{"id":104299,"date":"2017-05-27T01:27:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-27T05:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=104299"},"modified":"2017-05-27T01:27:44","modified_gmt":"2017-05-27T05:27:44","slug":"saskatchewan-man-charged-over-online-threats-against-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/27\/saskatchewan-man-charged-over-online-threats-against-prime-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Saskatchewan man charged over online threats against prime minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/3770864274_a505ba8e1a_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102993\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/3770864274_a505ba8e1a_z.jpg\" alt=\"A Saskatchewan man is facing charges after online threats were made against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (Photo: Mohammad Jangda\/ Flickr)\" width=\"640\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/3770864274_a505ba8e1a_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/3770864274_a505ba8e1a_z-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SASKATOON \u2014 A Saskatchewan man is facing charges after online threats were made against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.<\/p>\n<p>Mounties say New Brunswick RCMP notified the National Security Enforcement Section in March about alleged threats on social media, but there was no direct contact between the suspect and Trudeau.<\/p>\n<p>The file was linked to Saskatchewan and an investigation began.<\/p>\n<p>Derek Hurrell, who is 34 and from Borden, Sask., was arrested on Wednesday during a traffic stop and charged with one count of uttering threats.<\/p>\n<p>Police say several electronics were seized from a home in Borden, about 55 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, police charged a woman in southern Alberta with making online threats against the prime minister&#8217;s wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau.<\/p>\n<p>Another Saskatchewan man was found guilty earlier this year of uttering threats against Trudeau after posting expletive-laden posts on Facebook saying the prime minister should be shot.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Hayes was fined $500 in February and given nine months of probation, which included a ban on attending events where Trudeau was present. Hayes is also prohibited from owning firearms for three years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the second charge of this nature laid within the past 10 months. Both instances involved the use of social media. It&#8217;s important for the public to know that criminal charges may be laid if evidence is obtained to support them,\u201d RCMP Supt. Rob Cameron said in a news release Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not take these investigations lightly, no matter who the victim is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hurrell appeared in Saskatoon provincial court on Thursday. His next court appearance is set for next Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SASKATOON \u2014 A Saskatchewan man is facing charges after online threats were made against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Mounties say &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":102993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,18,16],"tags":[16696],"class_list":["post-104299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ca","category-news","tag-saskatchewan-man","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}