The brother of a Piikani Nation councillor who was killed in a collision on Highway 3 this past summer has set up a tipi outside the Lethbridge courthouse.
The tipi went up late Tuesday, in protest to a judge’s decision to release a suspected impaired driver on bail.
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On June 25, Barnaby Provost was killed when his vehicle was hit head-on near Lethbridge by a vehicle travelling in the wrong direction.
The driver of that vehicle, 62-year-old Douglas Bagnall, is now facing charges that include impaired driving causing death.
The late 42-year-old’s younger brother Riel Houle-Provost says the tipi symbolizes the need for more justice for Indigenous people.
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“I think there’s an assumption that natives will just let this kind of stuff be brushed under the rug.
“Me coming to set up a tipi here is a representation that that’s not going to happen,” said Houle-Provost.
Bagnall, who was charged Nov. 21, was released on $300 bail on Tuesday.
His next court appearance is scheduled for mid-December.
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