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Manitoba moves toward designating Oct. 4 to honour MMIWG - 1 views

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    NDP bill with unanimous support 'one small step toward honouring those whose lives were tragically lost'
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ARE The firekeeper's flame burns in Fort Erie - 0 views

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    Ceremony in support of missing Aboriginal woman Tara Summers
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Saskatoon MLA apologizes for gaffe in tribute to murdered Indigenous woman who inspired... - 0 views

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    Saskatoon MLA Paul Merriman apologized on Wednesday after misidentifying the woman who inspired a statue to commemorate missing and murdered Indigenous women.
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eo Politics Photo GalleriesCBC SecureDrop MMIW inquiry won't hear from most families un... - 1 views

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    Bernée Bolton, director of communications for the MMIW inquiry, said in a statement that the commissioners are waiting until the fall to hear from other families because many people told the inquiry they would be on the land hunting or travelling in the summer and it would not be a good time to hold hearings.
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Bulk of family testimony at #MMIWG inquiry will have to wait until fall - 0 views

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    Most of the families who wish to share their story with the commissioners at the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls will have to wait until the fall to do so. While the inquiry will hold three days of family hearings in Whitehorse the week of May 29, it will not hear from families again until September.
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Saskatoon MLA bungles tribute to murdered Indigenous woman who inspired statue - 0 views

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    A Saskatoon MLA says he will correct the record in the Legislature after incorrectly identifying the woman who inspired a statue to honour murdered and missing Indigenous women.
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Statue honouring missing and murdered Indigenous women unveiled in Saskatoon - 0 views

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    'It gives me a lot of hope,' says mother of murdered Indigenous woman
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Emotional ceremony in Saskatoon honours missing and murdered indigenous women - 0 views

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    Hundreds of people gathered outside of police headquarters on Friday where a commemorative statue was unveiled honouring missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. It's a visual recognition of Canada's painful truth and the lives that have been lost.
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Red dresses appear around Yellowknife for missing and murdered Indigenous women - 0 views

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    'I just needed to do something,' says Angela Canning, who hung a red dress outside her home in Yellowknife
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Manitoba MP stands behind bill aimed at deterring violence against Indigenous women - 0 views

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    A Manitoba member of Parliament is getting behind a Senate bill aimed at deterring violence against Indigenous women and girls following the death of Serena McKay. Robert-Falcon Ouellette brought up the need for "additional protections of the law" in Parliament on Thursday in a statement made in Cree. Ouellette provided an English translation himself.
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Leger students remember missing and murdered indigenous women and girls - 0 views

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    Cardinal Leger Secondary School students commemorated missing and murdered indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) on Wednesday, May 3 in Centennial Park. About 1,200 red feathers, each marked with a name from the MMIWG list, were placed in trees across the street from the Brampton school.
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Inquiry into murdered and missing indigenous women and girls hits roadblocks before it ... - 0 views

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    The national inquiry into murdered and missing indigenous women and girls insists it can still start on time at the end of May, even though it abruptly cancelled two pre-inquiry meetings via news release late Thursday.
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First Nation leader says Toronto Caribbean Carnival disrespecting indigenous regalia - 0 views

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    OTTAWA (May 3, 2017) - The Assembly of First Nations Women's Council chair is calling on the Toronto Caribbean Carnival to withdraw a traditional Indigenous headdress and outfit from this year's festival, saying it is disrespectful to indigenous people.
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St. Regis Mohawk Tribe raising awareness of missing and murdered native women and girls... - 0 views

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    AKWESASNE -- The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe will recognize the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls" on Friday. Community events have been scheduled for Friday, to help educate and raise awareness, as well as to commemorate the lives of missing and murdered women and girls.
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Precious Ones: Nova Scotia family mourns #MMIWG through art and song - 0 views

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    Holly Moore APTN National News The Doucette family invited APTN Reporter Holly Moore into their home this past February. Moore was in Eskasoni, Nova Scotia filming her episode, "Precious Ones" airing Friday, May 5. The program looks into Indigenous women's deaths that were declared no foul play by authorities and how their families are looking to the federal inquiry for help to re-open their cases.
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Akwesasne to raise awareness of violence, loss - 0 views

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    AKWESASNE - A butterfly release and tobacco burning are among events slated for Friday as the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe addresses the issue of domestic violence, sexual assault and remembers missing and murdered Native women and girls.
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National inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls hearings set to begin - 0 views

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    The first family hearing of the public inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women will start later this month in Whitehorse. Skeena Bulkley-Valley MP Nathan Cullen says it's been frustrating for families to get federal documentation to participate. "Ottawa remains a barrier rather than a help," says Cullen.
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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls what has been happening - 0 views

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    It's been almost a year since Canada launched a national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) and it's had more than its share of delays. The inquiry has not stopped people and organizations from working to raise awareness about the issue.
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