By admin | Published:
November 30, 2009
Press Release – For Immediate Release
Ottawa, ON (November 27, 2009) – The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is dismayed that the Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to broaden the scope of Robert Pickton’s appeal on six counts of second-degree murder. Effectively, the decision gives Pickton more grounds to argue that his convictions should [...]
By admin | Published:
November 29, 2009
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Vancouver%20police%20back%20missing%20women%20public%20inquiry/2281818/story.html
By Lindsay Kines, Victoria Times Colonist
November 29, 2009
VICTORIA — For the first time, the Vancouver Police Department is openly backing calls for a public inquiry into the investigation of the missing women case that began more than a decade ago.
In an e-mail to the sister of one of the missing women, Deputy Chief Doug LePard [...]
By admin | Published:
November 8, 2009
Ottawa, ON (November 6, 2009) – After over twenty years in a fight for equality, yesterday the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed with costs the case of Sharon Donna McIvor v. Registrar, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is disappointed with the decision not to grant leave to appeal [...]
By admin | Published:
November 8, 2009
By: Mia Rabson
2/11/2009 8:07 AM
OTTAWA — A national plan to combat exploitation of aboriginal women is in the works, but Ottawa has to take the lead, says Manitoba Aboriginal Affairs Minister Eric Robinson.
Federal and provincial aboriginal affairs ministers and leaders of the country’s five national aboriginal organizations met in Toronto last week for the first [...]
By admin | Published:
November 8, 2009
http://www.thelinknewspaper.ca/articles/1793
by Jillian Kestler-D’amours
Around the time Tiffany Morrison disappeared, she had started babysitting her older sister Melanie Morrison’s young daughter.
“She was coming to the house to help out and hang out. She wanted to be around my daughter because she loved kids,” said Melanie, thinking back.
Today, nearly four years after Tiffany went missing, Melanie explained that [...]
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