The B.C. government has shown its support towards a family liaison unit for families involved with the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered indigenous Women and Girls. The government passed an order in council last week that gives the commissioners of the National Inquiry the authority to examine matters within jurisdiction of the province.

Three months after the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women officially began, advocates worry that families have been "left in the dark" about when they might be expected to testify and are feeling disengaged from the process that is supposed to give them a voice.

The governing Progressive Conservatives haven't appointed a special adviser on Indigenous women's issues because, they say, there's no evidence the previous adviser did any work. Premier Brian Pallister said in June he asked MLA Nahanni Fontaine to provide a record of the meetings or research she conducted while serving as the special adviser to the previous NDP cabinet.

Women's rights advocates are strategizing to ensure they will be heard during Canada's upcoming inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women -- whether they're invited to the table or not. Indigenous feminists and allies in Vancouver have already held two public meetings to identify a group agenda so that, when the inquiry begins early next year, they will be organized to make their concerns clear to officials.

An NDP MLA was outraged to learn about the PC government's decision to dissolve an indigenous issues committee and special advisor position she once held, calling the plan "offensive to indigenous people" in Manitoba. St.

Bernice Catcheway says she has given up on the RCMP's efforts to find her missing daughter, Jennifer. "We stopped relying on RCMP, on officials. They say 'We're with you, we're standing with you.' Well, I don't see them standing with us," an emotional Catcheway said Wednesday night during a town hall-style public forum on missing and murdered Indigenous women.

Jennifer Roulette knows what it feels like to live in poverty and to lose her home, all while being a single mom. The 33-year-old Winnipeg mother of four says she can relate to the people on the street whom she now spends her time helping.

An art show and sale is being held to raise awareness of missing and murdered indigenous women and children.

In October, Canada's unions staged a unique and powerful performance with music by A Tribe Called Red, video, holograms and dance to honour Canada's missing and murdered Indigenous women. Learn more about how unions are standing for justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls: http://www.fairnessworks.ca/missing-murdered-indigenous-people/

Winnipeg police are expected to release details about an arrest made in a 2014 homicide in the North End. Police would only say the victim was killed in December 2014 in the area of Selkirk Avenue and Charles Street. CBC News will update this story as Winnipeg police release more information at an 11 a.m.

OTTAWA, TORONTO and KAMLOOPS, Nov. 25, 2016 - The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) today recognizes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, as designated by the United Nations in 1999. AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde, together with the Chair of the AFN Women's Council Denise Stonefish and AFN Regional Chief for British Columbia Shane Gottfriedson are urging men and women from all walks of life to unite in the global effort to end violence against Indigenous women and girls in all its forms.

Seated in a large circle in Winnipeg's Thunderbird House, a small group of people came together for a pipe ceremony on Saturday to offer healing and support for families of missing and murdered Indigenous women. "There's a need for healing for these people," said Robert Sneep, who organized the event.

File photo By Sidney Drmay From Nov. 21 to Nov. 23, the Image Arts building on Ryerson's campus lit up in shades of red for the support of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, transgender and two-spirited people.

"Look, it's Amber," says Vivian Tuccaro, pointing to the sun as it breaks through clouds over Leduc, Alta. She smiles as the rays reach her face. It's Tuccaro's first smile since the beginning of a rally in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous women such as her daughter, Amber Tuccaro.

On Dec. 6, 1989, 14 female engineering students at L'Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal were gunned down because they were women.

As the national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women slowly gets started and as cross-country runner Caribou Legs wraps up his six-month, 7,400-kms run to bring awareness to the issue, one Saskatchewan writer is doing her small part to help out.

More than 100 kilometres and over a year later, a Manitoba teen's mission to bring attention to missing and murdered Indigenous women is getting recognized on a high-profile new platform. Tracie Léost and her 115-kilometre run last summer are the subject of a new music video from American musician Cass McCombs and the subsequent articles in Vogue magazine and online music magazine Pitchfork.

Sharon Acoose remembers being groped as a child by an uncle who paid her in pocket change for her trouble - the earliest roots of a life scarred by sex work, drug use and jail time. "He would give me a quarter ...

The experiences of sexual and physical abuse among Indigenous women and girls are so pervasive they are expected to take over next year's national inquiry into murdered and missing Aboriginal women, The Canadian Press reports. Hearings are set to begin ... "

The Quebec government's reaction to widespread allegations of abuse by police in and around Val-d'Or was criticized by Indigenous leaders at a news conference in Montreal today. The leaders want more funding from the province to deal with the effects of systemic racism, and also want an independent inquiry called on the abuse issue.