‘A quiet time’: James Smith Cree Nation reflects 2 years after mass stabbing
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Life on James Smith Cree Nation changed forever two years ago when a mass stabbing claimed 11 lives. "We want to be healing, we want to be healed," chief Robert Head says.
This week marks two years since the horrific stabbings on James Smith Cree Nation (JSCN) and the nearby community of Weldon.
On Sept. 4, 2022, Myles Sanderson took the lives of 11 people and injured 17 others.
The tragedy is still fresh in the minds of many in the community and across the province.
“It’s always a quiet time you know, September 4th, we’re all thinking about the people that we lost,” Peter Chapman Band chief Robert Head said.
“I don’t think there’s one house that’ll go home and go to bed without locking their doors now,” JSCN justice director Eddie Head echoed.
JSCN is in the early stages of developing a self-administered police service, which Eddie believes is vital for the safety of its members.
“We’re working on our due diligence in making sure our membership understand when we talk about self-administration policing that it’s going to affect their lives and affect them,” Eddie explained.
“Our mandate is within the next three years that we can have everything in place.”
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