LMT August 27th 2018

NEWS BRIEFS
New Chief Coroner appointed
Clive Weighill has been appointed Chief Coroner
for Saskatchewan. Weighill is the former chief of
the Saskatoon Police Service and former President
of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police.
He has more than 40 years of experience with the
justice system in Saskatchewan. On November 29,
2017, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General
appointed Weighill to undertake a review of
the Office of the Chief Coroner. The review was to
examine the mandate and performance of the office
and offer recommendations. This review resulted
in a report released this past June 20 containing
44 recommendations that encompass these core
areas as well as the relationships with supports and
partners such as laboratory services, police, funeral
homes, transfer services and the Saskatchewan
Health Authority.
The Office of the Chief Coroner is responsible for
the investigation of all sudden, unexpected and
unnatural deaths in order to improve the health,
safety and quality of life of the citizens of our province.
The Office is an independent agency operating
under the direction of the Chief Coroner of Saskatchewan.
Weighill begins his duties as Chief Coroner effective
September 15, 2018.
Ombudsman completes investigation
Saskatchewan Ombudsman, Mary McFadyen, has
decided not to make recommendations to governmentagencies
after completing her investigation
into the supports they provided to Ms. Charlene
Klyne. On January 22, 2016, Ms. Klyne was seriously
injured during the shooting at her workplace,
the Dene High School in La Loche. In the months
following the shooting, she spoke out publicly because
she did not think she was receiving the support
she needed, which she believed was promised
by thegovernment after the shooting.
After the matter was raised in the Legislative
Assembly on May 9, 2017, the Minister of Labour
Relations and Workplace Safety asked the Ombudsman
to review her case and the complaints. After
meeting with Ms. Klyne, the Ombudsman decided
to investigate whether the Workers’ Compensation
Board and the Victims Services Branch of
the Ministry of Justice provided her the supports
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and benefits that were available to her within their
legislative mandates. McFadyen alsoconsidered the
Ministry of Education’s role, but found it had no
role in providing services directly to Ms. Klyne. She
did not look at Ms. Klyne’s employer, the Northern
Lights School Division, because it is outside the
Ombudsman’s jurisdiction.
In this case, the Ombudsman found that the
Workers’ Compensation Board and the Ministry
of Justice provided Ms. Klyne with the benefi ts
and supports they are mandated to provide under
legislation. The Ombudsman acknowledges that
Ms. Klyne is not satisfi ed with the level of support
available to her under The Workers’ Compensation
Act, 2013 and The Victims of Crime Act, 1995, and
that she is worried about having enough money to
live on in the future. McFadyen said, “Through no
fault of her own, Ms. Klyne was badly injured at
work in a horrifi c event. We looked at the government
agencies within our jurisdiction and found
they provided her the supports that were within
their authority to provide.” Those benefi ts did not
include compensation for pain and suffering.
PRT initiative one year later
Last week, the Government of Saskatchewan
marked the anniversary of the Protection and
Response Team (PRT), created one year ago to help
reduce crime in rural Saskatchewan.
Since the operational launch of the PRT in April,
conservation officers and highway patrol officers
have responded to more than 400 PRT calls. Two
examples of the work PRT members are doing to
keep residents safe include: a Saskatchewan conservation
officer located a theft suspect in Kindersley
who had fled from a rural property; another
conservation officer responded to a call for help
from Pinehouse RCMP in a successful high-risk
takedown.
The initiative includes Saskatchewan Highway
Patrol Officers and Ministry of Environment
Conservation Officers, and police officers from the
RCMP, Saskatoon Police Service, Prince Albert
Police Service, Regina Police Service, Moose Jaw
Police Service, Estevan Police Service, and the
Weyburn Police Service.
PRT vehicles are equipped with Automatic License
Plate Readers.
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