Melissa Ridgen
Network Managing Editor - National News
Melissa Ridgen is a multi-awarding winning journalist and Red River Metis who has been telling stories across western Canada for nearly 30 years at daily newspapers and APTN before joining Global News in 2022.
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Video Archives
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Yazidi teen says she escaped ISIS in Iraq, only to be sexually assaulted in Winnipeg
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Red River Métis sign landmark agreement with feds
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Excitement rings through Vancouver as city hosts Grey Cup final for 1st time in 10 years
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Orphaned kitten cared for by rescue dog in unlikely bond
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Pressure mounts for AG to investigate Indigenous procurement program
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‘You should be ashamed’: Indigenous services minister grilled over procurement problems
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Manitoba begins next stage of landfill search for remains of Indigenous women
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Canadian Senate unanimously supports bill to end forced sterilization of Indigenous women
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Family ‘fall suppers’ extend beyond Thanksgiving across Prairies
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Winnipeg Indigenous man acquitted of 1973 murder
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Truth and reconciliation: Retro Canadian clothing company Mondetta teams up with Ojibway artist
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Probe demands loopholes be closed to protect integrity of Indigenous procurement program
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Lake Winnipeg should be legally granted personhood, Manitoba chiefs say
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Winnipeg building at risk of collapse sparks calls for better inspections, maintenance nationwide
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Calls to investigate alleged misuse of Indigenous business support program
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‘She inspired us’: How Manitoba is remembering Grand Chief Cathy Merrick
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Indigenous procurement program fix ‘must be led by First Nations’: AFN Chief Woodhouse
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Winnipeg serial killer handed 4 life sentences
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Calls for federal government to improve Indigenous procurement program
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Federal contracts given to Indigenous companies without proof
Author Archives
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Yazidi teen says she escaped ISIS in Iraq, only to be sexually assaulted in WinnipegThe arrest of the leader of a Winnipeg organization that helps traumatized Yazidi victims of ISIS has shocked many.CanadaDec 12
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SCO Grand Chief Jerry Daniels hospitalized after Ottawa ‘disturbance’The grand chief's page on the Southern Chiefs Organization website had been pulled down as of Friday.CrimeDec 6
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Auditor general to probe Indigenous procurement over concerns of ‘front’ companiesA months-long Global News investigation found evidence of abuse of the procurement strategy to aid First Nations, Métis and Inuit business.PoliticsDec 4
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Head of Yazidi refugee support organization back in jail for allegedly breaching bail conditionsHadji Hesso, head of the Yazidi Association of Manitoba, is back in custody after allegedly breaching release conditions while charged with sex assaultCrimeDec 2
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Workplace investigation finds fault with Manitoba Inuit Association as members ask premier to interveneTwo Workplace Safety and Health investigations into allegations of harassment, intimidation and abuse of staff at the Manitoba Inuit Association have found fault with the organization, Global News has learned. The Inuit Association is appealing both findings. A letter to one of the complainants, former employee Matthew Usenko, from Workplace Safety and Health states the...InvestigationsDec 2
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Nunavut man shot dead by Winnipeg police had violent history connected to longing for homeNunavut man shot by Winnipeg police had a long violent history connected to his desire to go home.CrimeNov 27
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Ottawa removed 1,100 companies from Indigenous procurement list: HajduIndigenous Services Canada previously could not say how many businesses were determined to be ineligible for multi-billion dollar Indigenous procurement program.PoliticsNov 19
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Tracker honoured for decades of search and recovery work in northern ManitobaWilson Moore of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation has spent well over 40 years in the bush and on the water searching for missing people — and with great success.CanadaNov 8
