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Banished from Winnipeg Article Comments (28) KATHERINE O'NEILL
Globe and Mail Update
December 15, 2008 at 1:33 AM EST
Yorkton is a small, welcoming city in eastern Saskatchewan, but many locals are wondering why they hadn't been told about their newest neighbour – one of Manitoba's worst teen auto thieves.
“We haven't heard boo about this,” Colleen Haider, who owns the city's only bowling alley, said on Sunday. “Being a business owner, I kind of like to know these things so I can keep my customers aware of stuff.”
The case stems from an unusual court decision made Friday in Winnipeg.
Judge Janice leMaistre approved a rehabilitation plan that effectively banished a 16-year-old Winnipeg resident with a long criminal record of stealing vehicles from Manitoba to Saskatchewan. The teen, who can't be identified, was told to get on a bus on Friday and move to Yorkton, a community of 17,500 located about 450 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg. Far away from the big-city gangs and criminals he's grown up with, the teen is required to live with a local family and follow strict conditions, including obeying a curfew, until his probation expires in 2010.
Crown prosecutor Liz Pats told the court that the boy, whom she described as one of Winnipeg's “top three or four” underage auto thieves, needed a fresh start. “Is this going to work? I don't know. …Yorkton also has cars.”
The teen, who has spent 11 of the past 16 months in police custody, was involved with street gangs and came from a family with about 180 auto-theft convictions alone.
“This is your last chance,” Judge leMaistre told the boy. “Get on that bus, get to Saskatchewan and start working on some of your problems.”
According to Winnipeg police, the Crown's office in Yorkton and the local RCMP detachment were notified of the arrangement. Yorkton RCMP wouldn't comment on the case Sunday or even confirm whether the teen had arrived in the city. The teen is scheduled to start school on Monday in Yorkton.
Ms. Haider is unsure of how locals are going to react to him. “We've got lots of gangs here, so I'm thinking we might not be really crazy about this,” she said. “But everybody deserves a second chance, and it all depends on who is watching him.”
Yorkton Mayor Chris Wyatt first learned about the case Saturday after reading about it in a Regina newspaper. He said the local RCMP usually only informs the public about more serious criminals, usually offenders charged with sex crimes, and that he's not upset he wasn't told about the Winnipeg teen.
However, Mr. Wyatt wants the 16-year-old to be closely monitored while he's in the community. “You are hoping this person can turn around his life, and Yorkton is a great city to do that … but if he's not willing to rehabilitate, then they should put him away.”
Des Klingspon, pastor at Yorkton's Prairie Harvest Christian Life Centre, said the community offers lots of support to troubled youth, including an employment program run by his non-denominational church for men aged 16 to 29.
He said the teen's move to the small Prairie city could “be a positive or just another chapter” in his life depending on whether or not he seeks help.
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