A landfill blockade and demands to find Indigenous women’s remains

Protesters say the provincial government’s refusal to search a Manitoba landfill for the suspected remains of two murdered Indigenous women is just the latest example of a long history of systemic racism. We’ll hear why they’ve blockaded a city landfill in Winnipeg as they demand justice.

People holding signs stand on the steps of Manitoba Legislature.

It’s been a week since protesters began a blockade of the Brady Road landfill in Winnipeg. They’re calling on the government to search the Prairie Green landfill — a privately owned dump outside the city — for the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran, two murdered Indigenous women. But the government says that, despite police believing the two women’s remains are there, the site won’t be searched, primarily due to safety concerns.

But for Cambria Harris, that’s not good enough. Her mother Morgan, along with Myran and two other women whose remains were found at the Brady Road landfill, are believed to be the victim of an alleged serial killer, Jeremy Skibicki. He’s been charged with four counts of first-degree murder in connection to their deaths. In refusing to search the landfill, Harris says the government is perpetuating a long history of systemic racism that has led to the ongoing crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) in Canada.

With tensions flaring as the city seeks an injunction to remove the protesters, CBC reporter Josh Crabb takes us inside the story, and where things could be headed next.

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