This is Saskatchewan

The long shadow cast by Martensville’s ‘Satanic Panic’

Martensville today is one of Canada’s fastest-growing bedroom communities. But back in the early 1990s, rookie police officer Claudia Bryden was drawn into a bizarre case there, as she investigated a complaint about an alleged sexual assault at a home daycare. From there, mass hysteria and a web of suspects grew. On this episode of This Is Saskatchewan, we look back at the era of the “Satanic Panic”, one that still casts a dark shadow over innocent people wrongly accused of horrific crimes – and at why those rumours felt so easy to believe.

Did politicians react the ‘right way’ to head-on collision with Roughrider?

A high-profile head-on collision involving a Saskatchewan Roughrider led to politicians making public posts and the RCMP highlighting the high number of deaths caused by highway crashes in the province. We’ll ask our political panel about the response to the crash, and new tariffs threats by U.S. President Trump. Political columnist Murray Mandryk and CBC provincial affairs reporter Alexander Quon join guest host Tory Gillis.

Taking the pulse of Canada’s “Lentil King”

Ever wonder why so many Saskatchewan farmers put chickpeas or lentils into their crop rotations? Ask Murad al-Katib. He started his pulse crop business in his basement. He’s since expanded into 120 countries, and that business is now worth $3 billion. As Canadian businesses try to diversify and kick-start value-added manufacturing, al-Katib's company, AGT Foods, has actually done it. In this episode, hear the secret behind the success of “The Lentil King."This feature interview originally aired September 25, 2025 on The Current.

Paris of the Prairies: what David Milgaard changed

“Free” and “exonerated” don’t mean the same thing. Back in 1992, when Saskatchewan justice officials said they would not re-try David Milgaard, he walked away from the federal penitentiaries where he’d spent more than two decades. But it still took years to clear his name. Could this kind of wrongful conviction ever happen again? Hear how David and Joyce Milgaard’s fight changed the Canadian legal system, in the second part of this See You In Court story.Want to listen to more episodes of See You in Court? Click here.

David Milgaard’s story: inside his wrongful conviction

A 17 year-old high school dropout in the wrong place at the wrong time is convicted of first-degree murder. David Milgaard spent just over 22 years in prison, as his mother took on Canada’s court system, eventually clearing his name. This is the first of two episodes covering his story, on the podcast See You In Court.Want to listen to more episodes of See You in Court? Click here.