Delilah Saunders Archives – Ku'ku'kwes News

Journalists, writers need to be more respectful to families of MMIWG, says panel

April 26, 2018 Karli Zschogner

A panel of mostly Indigenous writers and artists challenged journalists and writers to be more respectful to grieving families of their missing and murdered. “The lives that victims lead, there is a stigma attached,” Delilah […]

Seek permission before writing about MMIWG, panel tells creative writers, artists

April 23, 2018 Karli Zschogner

Creative writers and artists should seek permission from families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls before publishing their work, panelists told an audience in Halifax on April 18. The panel was assembled in […]

Family of Loretta Saunders relieved poetry book that contained graphic details of her death no longer for sale

April 18, 2018 Maureen Googoo

Inuk writer Delilah Saunders is relieved a book of poetry which contained graphic details about her sister’s murder has been pulled by the publisher. Book*Hug has pulled the book, “Who Took My Sister” by Shannon […]

Day 1 of MMIWG inquiry in Membertou hears stories of loss and resilience

October 31, 2017 Maureen Googoo

The family of slain university student Loretta Saunders and two survivors of violence and harassment gave emotional testimony during the first day of hearings into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls on Monday in […]

Live Blog: Day 1 of Victoria Henneberry appeal hearing

April 12, 2017 Samantha Calio

One of two people convicted of killing Inuk woman Loretta Saunders in Feb. 2014 is appealing her second-degree murder conviction. In April 2015, Victoria Henneberry and her then boyfriend, Blake Leggette, pleaded guilty killing the […]

Loretta Saunders’ sister upset with killer appealing conviction

April 11, 2017 Samantha Calio

The sister of slain Inuk woman Loretta Saunders is upset that one of the killers is going ahead with appealing her murder conviction. “It’s a slap in the face,” Delilah Saunders said in a phone interview about Victoria […]