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Article content As RCMP Const. Jacob Isaac pursued an SUV through Onion Lake Cree Nation at speeds of up to 177 kilometres an hour while bullets flew toward him, he was sure someone was going to die. The SUV was carrying suspected gang associates and its occupants fired six shots at the RCMP during the Jan. 1 chase which lasted roughly 10 minutes. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or We had to potentially die trying to stop this out-of-control threat : RCMP recounts high-speed chase on Onion Lake Back to video “I was convinced that day it was only a matter of time until the accused’s SUV or bullets killed someone,” Isaac said in a victim impact statement read into Lloydminster provincial court on April 29. ....
Article content As RCMP Const. Jacob Isaac pursued an SUV through Onion Lake Cree Nation at speeds of up to 177 kilometres an hour while bullets flew toward him, he was sure someone was going to die. The SUV was carrying suspected gang associates and its occupants fired six shots at the RCMP during the Jan. 1 chase which lasted roughly 10 minutes. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or We had to potentially die trying to stop this out-of-control threat : RCMP recounts high-speed chase on Onion Lake Back to video “I was convinced that day it was only a matter of time until the accused’s SUV or bullets killed someone,” Isaac said in a victim impact statement read into Lloydminster provincial court on April 29. ....
“I was convinced that day it was only a matter of time until the accused’s SUV or bullets killed someone,” said RCMP Const. Jacob Isaac who was involved in the pursuit on Onion Lake Cree Nation Jan. 1, 2021. “This was a feeling very few will experience and was a heavy burden on all of us to accept that we had to potentially die trying to stop this out-of-control threat to society. “I can remember hearing the updates on the radio as we all pursued and I think to myself ‘how do we stop this before someone dies?’ As various scenarios ran through my head on how to stop them, very few had the likelihood of coming out uninjured or (not) killed,” said Const. Isaac. “I’m confident my co-workers had the same gut wrenching thoughts.” ....
North Battleford Judge Daniel O’Hanlon granted Beaven an adjournment. Lloydminster Judge Kim Young retired so until he is replaced judges from North Battleford are presiding over Lloydminster’s court. Beaven waived Heathen’s attendance in court today but she is expected to appear by CCTV on April 19. Heathen has been incarcerated at Pine Grove Correctional Centre for women in Prince Albert since her arrest in July 2020. Heathen is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Braeden Alfred James Sparvier, 26. Twobears Bird, 22, of Onion Lake Cree Nation, was arrested in February 2021 and charged with accessory to murder. The charges against Heathen and Bird haven’t been proven in court. ....
Crown Prosecutor Liam Fitz-Gerald, from North Battleford, told the court he opposed Cantel’s release. Defence Andrew Lyster from the Battlefords Area Legal Aid Office represented Cantel. The evidence presented and submissions made during the show cause hearing can’t be published. Cantel has been at Pine Grove Correctional Centre for women in Prince Albert since she was arrested on Nov. 20, 2020. She is charged with theft of a vehicle, numerous firearms-related offences, endangering the safety of the public, and flight from police. Cantel, and four others, are accused of taking RCMP on a 150-kilometre, two-hour chase from Lashburn to north of Paradise Hill. Her co-accused include Juanita Wahpistikwan, 21, from Big Island Cree Nation, Kyle Lajimodiere from Cold Lake, Alta., and two young offenders who can’t be named in accordance with the Youth Criminal Justice Act. ....