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By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. \u2014 A prominent First Nations advocate has said more needs to be done to bring awareness to Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) during the latest episode of Before the Peace. Connie Greyeyes currently works with the Indian Residential School Survivors Society as a resolution health support worker and a MMIWG coordinator. She said her trip into advocacy began with a relative who was murdered back in the 1990s and also includes Renee Didier, a local woman who was found murdered in 2024. Didier is also Greyeyes\u2019 cousin, and the murder hit \u201ctoo close to home.\u201d Speaking to host Chris Walker about Red Dress Day, Greyeyes described it as an \u201cimportant day\u201d to honour MMIWG, raise… <\/p>\n

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By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Energeticcity.ca FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. \u2014 A prominent First Nations advocate has said more needs to be done to bring awareness to Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) during the latest episode of Before the Peace. Connie Greyeyes currently works with the Indian Residential School Survivors Society as a resolution health support worker and a MMIWG coordinator. She said her trip into advocacy began with a relative who was murdered back in the 1990s and also includes Renee Didier, a local woman who was found murdered in 2024. Didier is also Greyeyes\u2019 cousin, and the murder hit \u201ctoo close to home.\u201d Speaking to host Chris Walker about Red Dress Day, Greyeyes described it as an \u201cimportant day\u201d to honour MMIWG, raise... <\/p>\n

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