Has Ottawa’s Ring of Fire road decision set the stage for a Highway of Tears 2.0?

By Anushka Yadav, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Pointer Content warning: This story discusses missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, systemic violence, and the ongoing grief experienced by their families and communities. Some details may be distressing or difficult to read.   “the bread far from   the hunger                       the apology the confusion              the broken road   these things we gather in this blanket bone and sand and sage we wash the world, between us hold this blanket, fill it with our tears and when we have cried from one dawn to the next then we will rise, and we will dance until they’re home, until they all are home”   In Anna Marie Sewell’s ‘ Washing the World ’, grief is not left to be carried alone. Fragments of…

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