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Global News
5 days ago
- Politics
- Global News
'A gross, disgusting feeling': Denare Beach wildfire survivor slams Sask. gov't response
A Denare Beach man who lost his home to a wildfire is calling out Premier Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan government for abandoning northern communities when they needed help most. 'It's a gross, disgusting feeling that nobody's there for us at the Sask. Party. I'm ashamed to even be part of Saskatchewan some days,' said Dustin Trumbley. Trumbley and his fiancée were left homeless after flames tore through Denare Beach. He says his faith in leadership has been shattered. 'We need answers, we want some accountability from the Premier,' Trumbley said. 'That's his job, he's a leader. I voted for him. I wish I didn't, but I did. And I thought he would give some accountability by now. But he hasn't.' Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy NDP northern affairs critic Jordan McPhail, speaking alongside Trumbley, criticized the provincial government for failing to support evacuees, overlooking critical resources, delaying federal assistance, and not visiting hard-hit northern communities. Story continues below advertisement 'The same Scott Moe, who has yet to tour the northern communities devastated by wildfires, Denare Beach, East Trout Lake and Sucker River, and hear firsthand from residents,' McPhail said. Premier Scott Moe visited the northern communities of La Loche and Beauval on Monday, ahead of a Saskatchewan Party golf fundraiser at Elk Ridge Resort on Tuesday. Critics say this move shows misplaced priorities. 'Scott Moe's actions in all of this remind me a lot of how his buddy Donald Trump acts. He plays golf while everything around him burns,' said Brittney Senger, the NDP's ethics and democracy critic. The NDP is demanding that Moe cancel the fundraiser for his party's political campaigns and instead meet directly with evacuees. 'The Saskatchewan Party caucus has certainly abandoned northern Saskatchewan this wildfire season,' McPhail said. 'They need to cancel this political golf fundraiser and get their asses up into northern Saskatchewan and start talking to people that have lost so much.' Trumbley said that he isn't seeking government funds or any handouts for evacuees, but instead wants to action, true leadership and accountability. 'I don't want financial assistance. I said this right from the start. I just don't want it to happen to anybody else.' Global News reached out to the Saskatchewan government for comment but did not hear back before deadline.
Ottawa Citizen
21-05-2025
- Health
- Ottawa Citizen
Davis: CTE confirmed in Rob Trumbley, expanding the list of affected, former hockey players
Article content A recent study by Boston University stated the risk of CTE increased by 34 per cent every year a person played hockey. Article content Despite the growing, overwhelming evidence that hockey players suffer brain injuries, the NHL's denials are merely attempts to avoid paying millions in financial settlements. The NHL has actually implemented rules intended to prevent players from hitting an opponent's head. Article content If there was no danger of injuring someone's head/brain, why would the NHL need such rules? It's obviously time for the NHL and other leagues to concede that hockey causes brain injuries. That's why Hull, Mikita, Simon, Boogaard, Rypien, Rick Martin, Ralph Backstrom, Zarley Zalapski, Trumbley and others, plus their families, have donated their damaged brains and told their stories. Article content 'Deep down Rob wanted to know, not as an excuse but as an explanation,' said Degelman. 'And 100 per cent he wanted to help other people. I know that now from the stories that are coming out. Article content Article content 'He always thought about other people, so if he knew he was helping emotionally or socially, I think he would be proud that he could reach even one or two people.' Article content Trumbley's family recently held a memorial service for him in Lumsden, attended by former teammates and opponents, who recalled him as a scrappy, hard-working and popular player with the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League's Regina Pat Canadians and Western Hockey League's Moose Jaw Warriors. Article content He was an eighth-round draft choice by the Vancouver Canucks in 1989 and attended a couple of NHL camps, ultimately playing in the American and East Coast leagues and eventually heading to play professionally in Britain for eight seasons, where he was appreciated particularly for sticking up for his teammates as an enforcer. He retired in 2005 and tried several jobs, including assistant coach with the WHL's Saskatoon Blades, but his friends and family said he changed through his final years. Article content Article content 'He never denied the addictions, but said the CTE was his main problem,' said Degelman. 'CTE is a progressive disease and it's a hopeless scenario, to be honest, at this point.'
