No decision made at Quewezance sisters’ bail hearing in Yorkton, Sask.
Arguments commenced Wednesday.
He also argued that the sisters, who come from Keeseekoose First Nation, may have faced discrimination after being arrested and held at a Kamsack RCMP detachment staffed only by white officers. He suggested this may have influenced statements given by the sisters at the time, and that considering the sisters’ history as residential school attendees granting bail could be considered an act of reconciliation.
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