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'It opened my eyes:' Families reflect on evidence heard at JSCN inquest
Every day of the James Smith Cree Nation inquest, through policy evidence, explanations of autopsies and a recounting of the attacks that left 11 people dead, Joyce Burns has sat in the hearing room w...
Jan 31, 2024 Joyce Burns speaks about the new understand she has from the inquest for the man who attacked her, her husband, and 9 others in Sept 2022, Myles Sanderson. Jan. 30, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
JSCN families share their hopes for inquest recommendations
By midday on Tuesday, all there was really left to do at the inquest into the killings on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon was to wait. The six jury members had been charged with their duties...
Jan 30, 2024 Those with standing for families in the inquest are looking for recommendations on how to improve things on the James Smith Cree Nation to come out of the inquest. (L to R) Buggy Burns, Chelsey Stonestand, Darryl Burns, Shelley Sanderson, Deborah Burns, Vanessa Burns and Joyce Burns were at the inquest in Melfort. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Jury now deliberating in James Smith inquest
On Tuesday morning, the inquest into the killings on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon broke for jury deliberations. The last of the witnesses finished giving evidence on Monday afternoon, so ...
Jan 30, 2024 Pictures of the victims erected at the inquest into the mass murders on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
JSCN lawyer says coroner's inquest only touched on systemic issues
"It's been a lot," Keith Brown said, shortly after the last witness testimony was heard at the inquest into the 2022 stabbings on the James Smith Cree Nation. Brown, a lawyer with Gowling WLG, is serv...
Jan 30, 2024 Keith Brown, lawyer representing the James Smith Cree Nation at the inquest, says the inquest scope is too narrow to be able to discuss some of the larger systemic and institutional issues at play. Jan. 29, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
RCMP: Myles Sanderson didn't leave the Wakaw area during manhunt
In the four days between his stabbing spree and when he was caught, Myles Sanderson didn't stray too far from the James Smith Cree Nation, the stabbing inquest heard Monday. The presentation of eviden...
Jan 29, 2024 The RCMP says Myles Sanderson went into "medical distress" shortly after he was arrested from a stolen truck on the side of Highway 11, near Rosthern on Sept. 7 2022. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Community members stepping up to help at JSCN inquest
People wearing white vests with 'Wellness' on the backs could be seen all around the Kerry Vickar Centre in Melfort over the past few weeks. They're wellness workers from the James Smith Cree Nation w...
Jan 29, 2024 Cindy Ghostkeeper-Whitehead, a family wellness worker on the James Smith Cree Nation, says workers like her have been helping to support the community during the multi-week coroner's inquest. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Victim's brother unhappy with answers from corrections at JSCN inquest
At the inquest into the mass stabbing attack on the James Smith Cree Nation, much of the second week has been spent with witnesses from parole and corrections. Darryl Burns, whose sister Gloria died i...
Jan 25, 2024 Darryl Burns, JSCN member and brother to one of the victims in the 2022 mass stabbing, says change needs to come after hearing from witnesses in the systems. Jan. 24, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
'I heard her scream:' JSCN member frustrated at inquest
Courtney McLeod was left in tears after the inquest into the James Smith Cree Nation stabbings wrapped up for the day on Monday. Testimony that opened the inquest's second week covered the responses f...
Jan 23, 2024 Courtney McLeod said she is frustrated over some of what she's been hearing at the inquest into the stabbings on the James Smith Cree Nation in 2022. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Tears flow at James Smith Cree Nation inquest as spouses give evidence
Tears flowed freely on the auditorium stage on Thursday at the inquest into the killings on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon. Both Myles and Damien Sanderson's spouses gave evidence at the in...
Jan 19, 2024 Vanessa Burns says she was manipulated and abused by Myles Sanderson almost their entire relationship. Burns spoke Thursday at the James Smith Cree Nation inquest. (provided)
Day 4: RCMP witness apologizes to veteran's family at JSCN inquest
Retired Staff Sergeant Darren Simons was the commanding officer at the Melfort detachment when the stabbings happened. He is today's witness as the coroner's inquest enters its fourth day into the mas...
Jan 18, 2024 RCMP drop off a cruiser at the public coroner's inquest into the mass stabbings that happened on James Smith Cree Nation in 2022 in Melfort, Sask. on Wednesday, January 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
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