By admin | Published:
April 21, 2010
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100421/native_missing_100421/20100421?hub=Canada
OTTAWA — A new report has added 62 more names to a growing list of missing or murdered aboriginal women and girls.
The report by the Native Women’s Association of Canada pegs the total at at least 582.
The report says the data is limited by the way information is collected — there’s no national missing-persons database [...]
By admin | Published:
April 21, 2010
http://www.canada.com/news/List+missing+murdered+aboriginal+women+Canada+grows/2933684/story.html
By Laura Stone, Canwest News Service
OTTAWA — Over the past year, 62 names have been added to the list of missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada.
A total of 582 women — up from 520 last year — are now on that list; women who were mothers, daughters, and friends, with names including Amber, Beatrice, [...]
By admin | Published:
April 21, 2010
http://www.canada.com/news/Sisters+Spirit+hopes+rebirth/2752458/story.html
By Mia Rabson, Winnipeg Free Press
OTTAWA — The national research project that brought the issue of murdered and missing aboriginal women in Canada to the forefront quietly ended Wednesday when its five-year mandate from the federal government ran out.
Organizers are still hopeful the Sisters in Spirit initiative of the Native Women’s Association of Canada will [...]
By admin | Published:
April 15, 2010
http://news.sympatico.cbc.ca/Local/BC/ContentPosting?newsitemid=vancouver-bc-abigail-andrews-missing-fort-st-john&feedname=CBC_LOCALNEWS&show=False&number=0&showbyline=True&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc&date=True
14/04/2010 7:19:28 AM
CBC News
The northern B.C. family of a missing pregnant woman is appealing for the public’s help to find her.
Abigail Andrews, 28, went missing April 7 in Fort St. John after leaving her apartment at about 6 p.m. PT to walk to a friend’s house.
Her family said her disappearance is out of character.
“Abigail [...]
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By admin | Published:
April 12, 2010
AFN national chief Shawn Atleo says Parliament, government, native women’s groups and Amnesty International should create multi-partisan committee to create a national action plan.
By HARRIS MACLEOD
Published April 12, 2010
http://www.hilltimes.com/page/view/aboriginalwomen-04-12-2010
Prime Minister Stephen Harper government allotted $10-million to helping solve the issue of missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada but it hasn’t yet said exactly how [...]
By admin | Published:
April 7, 2010
Media coverage of the March 29th sit-in: http://www.missingjustice.ca/press-coverage/
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By admin | Published:
April 5, 2010
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/reorganizing-seats-a-can-of-worms-89896902.html
By: Mia Rabson
EMBATTLED Conservative cabinet minister Helena Guergis has clearly been having a bad spring.
Since her boot-throwing, curse-laden temper tantrum at the Charlottetown airport, she has been under intense scrutiny. Last week, the heat went up even more when it was revealed several of her staffers had been writing glowing letters to the editor [...]