Funding for Manitoba landfill search welcome, but First Nations-led response still needed

My office is still waiting to hear whether the First Nations-led response noted in our reports will be given the utmost consideration.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew speaks about calls to search the Prairie Green Landfill during a Feb. 15 press conference alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The federal and provincial government each committed $20-million to the effort on March 22. Screenshot courtesy of Global News

Opinion

BY GRAND CHIEF CATHY MERRICK

April 24, 2024

Two short months after I was elected as the first female grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) in 35 years, I found myself standing with the families of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran, calling for the resignation of Winnipeg Police Chief Danny Smythe as he h...

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