Jury Deliberating at Inquest Into Mass Stabbing on Saskatchewan First Nation

Published on January 30, 2024

Joyce Burns sat in a coroner’s inquest into a stabbing rampage on a Saskatchewan First Nation thinking about how such a tragedy could lead to a better future for her grandchildren. Ms. Burns was stabbed and her husband, Earl Burns Sr., was killed on the James Smith Cree Nation and nearby village of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon, on Sept. 4, 2022. They were among 11 people killed and 17 injured by Myles Sanderson, who died in police custody a few days after the rampage. “The reason why I was here was to see what’s what, what’s happening,” Ms. Burns said tearing up as the inquest, taking place in Melfort, Sask., entered its final stages....

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