Wood Pleads Guilty to Theft in Saskatchewan
Zoning Outrages Landmark Residents
A Saskatchewan judge has handed former RM of La Broquerie administrator, Lori Wood, a suspended sentence after she plead guilty to theft in a Lloydminster courtroom. Last April, the Maidstone RCMP charged 40-yearold Wood after receiving a complaint from the Maidstone Arena Board on which Wood participated as a volunteer board member. The complaint accused Wood of issuing cheques “without authorization” for which she was the beneficiary. Corporal Fillion, with the Maidstone RCMP, confirmed that Wood attended Lloydminster Court on February 28. He said that Wood pled guilty to one count of theft under $5,000 in a joint submission between the Crown prosecutor and Wood’s defense. As a result she received a suspended sentence, six months probation and was ordered to pay back restitution in the amount of $2,902.40 to the Maidstone Arena Board. Wood was employed as administrator in the Town of Maidstone in Saskatchewan when the theft occurred. Prior to briefly taking the position, Wood was employed with several Manitoba municipalities and left her position with the RM of La Broquerie amid a sea of controversy.
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Dave Sutherland, spokesperson for the group, explained. “We discovered all our homes have been re-zoned,” stated Sutherland. “I wasn’t worried about it at first. I understand its part of planning for the future, but then I found it was commercial. Then we had a problem.” According to Sutherland, residences are not allowed to be constructed on commercial property, based on the planning act. “You cannot have a house on a commercial property and
Interim Liberal leader Bob Rae has admitted a Liberal staffer was behind the Vikileaks30 Twitter account that aired details of Provencher MP Vic Toews’s divorce in retaliation for an online surveillance bill and that the staffer has resigned. Interim Liberal leader Bob Rae named staffer Adam Carroll as the culprit behind the Vikileaks30 Twitter account that surged into public prominence in the wake of the tabling of new legislation earlier this month that would have allowed increased police surveillance of the Internet and citizens who use it. A string of tweets posted online offered up alleged details relating to Toews’s divorce proceedings. It was alleged Carroll was upset with recent comments by Toews suggesting a link between opposing the online warrantless surveillance bill and siding with child pornographers, as well as Conservative MP Larry Miller’s speech comparing those opposed to ending the longgun registry with Hitler.
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Hettie and Leonard Penner are among over a dozen Landmark residents upset with the RM of Tache for re-zoning Main Street, Landmark as commercial and possibly compromising their homeowners insurance in the process. The map on the left is the most current map approved by the RM of Tache in 2009. Photo by Marianne Curtis
By Marianne Curtis Over a dozen homeowners in Landmark are furious with the RM of Tache council after recently discovering their properties had been re-zoned, allegedly without their knowledge. While the re-zoning itself raised questions, residents are further outraged to discover the change may have compromised their homeowners insurance coverage. At a recent RM of Tache council meeting, councilors heard from a number of Landmark residents who own land along the community’s Main Street.