Rebecca Contois

• Rallies across Canada demand governments search landfill for slain Indigenous women

  Calls to search a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two First Nations women are ramping up as rallies take place across the country.

  Canada

  Aug 3, 2023
  
• ‘Their lives mattered’: Indigenous leaders say landfill search a must after study’s release

  The study warns of risks due to exposure to toxic chemicals and asbestos, but it says forgoing a search could be more harmful for the families of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran.

  Crime

  May 12, 2023
  
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• 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
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• Indigenous leaders, family discuss effort to search Manitoba landfill for women’s remains

  A search for the remains of two women believed to be in a landfill north of Winnipeg could begin in April.

  Crime

  Feb 10, 2023
• Area of interest at Manitoba landfill has been clear of waste since June: committee

  Members of the team met with the owner of Prairie Green landfill earlier this month to discuss the status of operations at the privately run landfill just outside Winnipeg.

  Canada

  Jan 24, 2023
• Winnipeg’s Brady Road Landfill to reopen while protesters remain on site, city says

  The Brady Road landfill has been closed to the public since a group calling for searches for the remains of two murdered Indigenous women set up a blockade in mid-December.

  Canada

  Jan 5, 2023
• Manitoba joins Indigenous-led efforts to determine next steps in landfill search

  Manitoba’s premier says the province will support the work of Indigenous groups looking into the feasibility of searching a landfill for the remains of two women.

  Politics

  Dec 16, 2022
• Crown tasked with rare case of no body and no identity in alleged Winnipeg serial killer case

  First-degree murder charges are uncommon when there is no body and no known identity, legal experts say.

  Crime

  Dec 16, 2022
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• Feds to fund feasibility study to search landfill for alleged Winnipeg serial killer victims

  The minister for Crown-Indigenous relations says a feasibility study on searching a landfill will be part of an effort to help families of slain Manitoba women find closure.

  Crime

  Dec 15, 2022
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• No guarantees, but search of Winnipeg landfill for women’s remains may succeed: experts

  Experts say a search for remains of Manitoba women believed to be in a landfill north of Winnipeg is feasible, but 'it's not going to be simple in any way, shape or form.'

  Crime

  Dec 15, 2022