Weldon is not the type of place used to attracting attention.
The rural town, home to around 200 people, is surrounded by farms and grasslands in one of Canada's picturesque 'prairie provinces'.
Many of the residents have lived there for decades; they know their neighbours and their neighbours' families.
Most live quiet lives.
But when a sudden act of violence shattered the peace earlier this month, Weldon was marked forever as a site of one of the country's worst mass killings.
Warning: This article contains details readers might find distressing.
Ten people were killed and at least 19 were wounded when two men embarked on a stabbing rampage across Saskatchewan.
In the nearby community of James Smith Cree Nation, where most of the violence occurred, the devastation is even harder to fathom.
How the attack unfolded
On the morning of Sunday September 4, Mark Arcand was woken up early by emergency alerts on his phone and text messages from his family.
He soon discovered his half-sister, Bonnie Goodvoice-Burns, and his nephew, Gregory "Jonesy" Burns, had been stabbed to death in James Smith Cree Nation.
The 200-kilometre drive from Mr Arcand's home to the remote Indigenous reserve felt like the longest two hours of his life.
He is haunted by what he learned on arrival.
"Jonesy, our nephew … was lying there. He was already deceased. He was stabbed several times, I believe," Mr Acland said.
"My sister went out, tried to help her son, and I think she was stabbed two times. And she died right beside him."
Another woman, who tried to help the pair, was also killed.
Police received the first reports of a stabbing at James Smith Cree Nation at approximately 5:40am.
More calls soon followed, reporting violence in 13 locations across the community and in Weldon, nearly 30 kilometres away.
Before dawn, Myles Sanderson, a 32-year-old parolee with a string of convictions and history of substance abuse, had begun kicking in doors wielding a knife.
His 31-year-old brother, Damien, was with him.
Some of the victims were known to the brothers; others seemed to be chosen at random. In total, 10 people were killed and 18 more were injured, not including the two brothers.
Ms Goodvoice-Burns worked at the local school and had been caring for two foster children, as well as her own four kids, when she died.
"She was protecting her son," Mr Arcand said.
"This is why she's a hero. She's a true matriarch in the First Nations way of living."
Behind each of the victims' names released by police are people whose deaths will leave enormous holes in their loved ones' lives.
Among them are a first responder who was attending a crisis call, a military veteran and a mother of five.
The Saskatchewan killers' troubled past
In the immediate aftermath of the attacks, an exhaustive search was underway to find Myles and Damien Sanderson, who were still at large.
Access to James Smith Cree Nation was heavily restricted to the public and the media.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) scoured the crime scenes as both men were charged with murder and attempted murder.
Police warned residents in Regina — a city several hundred kilometres away — to stay vigilant.
By Monday afternoon, Damien had been found dead on the grass outside a house in James Smith Cree Nation.
Police said his wounds were not self-inflicted and are investigating if he was killed by his older brother.
That same day, Canadian media aired details of Myles's troubled life and criminal record, sourced from parole documents stretching back more than two decades.
Myles had a childhood marred by "physical abuse, domestic violence and instability", according to the documents cited by CBC.
His parents separated when he was nine and he began using cocaine at 14, before dropping out of high school.
As an adult, he received 59 convictions, including for assault and robbery. Roughly half were for failing to comply with pre-existing orders.
In 2017, Myles Sanderson barged into an ex-girlfriend's home and punched a hole in the bathroom door, while two children hid in the bath. Once outside, he threw a cement block through the windshield of a woman's car.
A year later, he stabbed two men with a fork and beat another to unconsciousness.
Myles received a statutory release from a minimum-security prison in August 2021, but lost his freedom that November by violating a condition of his parole.
According to the documents, while on release, he had stayed sober, got a job and seen a therapist, which all contributed to his being granted parole again in February 2022.
The Parole Board of Canada had concluded he would "not present an undue risk to society if released on statutory release".
But just a few months later in May, Myles had stopped meeting with his parole officer, and Crime Stoppers had issued an alert saying he was "unlawfully at large".
The Canadian government has now promised to review the decisions leading up to his release.
