James Smith Cree Nation (JSCN) released a new emergency alert system Wednesday, two weeks after the coroner’s inquest into the stabbing massacre at the Saskatchewan First Nation.
In September 2022, 11 people were killed and 17 others were injured during a stabbing massacre in James Smith Cree Nation. Earlier this month, a coroner’s inquest into the massacre resulted in 29 recommendations, including eight measures that could make the community safer.
JSCN is now the first First Nations community in Saskatchewan that will be able to send community-based safety alerts directly to their members, local leadership said Wednesday.
“That morning we could have saved lives if
