Court of King’s Bench

Saskatchewan’s Appeal Court is set to hear arguments over the next two days about a provincial law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at school. A judge ruled earlier this year a challenge of the law could continue, even though the government invoked the notwithstanding clause […]

SASKATOON – Greg Fertuck has been found guilty of his wife Sheree Fertuck’s murder almost a decade ago. The body of the mother of three has never been found. She was last seen leaving her family’s farmhouse near Kenaston on Dec. 7, 2015, to haul rock to a nearby gravel pit. In April 2016, police determined […]

SASKATOON – The verdict for a man charged with first-degree murder in his wife’s death will be handed down on June 14 as scheduled, said Justice Richard Danyliuk Wednesday. Days ahead of the scheduled June 14 verdict, Greg Fertruck, who represents himself, had filed an application with the court for a mistrial and to reopen […]

A man charged with accessory to the murder of a woman in Oxbow made his first court appearance Friday in Regina provincial court. Tyler Shaw, 27, of Gainsborough appeared by phone before Judge Noah Evanchuk in Regina. The Crown opposed release, and Shaw has been remanded to his next court date on May 9 at […]

Michael Gordon Jackson, a 55-year-old man from Carievale, has been convicted of one count of abduction in contravention of a custody order. A jury in Regina Court of King’s Bench found Jackson guilty of taking his daughter in late 2021 and early 2022. It was alleged he took her to keep the girl from receiving […]

Onion Lake Cree Nation is suing the Saskatchewan government over autonomy legislation meant to reassert the province’s control over natural resources. The First Nation, which straddles the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary, filed its statement of claim in Court of Kings Bench in Saskatoon this week, saying the legislation infringes on treaty rights. The First Nation is arguing the bill was enacted without input, consultation […]

Michael Gordon Jackson, accused of abducting his daughter to stop her from being vaccinated against COVID-19, was released on bail. At the Court of King’s Bench, Jackson was granted bail following a hearing that saw no arguments against his release presented. Jackson was charged with one count of abduction in contravention of custody or parenting […]

A Court of King’s Bench Judge has convicted Dillion Whitehawk of second-degree murder. Whitehawk was originally charged with first-degree murder in connection to the death of Keesha Bitternose. It was back on January 2, 2020, that Keesha Bitternose died from multiple injuries and a possible gunshot wound. She was found dead days later by police […]

A dispute between a Regina City Councilor and the new City Manager is being heard by a judge at Court of King’s Bench this morning. Councilor Andrew Stevens filed the lawsuit, after a proposal to end homelessness in Regina was left out of the proposed city budget. He wants it to be part of the […]