Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson speaks during a news conference after a meeting of western premiers, in Whistler, B.C., on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Stefanson says the federal government needs to make a decision on whether to search a landfill north of Winnipeg for the remains of two women. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
WINNIPEG – Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson says the federal government needs to make a decision on whether to search a landfill north of Winnipeg for the remains of two women.
Stefanson says it’s not a provincial responsibility, and the province would only support a federally led search if there are ways to guarantee the safety of workers conducting the search.
Two Indigenous women – Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran – are believed to have been killed last year and their remains are believed to be in the privately owned Prairie Green landfill north of Winnipeg.
Relatives and Indigenous leaders have called for a search of the landfill, and a federally funded study this spring found a search is feasible.
However, the study said a search would have no guarantee of success, take up to three years and would involve dealing with toxic chemicals.
The federal government has said it is still reviewing the feasibility study.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 6, 2023
