‘Finally getting started’: Plan approved to search landfill for women’s remains

The Canadian Press   MANITOBA-The Manitoba government has given environmental approval to a planned search of a landfill for the remains of two slain First Nations women. For some family members who have been fighting for a search for more than 18 months, the news was a welcome relief. “They’re going to be starting right away, hopefully by the end of summer or something, and they can work right through winter. So it’s good,” Donna Bartlett, the grandmother of Marcedes Myran, said after meeting with Premier Wab Kinew on Tuesday. “We still have a long road ahead of us, but we are finally getting started,” read a message posted on social media by Myran’s sister Jorden Myran. Police believe the remains of Marcedes Myran and Morgan Harris are in the…

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