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‘This is fraud’: Indigenous leaders sound off on federal procurement programA Global News investigation found significant loopholes in a multi-billion dollar procurement program aimed at helping develop First Nations, Inuit and Métis companies.CanadaNov 1
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‘You have to see with your own eyes’: A rescue dog and the kitten she befriendedA rescue dog spontaneously produces milk to feed an orphaned kitten.CanadaOct 30
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Executive director of Manitoba group that helps Yazidi refugees arrested for sexual assaultYazidi Association of Manitoba executive director Hadji Hesso was arrested on Oct. 4.CanadaOct 29
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Hajdu won’t say if non-Indigenous companies should pay back Indigenous contractsIndigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu repeatedly dodged questions on Monday over non-Indigenous companies accessing federal contracts meant for First Nations, Inuit and Métis.PoliticsOct 28
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Manitoba Inuit Association in turmoil ahead of AGM amid toxic workplace allegationsThe Manitoba government's Workplace Safety and Health is investigating three complaints at the Manitoba Inuit Association involving allegations of a toxic workplaceCanadaOct 18
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Manitoba chief justice says getting it right — and fixing past wrongs — key to judicial reconciliationManitoba Chief Justice Glenn Joyal sat down with media to discuss judicial reconciliation and steps the courts have taken to do better, while also cleaning up from historic wrongs.PerspectivesOct 16
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Patient claims he was treated like addict and denied care for deadly infectionA Winnipeg man nearly died in emergency room where he says staff mistook him for a drug addict with kidney stones when he actually had a severe staphylococcus infection.HealthSep 16
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‘It’s not right’: Indigenous leaders call on Ottawa to clean up procurement systemA joint Global News investigation revealed significant loopholes in a multi-billion dollar program intended to boost Indigenous businesses in Canada.CanadaAug 26
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Billions in federal contracts awarded to ‘Indigenous’ enterprises without verificationThe Canadian government mostly relied on an honour system when it awarded billions of dollars in contracts to enterprises identifying as Indigenous.InvestigationsAug 22
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Premier Wab Kinew signs deal to return land to Manitoba MétisManitoba Premier Wab Kinew returned 100 acres of land to the Manitoba Metis at the site of Ste, Madeleine, a village destroyed by government to make way for a community pastureFeaturesJul 19
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Arson suspect killed by police at popular beach park in Kenora, Ont.Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is investigating after OPP in Kenora, Ont., fatally shot an arson suspect believed to have set fire to an ice cream shop at a popular beach.CrimeJun 26
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‘Everybody’s just in shock’: Winnipeg apartment residents ordered to vacate over unsafe conditionsThe City of Winnipeg has ordered residents of a Portage Avenue apartment block to vacate the building due to its unsafe condition.CanadaMay 9
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Free-roaming feathered friends (mostly) welcomed with aplomb in Manitoba townA flood in 2011 put one tourist attraction at risk while creating a new one and the town of Souris has leaned in to being the place where wild peacocks roam freeCanadaApr 29
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Businesses, lake users fear ‘knee-jerk’ action by Parks Canada to combat zebra musselsAs ice continues its spring thaw in many parts of the country and boaters and paddlers gear up to hit the water, an invasive species that’s been slowly making its way westward across Canada for nearly four decades threatens to end the boating season before it even begins in Riding Mountain National Park. Parks Canada...CanadaApr 28
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Man acquitted in Tina Fontaine murder found dead, says her auntRaymond Cormier, a career criminal and the man police believed killed Tina Fontaine, has reportedly died and “took all the answers with him” said Fontaine’s aunt Thelma Favel.CrimeApr 23
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CEO parts ways with Indigenous women’s advocacy organization after feds slash fundingThe Native Women's Association of Canada has seen its federal funding cut by nearly $50 million to just $10 million, resulting in its staff of 75 being reduced to 30.CanadaApr 12
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‘Psychopathic’ Manitoba AI Easter Bunny ‘maybe just dealing with a lot,’ says creatorCanadian History Ehx podcast used AI to generate an Easter Bunny suited to each province. Most are depicted as noble adventurers but Manitoba's is disturbing.TrendingMar 26