RCMP may never fully learn why Myles Sanderson went on a deadly stabbing rampage on a Saskatchewan First Nation, but they may be able to offer answers that some experts say could help victims’ families make sense of it all. Mounties released on Thursday a preliminary timeline of the Sept. 4 attacks on the James […]
The Chiefs of the James Smith Cree Nation, Peter Chapman and Chakastaypasin have all responded to the RCMP’s release of the preliminary timeline of the mass stabbings that left 11 people dead and another 18 injured. James Smith Cree Nation Chief Wally Burns thanked the Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes Unit for providing the preliminary timeline […]
Mounties say the man accused of a deadly mass stabbing in Saskatchewan last year was selling drugs and causing havoc in the days before he drove throughout the First Nation and attacked and killed multiple people. Mounties were releasing details Thursday about what happened on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village […]
The RCMP are releasing details on a stabbing rampage last year in Saskatchewan. Eleven people were killed and 17 were injured on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon on Sept. 4, 2022. Mounties have said Myles Sanderson, who later died in police custody, carried out the attacks. Here are […]
The Saskatchewan First Act is now on its way to the Lieutenant Governor for royal ascent. The act is meant to assert provincial jurisdiction over various aspects of the economy, environment and law, that is usually under the juristiction of the federal government. First Nations groups like the FSIN and the Metis Nation Saskatchewan are […]
With the announcement that RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki is stepping down, the FSIN is calling for an indigenous person to be the new commissioner. The FSIN points out there are few first nations people in the RCMP, and none at the executive level. That includes the RCMP officer in charge of over seeing policing on […]
The FSIN is calling on Harvard University to fire its women’s hockey coach, for making racist comments. “Racism has no place in our society or locker rooms. A place where we entrusted our First Nations young women would be free from abuse and racism. This abuse should not be tolerated by any University, especially a […]
It was announced on Thursday that the Star Blanket Cree Nation found over 2,000 hits via ground-penetrating radar at the former Lebret Indian Industrial School. Sheldon Poitras, the director of operations with the project, said that not every hit means there is an unmarked grave, as it could be a rock, gravel, or tree root. […]
