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The MMIW inquiry begins in 2017. Victims' families want answers. - 0 views

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December 2016 2016

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    When Jennifer Catcheway went missing in 2008, her mom, Bernice, was told by the RCMP officer to whom she'd reported it that she should give it a week-her daughter was probably just out on a bender.
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Regina fashion show puts spotlight on missing and murdered indigenous women - 0 views

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October 2015 2015

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    A Regina fashion show is putting the subject of missing and murdered indigenous women in the spotlight. Fashion Speaks Saskatchewan is not only highlighting indigenous designers but also the subject of aboriginal women who have been killed or who have disappeared.
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Kamloops woman teaches modelling to help keep Indigenous women safe - 0 views

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December 2016 2016

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    When Tanya Pellett walks down the street, she makes sure to walk tall and make eye contact with the people she passes. But the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc band member didn't always do that. "I would always look down," she said. "I felt like I was always vunerable."
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Peterborough man suing Toronto Police for $14 million as he seeks justice for his dead ... - 0 views

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September 2014 2014

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    Peterborough This Week PETERBOROUGH-- John Fox wants justice for his daughter. He is seeking accountability from the Toronto Police and co-owners of the condo where she died, Bahram Sheibani and Linda Gheshe Shamoon, in the way of a $14-million lawsuit.
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Father seeks justice for his dead daughter via new channels of federal inquiry - 1 views

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August 2016 2016

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    Peterborough This Week PETERBOROUGH - For John Fox, the new federal inquiry looking into missing and murdered women gives him a second chance at finding justice for his daughter. He is already suing - for $14 million - Toronto police and a man he believes threw Cheyenne off a balcony after hiring her as a sex worker in Toronto in April 2013.
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Advocate for missing women inquiry backs away from process so he can heal - 0 views

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December 2016 2016

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    Peterborough This Week Sobbing as he drove out of Toronto, John Fox decided he could no longer put himself in front of a public inquiry about the death of his daughter Cheyenne. He had just come from visiting his son last Friday (Dec.
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Michelle Marie Ginnish - 0 views

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December 2016 2016

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    'She was always smiling, no matter what was going on in her life at the time' Michelle Marie Ginnish from Membertou was devoted to her family. Her aunts, Sheila and Debra Ginnish, remember her fondly as a passionate, smart and beautiful woman.
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MMIW series: Remembering the women from the Maritimes - 0 views

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December 2016 2016

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    Editor's Note: This news story is part of a series of features stories produced by the digital reporting workshop class (The Signal website) at the University of King's College School of Journalism in partnership with Kukukwes.com.
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'Red Ribbons in the Park' takes place in Wheat City - 0 views

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December 2016 2016

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    Lanny Stewart / Westman Journal December 13, 2016 12:56 PM Progress has been made, but there's still work to do. That's the sentiment coming from Roberta MacKinnon, vice president of the Brandon Friendship Centre and one of the organizers of Red Ribbons in the Park, which took place last week at Princess Park in the Wheat City.
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Opinion: Words are not enough; Indigenous leadership must take action on Shane Gottfrie... - 0 views

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December 2016 2016

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    Special to APTN National News Many people have heard about, or have seen, the inappropriate picture AFN BC Regional Chief Shane Gottfriedson posted of himself on Instagram. On Tuesday, he apologized and stepped down as the Assembly of First Nations' (AFN) Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls portfolio holder.
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Why Are Indigenous Leaders Partnering with MRA Groups? - 0 views

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December 2016 2016

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    The issue of missing and murdered Indigenous men is now in the spotlight, but Cree researcher Robert Innes warns against giving a platform to organizations that blame feminism.
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There's no hiding the truth, however painful it may be - 0 views

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December 2016 2016

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    Solving a cold-case murder is usually the beginning of the healing process for the victim's loved ones.
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Gregory Scofield on poetry as testimony - 0 views

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December 2016 2016

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    Almost every day, poet Gregory Scofield posts a name or picture of a murdered or missing Indigenous woman to his Twitter feed, captioning each post "Find our missing sister." For his new book, Witness, I Am , Scofield has written an epic poem, "Muskrat Woman," that reimagines a sacred Cree creation story and reflects upon missing and murdered Indigenous women.
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A truly feminist government would consider the plight of Indigenous men: Opinion - 0 views

www.cbc.ca/...mmiw-mandate-urback-1.3888162

December 2016 2016

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    The government of so-called evidence-based decision making is ignoring a glut of evidence that would, in a non-image-obsessed scenario, compel it to expand its inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW) to include missing and murdered Indigenous men.
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Federal bill to protect Indigenous women and girls close to becoming law - 0 views

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December 2016 2016

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    Annette Francis APTN National News Over the past few days, Sen. Lillian Dyck sat as a witness in a Senate committee. Dyck first introduced Bill S-215 a year ago to amend the Criminal Code and sentencing for violent offences against Indigenous women.
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B.C. keeps families of missing women in the dark, audit says - 0 views

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December 2016 2016

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    The public and the families of B.C.'s missing and murdered women are being kept in the dark about the provincial government's response to the Oppal Inquiry, a new report says. Auditor General Carol Bellringer says that, in 2014, the government stopped reporting on its actions in the wake of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry led by former attorney general Wally Oppal.
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'Stop blaming Indigenous women for being murdered,' critic tells police - 0 views

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December 2016 2016

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    Winnipeg Police Chief Danny Smyth apologized Tuesday for the language used in recent police statements about the 2014 killing of Angela Marie Poorman. Poorman, a 29-year-old mother of three, was stabbed to death in the North End on Dec. 14, 2014. On Nov.
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Gatineau Police appeal for new leads in decade-old Morrisseau murder - 0 views

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December 2016 2016

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    Gatineau police are drawing attention today to an unsolved murder that dates back a decade. They hope re-visiting the scene with the media will spark new information from the public. 27-year-old Kelly Morrisseau was left for dead in parking lot P3 in Gatineau Park 10 years ago this week.
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B.C. aboriginals urge all genders be included in murdered women's inquiry - 0 views

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December 2016 2016

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    Prominent aboriginals in B.C., including Chief Ernie Crey and Janine Cunningham, are in Ottawa this week pressing for men to be included in the Inquiry Into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women. They're calling their coalition, Expand the Inquiry.
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'She was Aboriginal. She had an addiction': Sister of MMIW says family had to push police - 0 views

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December 2016 2016

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    This is a special edition of The Current from Winnipeg where the show hosted a public forum on ​the issue of policing when it comes to missing and murdered Indigenous women.* Bernadette Smith's sister Claudette Osborne went missing in 2008. She was 21-years-old and was last seen near a Winnipeg hotel.
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