Samson Cree Nation

• More charges laid in death of 8-year-old Edmonton girl whose body was found in Maskwacis

  Two more people have been charged with accessory to murder and indignity to a dead body after an Edmonton girl's body was found with blunt impact injuries in Maskwacis.

  Crime

  Sep 22
  
• RCMP investigating homicide in Maskwacis

  A 34-year-old man died Friday night in a home on Samson Cree Nation and RCMP are investigating the death as homicide. 

  Crime

  Jun 5
  
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• Calls for wider, more inclusive Amber Alert criteria after 8-year-old girl’s death in Alberta

  Calls for additional, inclusive alert systems for missing persons come in the wake of MMIWG2S being labelled a Canada-wide emergency and the death of an 8-year-old child.

  Politics

  May 12
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• ‘Blunt-impact trauma’ led to death of girl found on Samson Cree Nation: Edmonton police

  In a news release issued Tuesday, police said an autopsy concluded the girl died of "blunt-impact trauma" and that she was the victim of a homicide.

  Crime

  May 2
• RCMP conducting homicide investigation on Samson Cree Nation

  RCMP are treating the death of a 19-year-old Maskwacis man over the weekend as a homicide and are looking for information from the public.

  Crime

  Nov 7, 2022
• Maskwacis community members call for supports after violent crimes

  Maskwacis community are feeling unsafe after two recent homicides and other violent crimes in their community. They want to see more supports to prevent violent crime.

  Crime

  Sep 17, 2022
• Remains of Cree woman sent home to Alberta decades after disappearance

  About 43 years after she was last heard from, the body of Shirley Ann Soosay is expected to be returned to her home community of Samson Cree Nation, south of Edmonton.

  Canada

  May 27, 2022
• RCMP Major Crimes investigating human remains found in Maskwacis house fire

  The identity of the person who was found dead has not yet been confirmed. 

  Crime

  Oct 16, 2020
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• Samson Cree Nation elects equal numbers of women and men to council

  Samson Cree Nation has elected six women and six men to its council, giving it more female elected representatives than ever before.

  Canada

  Jul 29, 2020
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• 2 men charged with 2nd-degree murder after homicide in Maskwacis: RCMP

  Two men have been charged with second-degree murder after a man was assaulted in a home on Samson Cree Nation, Alta.

  Crime

  Jul 24, 2020