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City’s request for injunction at landfill ‘disheartening’ but expected, chief says – Winnipeg

The City of Winnipeg’s efforts to get a court injunction to end a blockade at the Brady Road landfill that has been in place since last Thursday were expected, but “disheartening,” says a Manitoba Indigenous leader. In an application to the Court of King’s Bench, the city is asking a …

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First Nations leaders call for resignation of Winnipeg police chief amid landfill controversy – Winnipeg

Manitoba First Nations leaders are calling for the resignation of Winnipeg police chief Danny Smyth. The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC), alongside Long Plain First Nation Chief Kyra Wilson, called for Smyth to step down Thursday, due to the police service’s refusal to search the Prairie Green Landfill for remains …

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‘We’re still not done’: Family gathers in Winnipeg to honour women police say were killed – Winnipeg

Under a dark December night sky, a collage of photos taped to a billboard rests against a tree illuminated only by the light of a sea of candles. Each of the photos depicts a smiling Morgan Harris at different points in her short life. This is how Cambria Harris, 21, …

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