'Dumb' and 'dangerous': Man caused Saskatoon courthouse explosion in attempt to delay drunk driving sentence

An explosion outside the Saskatoon provincial courthouse wasn’t an act of terrorism, but a man’s unsophisticated and impulsive attempt to delay a sentence — a sentence the Crown was willing to adjourn anyway. 
On Wednesday, lawyers explained Rodney James Wilkie’s motive for igniting a camping propane tank — left in a backpack — just after 11 p.m. on March 29, 2017. He was facing impaired driving charges and, worried he would be going to jail the next day,