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Sacred fire ceremony for missing and murdered Indigenous people - 0 views

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    First Nations representatives gathered on the front lawn of Hamilton City Hall Tuesday for a sacred fire ceremony to commemorate missing and murdered Indigenous people. Raymond Stonefox was leading the ceremony, which includes a pipe ceremony and drums, saying it will help provide peace and connection to Indigenous and non-Indigenous people separated from their loved ones.
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Missing and murdered indigenous women, girls inquiry will not expand to include men - 0 views

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    OTTAWA-The national inquiry into the travesty of the missing and murdered indigenous women and girls has been under fire for both taking too long to get up and running, but a potential sidebar suggesting the inquiry be expanded to include men was (mostly) set aside when the inquiry spoke at a news conference on Tuesday, February 7.
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March for missing and murdered women takes place Tuesday - 0 views

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    It's a sombre march through the streets of Edmonton every Valentine's Day. Women, men, and children walk to remember women they've lost to violence in our city. The march takes place across Canada. Danielle Boudreau founded Edmonton's walk 12 years ago. "I encouraged people to bring pictures of their loved ones and posters," Boudreau said.
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'We call them our sisters': February 14 Women's Memorial March organizer - 0 views

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    Evelyne Youngchief remembers the first time she marched for fellow Indigenous women who disappeared. It was Valentine's Day 1993. The then 32-year-old had just dropped her son off at daycare in the Downtown Eastside when a group marched past, carrying banners bearing names of missing loved ones.
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Relatives of woman whose brutal murder sparked memorial march speak of 'flaws' in justi... - 0 views

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    Cheryl Ann Joe was a young mother of three small boys from the Sechelt community on the Sunshine Coast of B.C. The 26-year-old Coast Salish woman - with an infectious laugh and a big heart - was planning a career as a police officer, to help protect Vancouver's vulnerable, when her dreams were cut short.
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Walk for missing, murdered - 0 views

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    Tuesday's events begin in the lobby at 1 p.m., with Coun. Larry Hebert representing the city, Coun. Michele Solomon representing Fort William First Nation, Deputy Grand Chief Anna Betty Achneepineskum from Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Thunder Bay Police Chief JP Levesque, Ontario Native Women's Association executive director Cora-Lee McGuire-Cyrette and event founder and organizer Sharon Johnson.
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Caribou Legs nears end of journey - 0 views

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    Brad Firth, also known as Caribou Legs, and Brandon Reeder got to Campbell River on Feb. 2. Caribou Legs is close to finishing his run across Canada to bring awareness to missing and murdered aboriginal women.
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QNW has Mixed Feelings over MMIW - 0 views

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    Kahnawake - Quebec Native Women (QNW) has conflicted feelings following the press conference of the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). The announcement of a culturally appropriate and respectful approach in their practices and protocols, as well as the establishment of a trauma informed environment and team, assuages QNW.
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Vigil for missing & murdered women - 0 views

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    UBC Okanagan and Okanagan College graduates Mary Song, from the Carrier Nation, and Tina Miller, from the Nisga'a Nation, are organizing the event. "Over the years, I have had members of my community who have gone missing and haven't been found yet, including a close friend of mine who has been missing from Edmonton since 2013 and has not been seen," said Song.
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Memorial march will honour missing, murdered indigenous women - 0 views

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    A memorial march will be held in Victoria on Sunday to remember and honour missing and murdered indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people. The group will gather at 11 a.m. in front of Our Place on Pandora Avenue. The Stolen Sisters Memorial March will begin at 12 p.m. with a prayer.
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Hundreds gather for Stolen Sisters march in Victoria - 0 views

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    More than 300 people in BC's capital, chanting, drumming and marching to remember and honour missing and murdered indigenous women. Helen Joe says she marches to honour he murdered sister, Catherine. "It's still an open case, and they never found who did it. My mom died from a broken heart from it, she died a year after."
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A Valentine's Vigil for missing and murdered indigenous people - 0 views

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    This Valentine's Day, at the start of the Highway of Tears, a candlelight vigil is being organized to remember, respect and honour murdered and missing indigenous people. Three Prince Rupert women - who call themselves the Indigenous Mothers - are organizing the vigil in solidarity with Vancouver, Victoria, Prince George and other cities that hold an annual Women's Memorial March.
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Government kept tabs on rallies calling for MMIW inquiry - 0 views

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    An operations centre charged with alerting the federal government to potential threats to public safety monitored demonstrations calling for an inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women. The centre has also been keeping tabs on other Indigenous and environmental protests.
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Senator urges MPs to pass bill defending aboriginal women - 0 views

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    OTTAWA-The House of Commons should work quickly to pass a Senate bill aimed at deterring violence against aboriginal women, a Saskatchewan senator said last Tuesday. Senator Lillian Eva Dyck's Senate Public Bill S-215, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sentencing for violent offences against aboriginal women), would require courts to consider more severe sanctions against people convicted of violent offences against aboriginal women.
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Grieving father of murdered woman applauds addition of men into national inquiry - 0 views

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    CANADA-John Fox, father of the late Cheyenne Fox-a First Nations woman and Wikwemikong band member who died under suspicious circumstances while working as a prostitute in Toronto in April 2013-applauds the addition of men to the national inquiry into Canada's missing and murdered indigenous women and girls (MMIWG).
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Missing, murdered indigenous women inquiry won't expand mandate to men - 0 views

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    The national inquiry established to examine Canada's disproportional number of missing and murdered indigenous women will not expand its mandate to include the murders and disappearances of indigenous men, but it will explore ways that the violence against male victims underpins the female tragedy.
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National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls - Update and Plans - 0 views

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Police ask for DNA in MMIW case, then abandon family, sister says - 0 views

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    When Eva Yassie got a call from RCMP last summer her heart soared, she said. That's because they'd finally offered to take a DNA sample from her, to help find and identify her long-missing sister. Months later, however, that still hasn't happened. "I never heard from them again, not even a phone call," Yassie told the CBC.
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MMIW commission off to a bumpy start as communications director let go - 0 views

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    The inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women hasn't yet started hearing testimony, but the commission behind it has parted ways with its recently-hired communications director. Michael Hutchinson, a former news anchor with APTN who began his position as the director of communications for the national inquiry in late November, was recently terminated by the commission.
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Indigenous boys, men issues to be added to national inquiry on missing and murdered wom... - 0 views

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    Exactly how issues surrounding murdered and missing indigenous boys and men will be included in the already late starting national inquiry on women and girls is expected to be revealed in the coming weeks.
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