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SCO Stands with the Family of the Late Crystal Saunders
January 29, 2024 The Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) is issuing this statement in response to news that an arrest has been made in the homicide of Crystal Shannon Saunders, a 24-year-old woman from Manitoba. “On behalf of the Southern Chiefs’ Organization, I express my gratitude to all who dedicated themselves to finding answers for the […]
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Manitoba RCMP make arrest in homicide of Crystal Saunders
January 29, 2024 It has been almost 17 years since Crystal Saunders went missing from Winnipeg and was found deceased near St. Ambroise, Manitoba a day later. She was only 24 years old. Police have worked tirelessly to find answers for Crystal’s family, and on January 27, 2024, investigators arrested Kevin Charles Queau, 42, of Vancouver, British Columbia, and charged him with 2nd […]
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AMC Presents Inter-Related Operational Planning Report to all Three Levels of Governments
January 25, 2024 Content Warning: If you are affected by the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people and need immediate emotional assistance, call 1-844-413-6649. You can also access long-term health support services such as mental health counselling, community-based emotional support, cultural services, and some travel costs to see Elders and […]
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Indigenous leaders urge investigation into restraint incident at Winnipeg’s Marlborough Hotel – Daily Guardian
23 January 2024 Indigenous leaders in Manitoba are urging a further investigation into the restraint of a woman at Winnipeg’s Marlborough Hotel. A video showing a First Nations woman in distress with her hands restrained behind her back in the lobby of the hotel on Christmas Day has leaders calling for change. Police say the […]
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SCO Supports Calls for Investigation into Apparent Confinement at Downtown Hotel
“The safety of our citizens in Treaty One Territory is essential.” -Grand Chief Jerry Daniels ANISHINAABE AND DAKOTA TERRITORY, MB — The Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) is alarmed by a video circulating online in which a young person appears to have her hands tied behind her back while she is confined within a hotel establishment […]
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MKO Demands Action After a Young Woman is Bound and Held Against Her Will
Treaty One Territory, Winnipeg, MB – Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) Inc. Grand Chief Garrison Settee on behalf of the 26 communities we represent stand in solidarity with the First Nations community concerning the distressing incident involving a young Indigenous woman who was bound and held against her free will by hotel personnel. Such actions are […]
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Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs to Send Inter-Related Operational Planning Report for the Search of the Prairie Green Landfill to Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
January 17, 2024 Treaty One Territory, Manitoba – The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) and Leadership of Long Plain First Nation (LPFN) are pleased to announce that they have completed the Inter-Related Operational Planning Report for a Search of the Prairie Green Landfill. The report is under review by the affected families and AMC Legal […]
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Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada announces a judicial appointment in the province of Manitoba
From: Department of Justice Canada December 18, 2023 The Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment under the judicial application process established in 2016. This process emphasizes transparency, merit, and the diversity of the Canadian population, and will continue to ensure the appointment of jurists who […]
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Indigenous leadership and the Manitoba RCMP announce the creation of Joint Action Circle to address violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ peoples
December 14, 2023 Winnipeg, Manitoba When the Calls for Justice were released in the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ Peoples in June 2019, the Manitoba RCMP listened intently. It was understood that the Calls for Justice needed to result in action, and the Manitoba RCMP […]
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Man charged in Winnipeg mass shooting has history of psychotic episodes: court documents – CBC
Dec 07, 2023 Jamie Felix struggled with addictions, mental health challenges after brother’s murder in 2012, friend says A man accused of killing four people and seriously injuring another in a recent Winnipeg shooting has a history of psychotic episodes linked to seizures and substance use, according to court documents. Those episodes ended in hospitalization […]
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