Persson: After the Stanley verdict, it's time to listen with compassion, to work on reconciliation

Two words changed our province forever on Friday night. The utterance of “not guity” ripped through the fabric of Saskatchewan life, creating an ugly tear that will be very difficult to mend.
How I see the people here has changed in the short days since what we all have come to call “the verdict.”
Most of my growing up years were spent on a farm south of Weyburn. My understanding of community was that neighbours help neighbours. In times of grieving, people leapt into pra