Judge upholds revocation of area man’s firearms licence after domestic assault charge
By Ian MacKay
A provincial court judge has upheld the revocation of an area man’s firearms licence following a domestic assault charge laid last year.
The man argued during a March 26 hearing in Rosetown that he required the licence to protect his cow herd. However, a national database flagged his file after police charged him with domestic assault in July 2025.
Under a 2025 amendment to federal firearms legislation, Saskatchewan’s chief firearms officer must revoke the licence of anyone accused of domestic assault or stalking, provincial firearms officer Blaine Landry testified before Judge Miguel Martinez.
Police charged the man in mid-2025 with assaulting his spouse after he allegedly grabbed her arm hard enough to cause a small bruise, court heard. The assault charge was stayed in Kindersley in December. A separate charge of unsafe storage of firearms was stayed at the conclusion of the March 26 hearing, Crown prosecutor Tom O’Hara said. Prosecutor Tim Armstrong represented the Saskatchewan Firearms Office in the matter.
Landry testified that following amendments that took effect last April, chief firearms officers must revoke licences if they “reasonably suspect” domestic violence or stalking.
“If a person loses a firearms licence under Section 70.1(1) of the act, there’s no way to get it back,” Landry told the court. He added the individual could still use another person’s firearm while hunting or at a gun range if accompanied.
Court heard police responded after the woman called 911 following an argument she said was “probably over money.”
She told the responding officer that a handgun was sitting in a basket on a coffee table. The firearm was “wrapped in paper towels and packing tape,” she testified. She then directed police to four additional guns in the home.
Officers located three loaded firearms, another handgun and two rifles. A third rifle was unloaded. None were secured with trigger locks or stored in a locked gun safe, Landry said.
The man had purchased the handgun in 1982 and had not re-registered it after authorities issued three notices following passage of the federal Firearms Act in 1995, Landry testified.
The woman told the court she and the man had been together for 30 years.
“He never laid a finger on me in all that time,” she said.
Judge Martinez found no basis to overturn the licence revocation.
Other provincial court matters
Jasvir S. Sidhu, 32, of Winnipeg pleaded guilty to driving at least 35 km/h over the speed limit near Tessier on Nov. 15. Radar registered his vehicle at 144 km/h. He was fined $731.
Nicholas T. Hunt, 26, of Conception Bay South, N.L., was fined $562 after being convicted in absence for driving 139 km/h near Tessier on Sept. 5.
Evan Baxter, 20, of Moose Jaw pleaded guilty to driving without a valid licence near Rosetown on Nov. 5 and was fined $150.
Atem H. Hammad, 60, of Calgary was fined $170 after reaching an agreement with the Crown regarding a speeding offence near Rosetown on Nov. 9.
Masoud Shahrazi, 37, of Calgary was fined $188 after the court amended the recorded speed to 119 km/h for a Dec. 20 offence near Harris.
Myron J. Junk, 50, of Weyburn was fined $150 after reaching an agreement on a July 23 speeding offence near Fiske.
Adrian N. Patralba, 45, of Yorkton was fined $150 for driving while suspended in the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews on Nov. 2.