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A man who pleaded guilty to stabbing an RCMP officer during an altercation at his home has been given a seven-week adjournment before sentencing to allow him to complete an impact of race and culture assessment report.
Confusion over responsibility for report contributed to 7-week delay
Erica Butler · CBC News
· Posted: Apr 28, 2026 5:58 PM EDT | Last Updated: 19 minutes ago
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A judge has granted a seven-week adjournment before the sentencing of a man who pleaded guilty to aggravate assault and assault of two RCMP officers. (CBC News)
The sentencing of a man who pleaded guilty to stabbing an RCMP officer during an altercation in his home last August has been adjourned for seven more weeks.
Edva Mascary pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and assault on Feb. 12.
At that time, Judge Claude Haché agreed to an impact of race and culture assessment for Mascary to help inform his sentencing.
Mascary is Black and originally from Haiti.
Impact of race and culture assessments are meant to “help criminal justice professionals better understand the effects of poverty,
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