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‘Still grieving:’ Saskatchewan First Nation prepares for stabbing rampage inquest

The first of two inquests, it will establish what happened leading up to the 11 deaths and who died
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A tactical armoured RCMP vehicle drives past a police roadblock set up at James Smith Cree Nation, Sask., on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. Parole Board of Canada employees were fearful of threats after it was revealed a mass killer in Saskatchewan was on statutory release at the time of last year’s rampage, newly released internal emails show. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu

The chief of a Saskatchewan First Nation says he knows wounds will likely be torn open as his community prepares to revisit the day a mass killer went door to door stabbing people.

“Our community is still grieving,” says Chief Wally Burns of the James Smith Cree Nation, northeast of Saskatoon.

A coroner’s inquest is set to begin Monday to find out what happened on Sept.

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