DNA of additional 12 women found in apartment of racist Winnipeg serial killer that targeted Native women

Ashlee Shingoose, Missing since March 11, 2022 from downtown Winnipeg. Her family is from the St. Theresa Point First Nation in northern Manitoba. Her DNA was found in serial killer’s Winnipeg apartment.

Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press

WINNIPEG — The trial of serial killer Jeremy Skibicki heard Thursday that police found physical evidence of the victims in his Winnipeg apartment, including jewelry, clothing, DNA and a bloodstained bathtub.

Const. Jan de Vries, who was part of the police search team, testified they found bloodstains in Skibicki’s bathroom belonging to one of the victims, Rebecca Contois.

New blockade goes up at Winnipeg’s Brady Road landfill as protesters demand search for women’s remains

Poll, CBC Manitoba focus group suggest voters are split on issue of landfill search ahead of Oct. 3 election

Rachel Ferstl, Sarah Petz, CBC News, Sep 27, 2023

A new barricade has gone up at Winnipeg’s Brady Road landfill, as calls continue for a search for the remains of two First Nations women believed to be in another Winnipeg-area landfill.

Protesters gathered on the main entrance road to the city-owned Brady landfill, at the south end of Winnipeg, on Wednesday, setting up a row of chairs in front of a car parked in the middle of the road.

An “Every Child Matters” flag and a sign calling for a landfill search were also nearby.

Activists have held up construction on private property and surprisingly, they have the law on their side.

Photo by James Wilt.

by James Wilt, Vice, August 1, 2017

It’s nearly midnight, and a half-dozen Winnipeggers are sitting in the middle of 15-acre clearcut.

Someone occasionally gets up from their lawn chair to feed the campfire with branches from the surrounding area. But everything outside the small circle of light remains silhouetted: the CN rail tracks on one side of the clear cut, massive power lines on the other, the remaining aspen forest behind and a comically large mulching machine a few feet away.

First nations protesters block stretch of Highway 1 east of Winnipeg

By Zahra Premji, Global News, June 30, 2017

First Nations activists are blocking a portion of Highway 1 east of Winnipeg.

The protest is happening on the Trans-Canada Highway at Deacon’s Corner.

RCMP is now diverting traffic onto a service road that runs parallel to the Trans-Canada to move cars and trucks through the area. Reports say traffic was backed up for at least one kilometre.

Winnipeg’s Métis Friendship Centre battles with AIM over who sits on the board, and what they can wear

by Shaneen Robinson-Desjarlais, APTN National News, June 15, 2017

Another election was held to create a new board for the embattled Métis Friendship Centre in Winnipeg Wednesday night.

The centre was incorporated nearly 60 years ago – but has been in the limelight lately because of allegations of mismanagement and infighting.

Indigenous Anti-Fascist Rally in Winnipeg

Indigenous warriors and Antifa confront police vehicle during rally against right wing extremists in Winnipeg, June 3, 2017.

by  JASON FRIESEN, Winnipeg Sun, June 3, 2017

Punches were thrown and a 22-year-old individual was arrested as a rally and counter-rally collided at the Manitoba Legislature on Saturday.

The individual who identifies as transgender was arrested for obstructing a peace officer but was later released from custody on a promise to appear in court.

Indigenous activists confront drug dealers at downtown Winnipeg mall

Group says drug dealing around Portage Place is getting out of control

By Austin Grabish, CBC News, March 25, 2017

A group of Indigenous activists are fighting against drug trafficking they say is causing trouble around Portage Place Shopping Centre.

“The women and the children don’t feel safe. The elders don’t feel safe walking through the back [of the mall] so we decided we’re going to shut all this down,” said Vin Clarke, a member of a group called Urban Warrior Alliance.

First Nations elder explains why he interjected on Trudeau’s behalf at Winnipeg town hall

Welcome to Winnipeg, Prime Minister! As Trudeau delivers a sermon, a woman holds an anti-pipeline sign behind him during a “town hall” meeting in Winnipeg, Jan 26, 2017.

‘Please respect everybody’ elder Ernie Daniels said as protesters interrupted PM at Thursday’s town hall

By Jillian Taylor, CBC News, Jan 27, 2017

An elder from the Long Plain First Nation says he can’t believe he made the news for speaking up when protesters interrupted the prime minister’s town hall in Winnipeg on Thursday.

“I was just playing the role as an elder, mediator, mitigator — make things flow, in a nice way,” said Ernie Daniels.

Mama Bear Clan: Meet the women-led group patrolling Winnipeg streets

Mama Bear Clan members walk down Main Street, making their way toward a shelter for the city’s homeless population. (Martha Troian/CBC)

Volunteers now patrol some of city’s toughest streets

By Martha Troian, CBC News, November 30, 2016

Jennifer Roulette knows what it feels like to live in poverty and to lose her home, all while being a single mom.

The 33-year-old Winnipeg mother of four says she can relate to the people on the street whom she now spends her time helping.

Roulette is part of the Mama Bear Clan, a group of volunteers keeping an eye on the street and its people.

Winnipeg cops join Bear Clan on patrol in city’s North End

Bear Clan Patrol co-founder James Favel and Winnipeg Police Cst. Jeff Boehm.

‘It’s a big deal, having a collaborative effort like this,’ Bear Clan Patrol co-founder says

CBC News, October 12, 2016

Winnipeg police put boots on the ground along with the Bear Clan in the North End Wednesday night.

Four officers from the Winnipeg Police Service joined the community patrol, which has been walking North End streets on its own since 2015.