Ex-Iqaluit councillor faces assault charge

Iqaluit businessman and former city councillor Stuart Kennedy pleaded not guilty in the Nunavut Court of Justice Jan. 25 to charges of assaulting a peace officer and refusing to comply with a breathalyzer test.

Both charges stem from an altercation alleged to have occurred Sept. 9, 2006. The Crown alleges that Kennedy assaulted RCMP officer Brad Anderson and refused to comply with a demand by Anderson to produce a breath sample.

Kennedy’s trial, by summary conviction before Justice Rene Foisy, is set for Oct. 16, 2007.