Heidi Spence News Today

The incident, which took place on the remote Northlands Denesuline First Nation, has been under investigation for two-and-a-half years, police said.

About two dozen people gathered in the bitter cold on Monday evening to hold a vigil for a 14-year-old girl slain in downtown Winnipeg late last week.

Thompson residents hit the streets May 5 for the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit People.

Tomorrow is Red Dress Day, and a local Indigenous organization has a number of activities planned to commemorate the day.   The day was first held in 2010 by the REDress Project in memory ...

Indigenous officials are working to bring a monument that would honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls to Thompson. Read on.

MKO MMIWG liaison unit director Heidi Spence asked councillors April 17 if the city can cover some construction costs for the monument and cover monthly electricity bills.

Manitoba is planning to create an integrated missing persons response unit, sharing information between police agencies, Child and Family Services (CFS), and Indigenous advocates when someone goes missing.

Manitoba’s government announced March 20 that it will spend $2.1 million to establish a provincewide integrated missing persons response team.

Manitoba is planning to create an integrated missing persons response unit, sharing information between police agencies, Child and Family Services (CFS), and Indigenous advocates when someone goes missing.

The family of a South Indian Lake woman who died Feb. 21 say her death is a tragedy for them and a sign of the struggles many in the community are facing.