Cathy Merrick

• 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
  
• Manitobans can pay respects to late grand chief Merrick at legislature Wednesday

  Cathy Merrick is lying in state and there will be a public viewing Wednesday from noon to 5 p.m., where Manitobans can also sign a book of condolences.

  Canada

  Sep 10, 2024
  
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• Grand Chief Cathy Merrick to lie in state at legislature following her death

  Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew made says Grand Chief Cathy Merrick of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs will lie in state at the provincial legislature following her sudden death.

  Canada

  Sep 7, 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
• 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
• Manitoba grand chiefs among Indigenous leaders in London for coronation

  MKO Grand Chief Garrison Settee and AMC Grand Chief Cathy Merrick say they've come in part to remind the King of his treaty relationship with Indigenous people in Canada.

  Politics

  May 4, 2023
• First Nations leader calls for permanent closure of Winnipeg landfill where women were found

  'It's shameful. We have to come out looking in landfills for our women.'

  Crime

  Apr 6, 2023
• Manitoba opens access to death certificates of children at residential schools

  The move to unseal death records in Manitoba responds to one of the calls to action included in the report from the National Truth and Reconciliation Commission eight years ago.

  Canada

  Mar 13, 2023
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• Federal money put up for study of Manitoba landfill search for women’s remains

  The federal government is putting up $500,000 for a feasibility study into a potential search for the remains of two Indigenous women at a Winnipeg-area landfill.

  Crime

  Feb 8, 2023
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• Winnipeg police commit to working with First Nations groups on landfill search

  Several First Nations groups in the province are consulting experts to put together a search and budget plan.

  Crime

  Dec 14, 2022