John Charles Reid of Lloydminster, a city that straddles the border between Alberta and Saskatchewan, was charged with wilful promotion of hatred after Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers seized guns and Confederate and swastika flags from his home.
Reid, 38, was also charged with unauthorized possession of and storage of firearms.
Police said that a warrant was executed on Dec. 2 as part of a probe of a man who threatened violence against “identifiable groups of people.”
A Mounted Police spokesman told JNS that he couldn’t expand on details of the threats, because “the matter is still under investigation,” but that “a lot of threats were also made online.”
Reid is due in court on Jan. 12.
