WARNING: This story contains distressing details.
A public inquest into the mass stabbings at James Smith Cree Nation and the town of Weldon doesn’t begin until next week, but Chief Calvin Sanderson is already having trouble sleeping.
“I was imagining what the membership’s going to go through, especially the families. They’re going to be looking at a lot of graphic things,” Sanderson said.
“It’s going to be emotional. You’re just more or less disrupting the spirits again. You can feel that energy coming from the membership out there that are carrying that weight.”
The inquest is scheduled to begin Monday in Melfort, Sask. It will focus
