Two slayings shake Cree community in northern Quebec

The Cree community of Mistissini was recovering on Thursday after a lockdown triggered by the shootings of two men in their 30s in what Quebec provincial police suspect may be a slaying linked to organized crime. In a statement posted Thursday morning on the community’s Facebook page, Chief Michael Petawabano told the town’s 3,700 residents the lockdown had been lifted after local police and the Sûreté du Québec had confirmed it was safe to do so. “I want to