'Disrespectful and threatening treatment': Northern Sask. leaders say COVID-19 checkpoints fraught with issues

Some Indigenous leaders in northern Saskatchewan say that the province's COVID-19 checkpoints in the north “have gone too far," alleging “unfair and disrespectful treatment" from officers. Travel restrictions were put in place by the provincial government in April because of the COVID-19 outbreak in La Loche, and infection in northern communities. In a statement released by the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) on Tuesday, Canoe Lake Cree First Nation Chief Francis Ir