Winnipeg Free Press By: The Canadian Press
Last Modified: 5:26 PM CDT Monday, Jun. 28, 2021 Save to Read Later
SIKSIKA FIRST NATION, ALBERTA - Police are investigating a fire at a Roman Catholic church in an Indigenous community east of Calgary.
SIKSIKA FIRST NATION, ALBERTA - Police are investigating a fire at a Roman Catholic church in an Indigenous community east of Calgary.
RCMP say officers were called to the Siksika First Nation Catholic Church shortly after midnight.
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They say no one was in the church and the Siksika fire department was able to put out the flames before there was any major damage.
CALGARY Gleichen RCMP are investigating after a fire early Monday morning at a Siksika Catholic church. Police were notified around 12:30 a.m. about a fire at the Siksika First Nation Catholic Church, which is located on Map 8 of Siksika Nation. Early investigation indicated that the fire was set deliberately. The Siksika Fire Department was able to extinguish the fire before any significant damage was done. No one was in the church at the time of the fire, and no one was injured. The provincial fire investigator and Gleichen RCMP continue to investigate the incident. Police have not identified a suspect or determined how many were involved with the fire.
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Provincial fire officials and Gleichen RCMP are investigating after a fire was started at the Siksika First Nation Catholic Church early Monday.
No one was inside the church when the fire started around 12:30 a.m. and Siksika firefighters extinguished the blaze before any significant structural damage occurred, Mounties said.
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A preliminary investigation indicates the fire was deliberately set and RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance to identify suspects.
Several churches have been burned in recent days after ground-penetrating radar located 751 unmarked graves at the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School at the Cowessess First Nation in southeastern Saskatchewan and the remains of 215 children were discovered in unmarked graves at a former residential school site in Kamloops.