I’m working on a series on Sask Party donations, the first post should be ready soon. I had to take a break though to address this, because it’s brutal.
The contrast between the way the Myles Sanderson’s killings were handled compared to Friday’s murder of a 34-year-old rural Saskatchewan man is stark.
The question is why?
Perhaps a better question is who?
Why does informing the public on issues related to public safety feel like such an arbitrary decision-making process and who is calling those shots?
Why is this homicide and killer(s) on the loose so different than the homicide and killer(s) on the loose six months ago?
In September of 2022, the manhunt for Myles Sanderson shunted Saskatchewan into the international spotlight. The emergency alerts on Sanderson were nonstop. The RCMP news conferences were plentiful, even though it was painfully clear they had absolutely no idea where Sanderson was, or anything else useful to share.
Authorities knew Sanderson was on a goodbye tour and likely didn’t pose a further threat to the public. As the police investigation into his death will reveal, Sanderson killed himself by swallowing the pills he had on standby the moment he hit the ditch and was swarmed by RCMP.
Bottom line: at least the RCMP was communicating.
First of all, you need to put yourself in the situation, especially if you live in the city. When you’re alone in rural Saskatchewan, the expanse between yourself and the next human being is vast, isolating and in situations like these, your worst enemy.
There is no one to hear you scream.
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