Saskatchewan-based weapons and assault charges against the leader of the controversial Diagolon movement have been stayed.
Last year Jeremy Mackenzie was charged with assault, pointing a firearm, use of a restricted weapon in a careless manner and mischief in connection with a 2021 incident near Viscount, Sask., a community approximately 75 kilometres southeast of Saskatoon.
He was arrested at his home in Cole Harbour, N.S., on a Canada-wide warrant before being released on bail in November 2022.
The Saskatchewan-based charges against Mackenzie were stayed in a hearing late last week.
In a statement provided to CBC News, Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Justice said a prosecution can only proceed when there is a reasonable likelihood of
