Red Dress Day marks ongoing crisis for Missing Indigenous women
Native Women’s Association leader warns crisis persists nearly four years after the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women inquiry. Red dresses nationwide mark National Day of Awareness with calls for action as violence against Indigenous women remains high. Winnipeg is highlighted as ground zero with multiple recent deaths and landfill discoveries, underscoring the family pain and need for safety.
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Native Women’s Association of Canada
Carol McBride
McBride
Canada
Justin Trudeau
Statistics Canada
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Sandra DeLaronde
DeLaronde
Kendall King
Medicine Hat College
Charlie Fox
Firekeepers Women’s Society
Mmiwgs
Medicine Hat
Linnsie Clark
Brent Secondiak
Alberta wildfires force over 13000 from homes across province
More than 13,000 people were ordered to evacuate as 78 wildfires burned in Alberta on Friday. Nineteen fires were out of control including a 1,500 hectare blaze near Drayton Valley. Evacuees registered at Edmonton's Expo Centre while ranches offered free pet boarding and rodeo stock was moved out.
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Alberta
Steven Lacroix
Alberta Emergency Management Agency
Drayton Valley
Edmonton
Expo Centre
Tyson Pietsch
Pietsch
Buck Lake
Pawsome Ranch
Spruce Grove
Fort McMurray
Shania Neff
Neff
Christie Tucker
Fox Lake
RCMP
Lacroix
Cpl
Troy Savinkoff
Medicine Hat energy chief leaves for private sector
Brad Maynes, head of Medicine Hat's energy division and senior lead on carbon capture and hydrogen hub work, will depart to a Calgary based senior energy role after June. He notes the division remains strong and credits staff and council support for the turnaround. Maynes joined in 2015, led NGPR and the divison since 2019, and oversaw controversial asset sales amid tight finances.
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Council
Medicine Hat
Maynes
NGPR
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