Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Archives

Indigenous support workers hired to help families involved with inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls

September 7, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Families in Nova Scotia who plan on participating in the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls will now have a specialized support team to help them through the process. Three Indigenous […]

National inquiry into murdered, missing Indigenous women and girls hold community meetings in NS this week

August 16, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Debra Ginnish, who’s niece was killed in 2004, has a list of questions to ask staff with the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls when they arrive in Membertou First Nation […]

Loretta Saunders’ killer loses appeal of murder conviction

April 14, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Applause and cheers quickly turned into profane shouts in a Halifax courtroom Thursday after an appeal court panel dismissed Victoria Henneberry’s request to have her second-degree murder conviction overturned. One person yelled, “Go to hell” […]

Live Blog: Day 2 of Victoria Henneberry appeal hearing

April 13, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Victoria Henneberry, one of two people serving life sentences for the Feb. 2014 murder of Loretta Saunders, is appealing her second-degree murder conviction. Henneberry, who is representing herself in court, is asking a panel of […]

Henneberry to give final arguments to have murder conviction overturned

April 13, 2017 Samantha Calio

One of two people serving life sentences for killing an Inuk woman from Labrador over rent money in 2014 will present her final arguments to the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal in Halifax Thursday on […]

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 […]

Family members of missing, murdered women contribute moccasin vamps to art exhibit at MSVU

January 16, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Agnes Gould said she was overwhelmed with emotion when she spoke about her missing sister, Virginia Sue Pictou-Noyes, during a ceremony prior to the opening of an art exhibition to commemorate missing and murdered Indigenous […]

MMIW Series: Virginia Sue Pictou-Noyes

December 16, 2016 Rob Csernyik

Agnes Gould, known as Aggie Baby, has been looking for her sister for over 23 years, but her search knows no borders. Though Virginia Sue Pictou-Noyes went missing from a Maine hospital, she was still […]

MMIW Series: Nora Bernard

December 15, 2016 John Sandham

Sitting in her home in Millbrook First Nation near Truro, N.S., Natalie Gloade looks at a picture of her mother hanging on her wall. “It’s like she’s looking at me, smiling,” Gloade says. “I know […]

MMIW Series: Rowena Sharpe

December 15, 2016 Yu Zhang

Rowena Sharpe was a “true friend to the whole community,” her older sister Arlene Brooks remembers. Rowena was a member of St. Mary’s First Nation in New Brunswick. She was an “amazing” and optimistic daughter, […]

MMIW Series: Hilary Bonnell

December 15, 2016 Sixian Zuo

Pamela Marie Fillier says she would ask her daughter what she wanted to do when she grew up, and Hilary would say, “I don’t know, mom. I’m still a kid.” Hilary Bonnell was a “regular […]

MMIW Series: Michelle Marie Ginnish

December 14, 2016 Katie Short

Michelle Marie Ginnish from the Membertou First Nation in Nova Scotia was devoted to her family. Her aunts, Sheila and Debra Ginnish, remember her fondly as a passionate, smart and beautiful woman. “She had a […]

MMIW series: Remembering the women from the Maritimes

December 13, 2016 Moriah Campbell

For lawyer, writer and Indigenous activist Patricia Doyle-Bedwell, Dec. 8, 2015, was a day filled with excitement and joy. She had just heard the news of the federal government’s plan to launch a national inquiry […]

Caribou Legs’ cross-country run to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls

October 19, 2016 Maureen Googoo

A Gwich’in runner from Vancouver has brought his cross-country campaign to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls to Atlantic Canada. Brad Firth, also known as Caribou Legs, has been running across […]