Latest from Brian Pfefferle
Opinion
Police can — and should — enforce COVID-19 health orders in Saskatchewan
As a lawyer, I’m here to speak to those questioning whether the police have the power to enforce these public health orders.
Opinion
We should all be watching the Carolyn Strom appeal
Anyone who believes that the health care system should ensure the protection of patients should be watching an upcoming appeal of a Saskatchewan nurse in a freedom of expression case involving critical Facebook comments.
Analysis
Determining 'appropriate' sentence for semi driver in Humboldt Broncos crash is an impossible task for courts
The man facing 29 charges stemming from the Humboldt Broncos bus crash pleaded guilty but his sentence won't be known until Friday.
Analysis
No sentence handed down by court can be commensurate with devastating toll of Humboldt crash
The man facing 29 charges stemming from the Humboldt Broncos bus crash pleaded guilty this week, but his sentence won't be known until later this month.
Opinion
Handgun bans no silver bullet in attacking senseless gun crime
Is a nation-wide handgun ban a necessary restriction on individual liberty?
Opinion
New impaired driving laws could unintentionally criminalize sober drivers
With new impaired driving laws coming into effect in Saskatchewan on Sept. 1, a lawyer provides his take on how changes at the federal level might impact drivers as well.
Opinion
Why manner of driving will be focus of Humboldt bus crash court case
The decision to lay dangerous driving charges against the truck driver who allegedly caused the Humboldt Broncos bus crash has caused many people to speculate the potential outcome.
Opinion
We don't have to agree with jury's decision in Gerald Stanley case, but we must respect it
The shooting of Colten Boushie truly polarized many in the province and indeed the country. While we don't have to agree with the jury's decision to find Gerald Stanley not guilty in Boushie's death, we must respect it, according to defence lawyer Brian Pfefferle.
Opinion
Gerald Stanley's defence of a hang fire 'accident' key to jury decision
By definition, a pure accident should rarely attract criminal consequences, but in the high-profile trial of Gerald Stanley, the accused told a jury this week that he didn't mean to shoot Colten Boushie.
Opinion
Calling Gerald Stanley's son as Crown witness was the right move
Two veteran Crown prosecutors in the Gerald Stanley trial appear to be taking some heat on social media for calling the accused's son, Sheldon Stanley, as their witness Wednesday during the high-profile Battleford, Sask., murder trial. So why did the Crown call Sheldon Stanley?