Cole Smokeyday's murder trial to be held in Melfort. (File photo/northeastNOW Staff)

By Cam Lee

Trial date set

Trial date set in murder case at Yellow Quill First Nation

Jan 20, 2025 | 3:24 PM

A man charged with second-degree murder after the death of a woman at Yellow Quill First Nation will have his trial next month.

26-year-old Cole Smokeyday will stand trial at Melfort King’s Bench Feb. 24.

Smokeyday is charged in the death of 24-year-old Terrance Tony-Kishayinew last year.

Rose Valley RCMP were called about an injured person at a home on Yellow Quill First Nation on Aug. 18.

Officers found an injured woman at the scene, and she was declared dead by EMS.

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