By admin | Published:
December 7, 2009
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Sisters+Spirit+shines+light/2142835/story.html
A crusade by the Native Women’s Association of Canada is getting more recognition after a media blitz about murdered and missing women - but the federally funded program, too, is in danger of disappearing.
By RANDY BOSWELL, Canwest News ServiceOctober 25, 2009
They are the keepers of the flame for more than 500 missing and murdered aboriginal [...]
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 [...]
By admin | Published:
October 7, 2009
Missing Justice organized and took part in the 4th Annual Sisters in Spirit Vigil in Montreal on October 4th, the 7-year anniversary of the death of Gladys Tolley. The annual day of action was started by Gladys’ daughter, Bridget Tolley and has become a national demonstration. In it’s inaugural year 11 communities across the country [...]
By Svea | Published:
September 13, 2009
Following text from: http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/news/article/788531
Pamel Fillier’s 16-year-old daughter, Hilary Bonnell, hasn’t been seen or heard from since early Saturday morning. With each passing day, the physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted mother becomes more certain that this isn’t simply a case of a teenage runaway.
Bonnell was last spotted just after 7 a.m. Saturday on a video surveillance [...]
By admin | Published:
September 6, 2009
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/with-more-than-500-aboriginal-women-missing-action-is-overdue/article1274074/
How can this not be considered a national priority for police, justice and public-health officials?
Andre Picard
Thursday, Sep. 03, 2009 12:00AM EDT
Last week, the Manitoba government announced the creation of a joint RCMP and Winnipeg Police task force to investigate dozens of cases of missing and murdered women in the province.
The news, while welcome, raises the [...]
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September 3, 2009
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/09/02/maisy-odjig-shannon-alexander-missing-one-year-maniwaki.html
September 2, 2009
The disappearance of two teenage girls in Maniwaki, Que., one year ago has left a painful void in their families and their small Algonquin community.
Maisy Odjick, 16, and Shannon Alexander, 17, were last seen on Sept. 6, 2008.
A year later, Odjick’s clothes, her flute, her camera and treasured photos are still where she [...]