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Several arrests were made and six children were found unharmed inside a home following an RCMP standoff on a First Nation in west-central Saskatchewan.

Classes were cancelled at the local school during Wednesday’s heavy police presence on Big Island Lake Cree Nation, about 320 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon near the Alberta boundary.

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Pierceland RCMP responded Wednesday around 5 a.m. to a firearms complaints at a residence on the reserve. A man and a girl were immediately found outside the house and arrested without incident. Two other people believed to be inside the residence were determined to have outstanding arrest warrants for weapons-related offences in the area.

Approximately eight hours later, around 1 p.m., eight adults were taken into arrested without incident at the home. Another three adults and two youths were arrested around the same time at a nearby residence. In total, 15 people were taken into custody, with eight being released soon after.