A northern Manitoba First Nation's five-year banishment order against a community member has been rescinded after it was challenged in federal court.

Terry Francois, 54, pleaded guilty to two counts of resisting a peace officer in May. He was arrested by RCMP after driving away from a checkstop by his home community of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation on Dec. 30, 2024, a federal application for a judicial review filed in July says.

Surveillance footage showed Francois's vehicle strike a First Nations safety officer, who suffered a fractured finger, while the vehicle narrowly missed another safety officer, Manitoba RCMP said at the time.

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Francois was forced to move to the city of Thompson, about 65 kilometres east of Nisichawayasihk,

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