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CBC Manitoba: Familial DNA searches come with risks, rewards in solving MMIWG cold cases

February 5, 2024 — 
Familial DNA searches come with risks, rewards in solving MMIWG cold cases

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Globe and Mail: Human rights complaint filed over Manitoba election ad against landfill search

January 17, 2024 — 
Human rights complaint filed over Manitoba election ad against landfill search

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CTV Winnipeg: Winnipeg police searching for male suspect in fatal stabbing of Indigenous teen

December 19, 2023 — 
Winnipeg police searching for male suspect in fatal stabbing of Indigenous teen

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A pile of painted rocks stacked just inside the tall gates that separate the grounds of the former Qu'Appelle Industrial School and a railway line in the fall of 2021. The former school site sits on the western-most edge of the townsite. (Bryan Eneas/CBC)

CBC Indigenous: Letitia John died at a residential school. Her identity was lost until now

September 29, 2023 — 
We know her name wasn’t 'Indian Girl 237,' but who is her family?

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An aerial view of the Prairie Green landfill in the rural municipality of Rosser in Manitoba. A new Probe Research poll suggests two percentage points separate those who support a search of the landfill for the remains of two Indigenous women (47 per cent), compared to those who don't (45 per cent). (Trevor Brine/CBC)

CBC Manitoba: Manitobans split on landfill search for remains of Indigenous women, poll suggests

September 27, 2023 — 
Manitobans split on landfill search for remains of Indigenous women, poll suggests

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CityNews Winnipeg: Families of Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran demanding more from Liberal government

September 20, 2023 — 
Families of Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran demanding more from Liberal government

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UM speaks out in support of implementing the MMIWG Calls for Justice

December 7, 2022 — 
The University of Manitoba is deeply saddened by the murders of four Indigenous women, Rebecca Contois, 24, Marcedes Myran, 26, Morgan Beatrice Harris, 39, and Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe (Buffalo Woman), all from Manitoba.

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