A massive manhunt ends in death and tragedy
After Damien Sanderson's death, the RCMP in Saskatchewan insisted it was doing everything possible to find his brother, with hundreds of officers joining the investigation.
In Regina, where police suspected Myles Sanderson was hiding, mobile phones buzzed regularly with emergency alerts warning people to stay on the lookout and not to approach him.
Most people the ABC spoke to in the Saskatchewan capital were saddened by what had happened further north but not overly concerned for their own safety.
"I know my mum's been fairly nervous, she's been checking up on us quite a bit," Chase Hollinger said.
"But otherwise it's just kind of been life as normal."
On James Smith Cree Nation, though, the crisis was still unfolding.
First Nations leaders had quickly rallied their community, bringing people together to support those who had been affected.
Two days into the search, officers rushed onto James Cree Nation after reports Myles had been spotted there.
They surrounded a house and sent out warnings to residents, before declaring a false alarm.
On Wednesday there was another sighting. Myles was reported standing outside the scene of a break-in, holding a knife, in the town of Wakaw, about an hour away.
This time, the report was correct.
Myles was spotted stealing a white SUV, using it to escape. But he didn't get very far.
An officer saw the stolen truck travelling at 150 kilometres an hour along a highway and police from across the region mobilised.
Myles was eventually forced off the road and into a ditch after a high-speed chase.
The secrets taken to the grave
The three-day manhunt ended with Myles's arrest. But questions plaguing the victims' families might never be answered.
At a news conference about four and a half hours after he was captured, Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore — commander of the mounted police in Saskatchewan — said that Myles had gone into "medical distress" shortly after he was taken into custody.
He was taken to a hospital in Saskatoon, where he was pronounced dead.
An internal police investigation into how Myles died in custody is underway.
Assistant Commissioner Blackmore said police were still trying to piece together how and why the attacks unfolded.
"We may never have an understanding of that motivation," she said.
But authorities say people take comfort in the fact these men will no longer pose a risk to their safety.
"Our many families and people whose lives have been altered forever because of this tragedy can now take comfort that Mr Sanderson is no longer a risk to their safety," Chief Cameron wrote in a statement.
"Our communities can now begin the lengthy process of healing through our culture, spirituality, and other denominations."
Did drugs play a role in the violent rampage?
Soon after the stabbings were reported, Indigenous leaders pointed to substance abuse as a possible factor in the killings.
"This is the destruction we face when harmful illegal drugs invade our communities," said Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations in a statement released shortly after news of the attack broke.
"We demand all authorities to take direction from the chiefs and councils and their membership to create safer and healthier communities for our people."
Though police have yet to publicly link the violence to drugs or alcohol, the community's attention has shifted in this direction in the days since the attack.
On Thursday, Indigenous leaders and family members of the victims gathered on James Smith Cree Nation for a press conference with the Saskatchewan premier and police commissioner.
One elder, who lost his first cousin, compared the scene after the stabbing to "a war zone".
Another called for authorities to embrace community-led antidotes to the scourge of violence and drugs.
"We ask three things, three things from the governments," chief of James Smith Cree Nation Wally Burns said.
"We ask that we have our own tribal policing, we ask for awareness of addictions, we ask for treatment centres, so things won't happen like this to any nations around the world.
"We don't wish this upon anybody."
The long road to recovery
While most deaths occurred on James Smith Cree Nation, Weldon is mourning the loss of 78-year-old Wes Petterson.
He was oldest victim of the stabbing rampage and the last person to be killed in the attack.
Locals gathered and left flowers at his home at the end of a quiet street.
Most were avoiding the glare of the national and international news crews gathering at the town's entrance.
The mood was understandably tense, especially towards outsiders.
One resident, who did not want to be named, said she was spooked every time an unfamiliar car drove down her street.
She, like so many others, were struggling to comprehend the violence that had shaken her community to its core.
While the immediate threat may have passed, the tragedy has left many residents feeling uneasy in their own homes.
"I would never be fearful living in this place," she said.
"I just don't even know if we're safe in this town anymore."
