‘We’ve lost the window’ to search landfill this summer, says Crown-Indigenous Relations minister
Marc Miller calls the Manitoba government’s decision not to search “heartless.”
MMIWG
MMIWG Inquiry Anniversary
On June 3, 2019, Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
The report goes into detail on the struggle families have with authorities over loved ones that have either been murdered or gone missing – and labels what Indigenous women have experienced since colonization as genocide.
The commissioners released 231 Calls for Justice from provincial, territorial and federal authorities.
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Court hearing on injunction to end Winnipeg landfill blockade adjourned to Thursday
A court hearing on an injunction to end a seven-day blockade at a Winnipeg landfill…
Blockade continues at Winnipeg landfill after deadline passes
The barricade at the Brady Road landfill was reinforced with more than a dozen tires and wood planks and some demonstrators gathered in a circle Monday to pray.
Edmonton police make arrest in 1996 murder of Joanne Ghostkeeper
DNA re-analysis leads to arrests.
‘Genocide is not just a legacy of Canada’s colonial past’: NWAC CEO
Native women’s association says high school students should be taught about genocide
Feasibility study says short timeline important for landfill search
The study says one of the most important factors is the time between when a victim’s remains end up in a landfill and when a search begins.
Rally in support of Manitoba landfill search at the legislature
No action on landfill search prompts rally.
Family mourns Tootinaozibeeng woman after remains found in rural Manitoba
More than three years after a First Nations woman from Tootinaozibeeng Treaty Reserve in northwestern…
RCMP find missing First Nations woman’s remains 3 years after disappearance
Police said earlier this week they were investigating her disappearance as a homicide.
