EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been corrected to reflect inaccuracies in the original story—to twit Mr. Concannon is a Gore Bay resident, not Kagawong; charges were withdrawn on June 19, 2025, not June 12, 2025; court was held in the Wikwemikong courthouse, not Gore Bay; the peace bond is of a personal nature, not a professional one—Mr. Concannon has full access to mayor and CAO; the peace bond has absolutely nothing to do with any locations.
GORE BAY—The ongoing saga of charges against Gore Bay resident Bill Concannon were withdrawn on June 19 at during court in Wiikwemkoong, and a 12-month peace bond was entered into by Mr. Concannon the same day.
Keesha Seaton, media spokesperson for the ministry of the Attorney General issued a statement as follows: “Court staff have conducted a search of the court case tracking system and can advise the following. On June 19, 2025, two counts of Criminal Harassment – Section 264(1) of the Criminal Code before the court were withdrawn. On the same date, the accused person entered into a common law peace bond for 12 months.”
The peace bond conditions include keeping the peace, being of good behaviour Mr. Concannon and of are a personal nature not a professional one. Mr. Concannon still has access to the mayor and CAO. The peace bonds have nothing to do locations.
The Expositor, which has been reporting on the case as it proceeded through the courts, erroneously published a story indicating the accused had been convicted. The Expositor published a correction and apology for the error.
The Expositor reached out to Mr. Concannon for comment following the resolution of the case and to provide him an opportunity to provide his side of the story—earlier stories had simply been reporting what was happening in the courts.
Mr. Concannon was originally offered less than 18 hours in which to craft his response, but that was later amended by the Expositor’s publisher to indicate the story could wait a week.
Mr. Concannon then responded to the publisher that: “I have decided that due to your previous biased reporting about me, you don’t deserve a response. Govern yourselves accordingly moving forward. Bill.
The Expositor stands by its reporting in much of this case, with the obvious exception of the reported conviction, which, again, we offer an unqualified apology.
Should Mr. Concannon change his mind about commenting on the case, our phones remain open. Mr. Concannon has since reached out via Messanger to correct errors in this story.
