Media want to broadcast murder trial of farmer charged with in Indigenous man’s death
Jan 16, 2018 | 5:30 PM
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SASKATOON — A Saskatchewan judge is to rule on whether the media can broadcast parts of the trial of a farmer charged in the fatal shooting of an Indigenous man.
Gerald Stanley is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Colten Boushie.
The 22-year-old was shot in August 2016 on a farm near Biggar, Sask., in a case that has inflamed racial tensions.
Five media companies — CTV, CBC, Global News, Postmedia and Aboriginal Peoples Television Network — have applied to record and broadcast parts of the trial.
