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Small B.C. town reels from killings and kidnappings with no arrests

RCMP investigators tell CBC The Fifth Estate they understand the growing frustration over a violent crime wave gripping Dawson Creek, B.C., population 12,000. Eleven people have been killed or kidnapped in the past three years with no arrests.
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Orange Shirt Day founder in Nunavut for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Phyllis Webstad, whose story of having her clothing confiscated at residential school sparked Orange Shirt Day, visited Kugluktuk, the westernmost community in Nunavut, to mark the fourth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

10 years after Tina Fontaine's murder, lead investigator maintains police charged right person

Though no one has been found guilty for the murder of Tina Fontaine 10 years ago, the investigator who led the search for the teen's killer maintains that the police charged the right person.

Tina Fontaine inspires action, hope 10 years after her death at age 15

In the last decade, Thelma Favel lost the 15-year-old grand-niece she helped raise and saw the man accused of her murder acquitted in 2018. For the 10th anniversary of Tina Fontaine's death, Favel and a friend are organizing an event she hopes will allow her to finally say goodbye.

Winnipeg serial killer knew what he was doing was wrong, judge says

Serial killer Jeremy Skibicki knew what he was doing was wrong, a judge said in a lengthy decision outlining why he convicted the Winnipeg man in the murders of four vulnerable Indigenous women.

'I think the recovery is very possible,' U.S. expert says about search for Manitoba women's remains

An American police chief, who conducted a study on landfill searches, says a few factors make him optimistic for success in the pursuit for remains of two Indigenous women in aWinnipeg-area landfill.
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Families relieved ahead of Winnipeg landfill search

The search for two murdered Indigenous women, buried in a Winnipeg landfill since 2022, is set to move forward this month. Family members say theyre relieved that their loved ones' remains could soon be found and given a proper burial.
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Justice and self-government

Destiny Paupanakis shares her family story of racism-fuelled trauma, and what justice looks like for Indigenous people. This video is part of CBC's "Mother. Sister. Daughter." project, a months-long investigation into the status of the national MMIWG inquiry's calls for justice.

5 years after MMIWG inquiry's final report, former commissioners still waiting for progress

Five years after a national inquiry delivered more than 200 recommendations aimed at preventing missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, former commissioners say there's too little systemic change across the country.
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Serial killer Robert Pickton dead

Serial killer Robert Pickton has died after a 'major assault,' according to Correctional Service Canada. The 74-year-old was convicted of murdering six women but was known to have bragged about killing 49, many of whom were Indigenous and frequented Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. (Thumbnail photo credit: Global TV/Reuters)
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Jennifer Catcheways parents reflect on 15 years since her disappearance

Jennifer Catcheway's family hasn't given up searching for her 15 years after she disappeared on her 18th birthday. Her parents say little has changed in that time to bring justice for families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

Why did Madison Scott die? 13 years later, there are still no answers

Thirteen years after Madison Scott vanished from a northern B.C. campsite, RCMP tight-lipped about the young woman's disappearance and death.

Winnipeg serial killer told shelter worker 'he was just there to stalk his victims,' trial hears

A worker at a shelter that Jeremy Skibicki frequented said the confessed serial killer once told him he came there to "stalk his victims," Skibicki's trial heard Wednesday.
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Justice and policing

Val Charlette on the death of her daughter and how police can better protect Indigenous women and girls. This video is part of CBC's "Mother. Sister. Daughter." project, a months-long investigation into the status of the national MMIWG inquiry's calls for justice.

Winnipeg serial killer seen with victims in video footage played at trial

A Winnipeg man who killed four women in 2022 was seen on video surveillance footage with some of them in the days and hours before they died including eating a meal at a shelter, buying groceries and walking through a parking lot near the apartment where he later killed them, his trial heard Monday.
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'The Wolastoq is healing': Red Dress Day in Fredericton

Marchers gathered dressed in red to walk along the river for Red Dress Day on May 5 in Fredericton.
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Winnipeg serial killer's trial begins with difficult details

Family and friends of four murdered Indigenous women braced themselves for difficult details as the trial of confessed serial killer Jeremy Skibicki began in Winnipeg.

A timeline of what we know about 4 slain Winnipeg women and serial killer Jeremy Skibicki

Here's a timeline of what else we know so far about the four women Winnipeg police say were the victims of a serial killer, the man accused of killing them, and the push for the search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two of the women.
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Winnipeg man now admits to killing 4 women

Jeremy Skibicki has admitted to a Winnipeg court that he killed four women in 2022, but his lawyers will argue that he should be found not criminally responsible.

'We deserve justice': Red Dress Day events in downtown Winnipeg honour MMIWG2S+

Manitobans gathered at events inWinnipeg Sunday to mark Red Dress Day, the nationally recognized day to raise awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people.
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At this Red Dress Day walk, a First Nations woman explains why she's a 'helicopter' mom

Chasity Delorme of Cowessess First Nation lives in Regina with her family. She joined the walk to mark Red Dress Day, which honours the memories of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls across Canada.
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Justice in action

Nicole Murdock on why land acknowledgments are not enough to protect Indigenous women and girls. This video is part of CBC's "Mother. Sister. Daughter." project, a months-long investigation into the status of the national MMIWG inquiry's calls for justice.

Trial of Winnipeg man accused of killing 4 women to be heard by jury, judge rules

A judge has ruled the trial of Jeremy Skibicki, a Winnipeg man accused of killing four women in 2022, will still be heard by a jury.

School in Selkirk, Man., crafts display of nearly 2,000 faceless dolls for upcoming Red Dress Day

Red dresses are typically used to honour and remember missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, but a high school in Selkirk, Man., is bringing awareness in a different way.

Raymond Cormier, man acquitted in death of Manitoba teen, found dead, says her great-aunt

The man acquitted in a trial on charges of murder in the death of teenager Tina Fontaine has died, her great-aunt told CBC News on Monday.