Saskatchewan First Nation ‘Dealing With a Lot’ as Mass Killing Inquest Begins: Chief

Chief Wally Burns of James Smith Cree Nation speaks during a powwow at James Smith Cree Nation, Sask., on Sept. 1, 2023. The Canadian Press/Heywood Yu

RCMP officers who responded to a stabbing rampage on a Saskatchewan First Nation were to present evidence on the first day of a coroner’s inquest into the mass killing.

Myles Sanderson killed 11 people and injured 17 others on James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon on Sept. 4, 2022.