Sentencing delayed for chief, other officials in TLE fraud charges
Sentencing for Poundmaker Cree Nation Chief Duane Antoine and seven other reserve officials for Treaty Land Entitlement fraud has been put off until January 2013. Sentencing was initially scheduled for Sept. 18 in North Battleford Provincial Court but lawyer Grant Scharfstein,who represents six of the accused, asked that the hearing be postponed to allow his clients more time to raise money for restitution. Counsel for Chief Antoine was agreeable to the postponement.