The Government of Saskatchewan has appointed Ian William Mokuruk to the Provincial Court in North Battleford. Justice Minister and Attorney General Gordon Wyant says, “Judge Mokuruk joins the bench after a 20-year legal career in which he has conducted himself with patience, humility and honesty.”

Judge Mokuruk has practiced criminal law almost exclusively for 18 years, primarily in northern Saskatchewan. As an authority on criminal law, he has taught courses on sentencing and ethics at the Saskatchewan College of Law.

The Government of Saskatchewan has also appointed Bryce Pashovitz as judge to the Provincial Court of Saskatchewan in Meadow Lake. Judge Pashovitz received his law degree in 1995 from the University of Saskatchewan, where he graduated with distinction and was a co-winner of the Donald MacLean Prize in Constitutional Law.

After graduating, Pashovitz went on to work with the Saskatchewan Department of Justice as a Crown Prosecutor in Regina from 1996 to 2008. He also prosecuted drug offences during a leave spent as Crown Counsel with the Public Prosecution Service of Canada from 2008-2009. He then returned to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice and Attorney General, transferring to the Saskatoon office in 2009, where he conducted trials until 2018 when he was selected as an Associate Regional Crown Prosecutor in Saskatoon.