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My son saved my life but I couldn’t save him from fentanyl, local mom says CHRISTINE DALGLEISH Citizen staff
Former resident ‘high risk’ HANNA PETERSEN Citizen staff
Saskatchewan RCMP are warning the public about a 45-year-old former Prince George resident who is at a “high risk to reoffend.” On March 13, Brent Adair Habetler was charged with committing an indecent act at the Lloydminster swimming pool. A short time later, Lloydminster RCMP located Habetler outside a local daycare. He was subsequently arrested and charged with breach of release conditions.
In 2000, Habetler was arrested in Prince George for two counts of indecent exposure. However, one charge was later dropped and Habetler was acquitted of the other. In July 2000, Habetler spoke to the Prince George Free Press about how the accusation had upset his life. “It’s got to be one of the worst things to be accused of,” he was quoted. “I’d rather be accused of anything else.” Habetler is now scheduled to appear in Lloydminster, Alta., court on April 4. for his recent charges.
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Saksatchewan RCMP are warning the public about Brent Adair Habetler.
Pat Roderick lost her son James last summer. “I’ve been so upset it took me months to write his obituary because it’s still so hard to believe,” Roderick said. “People think overdoses are suicide but they’re really getting killed by fentanyl.” James, who died August 1, 2022, worked on the oil rigs and came home on weekends. “Jamie worked hard during the week and partied hard on the weekends,” Roderick said. “My doctor keeps telling me ‘people take drugs to get high, not to die’. People think all drug users are junkies but that wasn’t Jamie. He just liked to party.” Roderick said Jamie, who was 40 years old when he died, had a good job and considered his boss his brother, he had family, friends, a house and was a kind and fun-loving person. When Roderick was diagnosed with Leukemia on Dec. 1, 2019, Jamie donated his compatible stem cells on June 10, 2020. The procedure put Roderick’s cancer into remission. “After the procedure, Jamie told me to tell my doctor that if he could help someone else by donating again he would,” Roderick said. “That’s the kind of person he was. I had my son for 40 years, I often think of the mothers who have lost their teenage children and my heart breaks for them.” Roderick says she’ll always carry the guilt of losing her son to an overdose. “And please tell people’s family members that it’s not their fault,” she said. “You keep thinking, I should’ve watched out for this, I should’ve watched out for that but you can’t watch out for fentanyl.”