AMC

• Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs to choose new leader in byelection

  First Nations leaders are to choose a new head for the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs after the sudden death of Cathy Merrick last year. 

  Politics

  Jan 29, 2025
  
• Manitoba grand chief’s death marked with ceremonies, mourners attend legislature

  Family members, community leaders and dignitaries were on hand to pay tribute to Grand Chief Cathy Merrick, of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, who died last Friday.

  Canada

  Sep 11, 2024
  
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• AMC Grand Chief Cathy Merrick dies after collapsing outside courthouse

  Merrick collapsed while speaking with reporters following the verdict of corrections officer Robert Morden, who was charged in the death of inmate William Ahmo in 2022.

  Politics

  Sep 6, 2024
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• Cathy Merrick re-elected for second term as leader of Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs

  Merrick, who was first elected grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs in 2022, secured another term in a landslide win during the advocacy group's annual general assembly. 

  Politics

  Jul 25, 2024
• ‘It’s draining’: landfill protest demands action from Manitoba government

  The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs is calling for an end to delays and an immediate start to the search at Prairie Green landfill.

  Crime

  Mar 8, 2024
• Report details cost estimates, risks of proposed Manitoba landfill search for remains

  The proposed search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two slain First Nations women could cost $90 million — about half the projected maximum in an earlier estimate.

  Crime

  Jan 26, 2024
• Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, families to speak about second landfill study

  A second feasibility study assessing the scope of a Manitoba landfill search for the remains of two First Nations women believed murdered has been completed.

  Crime

  Jan 25, 2024
• Indigenous outcry over hotel restraint incident sparks calls for change in Winnipeg

  Indigenous leaders, community members rallied in Winnipeg, demanding change after a video surfaced showing a distressed First Nations woman restrained at the Marlborough Hotel.

  Canada

  Jan 21, 2024
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• Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says further research on landfill search complete

  The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says a second feasibility study assessing the scope of a landfill search for the remains of two First Nations women has been completed.

  Trending

  Jan 17, 2024
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• Charges stayed against manslaughter suspect, family of victim in ‘shock and disbelief’

  Noreen Tait was attacked Feb. 19 last year in O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation (OPCN), RCMP said, and airlifted to Winnipeg, where she died two days later in hospital.

  Canada

  Jan 8, 2024