The judge said the comments in his speech did not violate the Code; however, his comments to the reporter did. Three days later the Council of the Order of Canada revoked his membership and demanded the return of his medal. Ahenakew appealed his criminal conviction and on June 8, 2006, Court of Queens bench Justice Robert Laing set aside the conviction and ordered a new trial. Judge Irwin made the mistake of not taking into consideration certain evidence before making certain inferences and the final decision. Shortly after the conference and the outrage in 2002, Jewish and aboriginal leaders throughout Canada came together to enhance better understanding in their respective communities. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

William Deverell, has been widely hailed as Canada's greatest ‘literary mystery' writer. This from his website: "Deverell worked as a journalist for seven years, with Canadian Press Montreal, the Vancouver Sun and the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, where he was night city editor while at the University of Saskatchewan law school and editor of the student newspaper. As a member of the British Columbia, Alberta and Yukon Bars, he was counsel in more than a thousand criminal cases, including thirty murder trials, either as defender or prosecutor. He is a founding director, former president, now honorary director of the B. C. Civil Liberties Association. His first novel, Needles, won the $50,000 Seal Prize in l979 and the Book of the Year Award in l98l. His subsequent novels include High Crimes, Mecca,The Dance of Shiva, Platinum Blues, Mindfield, Kill All the Lawyers, Street Legal – the Betrayal, and he is author of the true crime book A Life on Trial – The Case of Robert Frisbee, based on a notorious murder trial which he defended…Trial of Passion won Canada's 1997 Arthur Ellis prize in crime writing, and the Dashiell Hammett award for literary excellence in crime writing in North America. " Our conversation explores Deverell's oeuvre in light of the question: How to write a great crime novel? Humour, complex characters, contentious relationships and appropriate use of ‘the clock' all feature prominently in Deverell's work, and contribute to what makes it award winning.   Twenty odd years ago my wife and I rented a cottage perched at the edge of the Rideau River for a weekend getaway. I cracked Deverell's Dance of the Shiva shortly after arriving. Couldn't get away from it. Couldn't put it down. After finishing it, couldn't understand why Deverell wasn't as popular as Turow, Cornwell, Ellroy or Rendell. Still can't.