Area of interest at Manitoba landfill has been clear of waste since June: committee – Winnipeg | 24CA News

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Published 24.01.2023
Area of interest at Manitoba landfill has been clear of waste since June: committee – Winnipeg | 24CA News

An Indigenous-led committee tasked with figuring out whether or not it’s doable to recuperate the stays of two First Nations ladies from a landfill says there hasn’t been waste deposited at an space of curiosity there since final summer season.

Members of the crew met with the proprietor of Prairie Green landfill earlier this month to debate the standing of operations on the privately run landfill simply outdoors Winnipeg.

The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says in a press release that no further supplies have been deposited to the landfill cell that police marked as an space of curiosity since June, which means there’s much less waste to take away if a search is carried out.

Police have mentioned they might not search the landfill for the stays of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran, citing the passage of time and a big quantity of fabric deposited on the website.

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Police have charged Jeremy Skibicki with first-degree homicide within the deaths of Harris, Myran, Rebecca Contois and an unidentified girl, whom Indigenous leaders have named Buffalo Woman.

The partial stays of Contois had been present in June at a separate city-run landfill.

The committee has submitted a funding proposal to the federal authorities for the feasibility research and expects it to be accomplished by the top of March.


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