Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls

The federal government announced the details of its long-awaited inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women on Wednesday. The delay in official action, the scale of the tragedy and the horrific details that emerged from cases like those in the brutal murder of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine have sparked international interest, including from Hollywood.

When two Winnipeg police officers encountered Tina Fontaine on August 8 last year, what did they see? The 15-year-old girl, from Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba, was in a truck with an adult man who was allegedly intoxicated. Tina was in the care of the province's troubled child welfare system and had run away from the hotel where she had been staying.

As an investigative journalist, Connie Walker is always on the lookout for compelling cases. But her latest story, she says, is one that found her. She had been reporting on missing and murdered indigenous women (MMIW) for the CBC when an email landed in her inbox.

CBC launches eight-part podcast and web series that uncovers chilling new information in B.C. cold case. This is the first episode.

Read story transcript Amnesty International will release a new report on Thursday on the impact of resource development projects on Indigenous women and girls. The study looks specifically at the situation in Fort St. John, in northern B.C., and it has documented some serious risks to the lives and safety of local Indigenous women and girls.

This report, released by Amnesty International, details the myriad effects of large-scale energy projects in northeastern B.C.'s Peace River region, including the influx of temporary workers - a "shadow population" of mostly young men whose presence contributes to the vulnerability of indigenous women and strains social services.

Families packed the great hall of the Canadian Museum of History in Ottawa on Wednesday - some holding signs with names and dates, others donning emblazoned T-shirts with photos of their loved ones - to watch as the federal government announced the terms for an inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

Ottawa is handing over the reins of its long-awaited inquiry into Canada's missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls to five commissioners. Read on to learn the backgrounds of the five Canadians who will decide what the review will look like.

The prime minister was quoted as declaring that "those touched by this national tragedy have waited long enough." But even if the wait is nearly over, it still remains to be seen what this inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls will amount to.

Ontario's police watchdog says he'll share the results of his systemic review into how Thunder Bay police investigate the disappearances and deaths of Indigenous peoples with the national public inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women. The Ontario Independent Police Review Director, Gerry McNeilly, set the terms for his review this week after "alarming questions" were raised about how officers interact with Indigenous peoples.

Craig Benjamin is the Amnesty International campaigner for indigenous rights, and co-author of the agency's recent Out of Sight, Out of Mind report Before providing aid money to support resource development projects in other countries, Canadian policy requires a careful examination of how the project might affect the lives and safety of women and girls.

Flora Muskego was found frozen to death in a snow drift near Norway House First Nation 56 years ago. Her family is still wondering what happened to the 22-year-old on Thursday, December 9, 1960. There was a small newspaper clipping from 1960 in the Winnipeg Free Press stating when Muskego was found and that she was last seen just the day before.

THUNDER BAY - NEWS - The Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) is conducting a systemic review of the Thunder Bay Police Service's practices for policing Indigenous Peoples, and specifically, their policies, practices and attitudes regarding missing person and death investigations involving Indigenous Peoples.

Esk'etemc Chief Charlene Belleau speaks at the recent First Nations Health Council caucas regarding missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. - image credit: Angie Mindus photo While the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women inches forward, leaders from the Esk'etemc First Nation are not waiting to make positive changes in their community and others.

Nov. 3, 2016 /CNW/ - Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) will honour with the International Press Freedom Award, Asad Aryubwal with the Integrity Award, Ali Mustafa with the Tara Singh Hayer Memorial Award and CBC's Aboriginal team with the Investigative Award at the 2016 CJFE Gala on December 1, 2016, in .

Amnesty International is calling for the national inquiry into Canada's missing and murdered indigenous women to specifically target violence tied to resource development in Northern communities, where transient workers, substance abuse, racism, money and sex collide to endanger indigenous women and girls.

It took over twenty-three years to convict Anthony Edward Ringel in the rape and murder of my classmate Christine Harron. We knew her as Chrissie, and she disappeared when we were in Grade 10. I remember when she came to our school in Grade 2.

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More than 1000 indigenous girls have gone missing in Canada since the 1980. Grass root organizations claim the numbers are much higher.

OTTAWA -- An Ottawa police officer has pleaded guilty to two Police Services Act charges in connection with online comments about the death of Inuk artist Annie Pootoogook. Sgt. Chris Hrnchiar was charged with two counts of discreditable conduct under the act. Pootoogook's body was found in the Rideau River on Sept.