Lonefighter gets trial

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Peigan Lonefighters leader Milton Born With A Tooth is scheduled for a new trial Sept. 27.

His was to appear in May but two adjournments delayed the trial further. Crown prosecutor William Pinckney challenged the first jury panel because it had what he called a disproportionately high number of Natives.

Defence lawyer Karen Gainer appealed the second panel because it didn't have enough Aboriginals. Ill health has forced Gainer to delay the proceedings until September.

Born With A Tooth was convicted on six weapons charges two years ago and sentenced to six months in jail. He was charged after shots were fired at RCMP officers at a protest at the Oldman River dam project in September 1990. The Alberta court of Appeal overturned the conviction by Justice Laurie MacLean, who was later reprimanded for not conducting himself appropriately during the trial.