In Canada, calls mount for more Indigenous police forces
Annie Sanderson had grown to love the quiet of her home, set on the bend of a gravel road deep in the prairies, far from the heart of her reserve.
But when the James Smith Cree Nation reserve witnessed one of Canada’s deadliest mass homicides – a stabbing rampage Sept. 4th in this remote region – being set apart took on new meaning.
It took the police nearly 40 minutes to reach the reserve from their base 25 miles away. Ultimately the killer, a member of the community, visited 13 different sites, slaying 11 people, including his brother, and wounding 18.
“When all
