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Families find comfort in recommendations from Sask. stabbing tragedy

Families sighed with relief as the coroner’s inquest into the 11 people that died on James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon in 2022 came to a close Wednesday evening. “This inquest brought us together to seek truth and share truth together and I think that at the end of …

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Coroner’s inquest into Saskatchewan stabbings set to begin

A coroner’s inquest into the mass killing on a Saskatchewan First Nation is set to begin Monday. Myles Sanderson killed 11 people and injured 17 others on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon on Sept. 4, 2022. Sanderson, who was 32, died in police …

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Feds blamed AFN for delays, slow progress on First Nations policing bill: documents

Federal officials worried long-promised legislation declaring First Nations policing an essential service was being delayed by Assembly of First Nations hesitations about the bill, newly released internal documents show. Records obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act also appear to show that one of the sticking …

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