Close X
Sunday, September 22, 2024
ADVT 
National

Beyond The Inquiry: Families Of Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women Want Action

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 23 Feb, 2016 10:49 AM
  • Beyond The Inquiry: Families Of Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women Want Action
WINNIPEG — Grieving families are hoping premiers will take action on their own following a second roundtable on missing and murdered indigenous women.
 
The first was held in Ottawa last year before the newly elected Liberals announced a national inquiry.
 
Lorelei Williams left in tears after only four family members were given four minutes each to address the first roundtable.
 
She says this time premiers and provincial ministers need to listen more carefully and do what they can to address the issue in their own jurisdictions.
 
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne — who is attending the roundtable — says an inquiry is one way to address violence against indigenous women, but there are other things provinces can do on their own.
 
The roundtable is to convene in Winnipeg on Wednesday.

MORE National ARTICLES

Pivot Legal Seeks United Nations Committee Support For Homeless Rights

Pivot Legal Seeks United Nations Committee Support For Homeless Rights
Pivot lawyer DJ Larkin will speak before the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday. 

Pivot Legal Seeks United Nations Committee Support For Homeless Rights

Cops Arresting Man In Murder Probe Leave Him Locked On Toronto-Bound Go Bus With Passengers

Cops Arresting Man In Murder Probe Leave Him Locked On Toronto-Bound Go Bus With Passengers
The incident took place on a GO Transit bus that was pulled over on the side of a major highway late Thursday night.

Cops Arresting Man In Murder Probe Leave Him Locked On Toronto-Bound Go Bus With Passengers

Indian Rhinoceros Ashakiran At Toronto Zoo Gives Birth To Male Calf

Indian Rhinoceros Ashakiran At Toronto Zoo Gives Birth To Male Calf
The zoo says an 11-year-old Indian rhinoceros called Ashakiran gave birth to a male calf on Wednesday night.

Indian Rhinoceros Ashakiran At Toronto Zoo Gives Birth To Male Calf

Memories Of Partition And More From Ace Artist Satish Gujral

Memories Of Partition And More From Ace Artist Satish Gujral
The exaggerated human figures in the oil canvases speak of the anguish and grief during the tumultous times of 1947 that Gujral was a witness to

Memories Of Partition And More From Ace Artist Satish Gujral

Toronto Hospital Says Its ER Will Remain Closed Through Weekend Due To Flooding

Toronto Hospital Says Its ER Will Remain Closed Through Weekend Due To Flooding
A spokesman says St. Michael's emergency department is only able to accept patients arriving by ambulance.

Toronto Hospital Says Its ER Will Remain Closed Through Weekend Due To Flooding

House Search Allays Fears Of Stolen Fentanyl Hitting Streets Of Manitoba Town

House Search Allays Fears Of Stolen Fentanyl Hitting Streets Of Manitoba Town
The pharmaceuticals and some other items were taken sometime Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.

House Search Allays Fears Of Stolen Fentanyl Hitting Streets Of Manitoba Town