Jeremy Mitchell MacKenzie was charged July 18 with assault, pointing a firearm, careless use of a restricted weapon and disorderly conduct. According to Saskatchewan RCMP, the charges stem from an incident last November in the rural township of Viscount. No further details were released, other than a note that the RCMP did not receive a report about this incident until March of this year. RCMP also confirmed a province-wide arrest warrant has been issued for MacKenzie, although Mounties said there is no evidence he is in Saskatchewan. Crown prosecutors are reviewing the case and will decide whether the warrant will be extended to other provinces. In January, MacKenzie was arrested by RCMP in Nova Scotia before a raid on a home in Pictou County. RCMP said officers found five restricted weapons, including rifles and handguns, an unrestricted firearm, magazines of prohibited ammunition, ammunition and body armor. MacKenzie was indicted on 13 gun-related charges in June as a result of that raid, including three counts of reckless use of a firearm and three counts of unlawful possession of a firearm. MacKenzie and another man are also accused of threatening Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer after a series of anti-mask protests were held outside the CMO’s home. MacKenzie is the leader of an online group known as Diagolon, whose members have been linked to the protest that closed the border crossing in Coutts, Alberta earlier this year. David Hoffman, a professor at the University of New Brunswick and a nationally recognized expert on far-right extremism and violence, said Diagolon is an American-style militia movement with white supremacist beliefs. A request for comment sent to an email believed to belong to MacKenzie was not returned.
