Manitoba premier says he’s confident landfill search for remains will start this year

WINNIPEG- Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he is confident a landfill search for the remains of two slain First Nations women will begin this year. Kinew would not reveal details about how much progress has been made in preparing for the search, but says the province will work with families of the women and with Indigenous leaders. The NDP government has promised to search the Prairie Green Landfill, a privately run facility north of Winnipeg, where the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran are believed to have been taken after they were killed in the spring of 2022. An operational report, prepared by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs earlier this year, said a search could begin near the end of October if funding was in place by Feb. 1….

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