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Staff Prominent radio talk show host John Gormley laid into the CBC’s coverage of the Gerald Stanley case during his radio show Monday morning. CBC has found itself having to do a retraction.
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A new agreement between the city and Magic Lantern Theatres has been approved by city council, clearing the way for construction of their new fourscreen movie theatre this spring. The agreement was approved by a unanimous vote at council Monday night. The new deal replaces a previous agreement dated July 7, 2016. That came about when
Magic Lantern made the initial announcement that they would build a new five-screen theatre on the empty lot between 11th Avenue and Railway Avenue. The original deal called for Magic Lantern to acquire the land from the city for a dollar. But the transfer of title to the land to Magic Lantern was held up for a number of months. Contamination was found on the western por-
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tion of the lot, forcing the theatre location to move to the northeast corner at 11th Avenue and 101st Street. In February of last year, construction plans were altered again when Magic Lantern completed the purchase of the Capitol Theatre. The company then concentrated on renovating and upgrading the old theatre. Continued on Page 3
Gormley, who hails from the Battlefords and was former MP for Battlefords-Meadow Lake, roasted the public broadcaster for a story that ran last week on the CBC website. The story was titled “RCMP ‘sloppy’ and ‘negligent’ in investigating Colten Boushie’s death, say independent experts.” The original story reported that, after being taken into custody by Biggar RCMP, Gerald Stanley, the man who has since been acquitted of murder in the case, was photographed, released shortly after, and allowed to return to the detachment the following day to file his statement. Gormley has proven this to be untrue using official court documents. The CBC story included a comment from homicide investigator Michael Davis. “You’re telling me that he was immediately released no sooner than getting to the detachment? I’d say that’s not much of an investigation,” Davis was quoted in the original story.
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The CBC story also stated the RCMP never seized Stanley’s clothes; in fact, they had, Gormley pointed out, again referring to a court document. As of Monday afternoon, CBC News had issued corrections on their website to both items in the original story. But on CKOM and CJME radio, Gormley had already skewered the CBC for both mistakes. “Those two references are fake news,” Gormley said. “Not in the Donald Trump ‘I disagree with it’ fake news - fake, made-up stories.” Gormley pointed to the factual background outlined in a Dec. 13, 2017, pre-trial decision by Chief Justice Martel Popescul. It noted that on Aug. 10 at 2:09 a.m., Stanley was awakened so police could take swabs of his hands and to seize his clothing, and that he “remained in his cell alone” until 1:20 p.m. in the afternoon, when he underwent a fourhour interrogation by an RCMP constable. Continued on Page 5
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