AFN renews call for national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women

July 16, 2014 By Tim Bousquet

by Hilary Beaumont On the heels of the brutal assault of Cree woman Marlene Bird in Prince Albert, and as Halifax prepares for the preliminary inquiry into the murder of Inuk woman Loretta Saunders next week, First Nations people are again calling for a national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women. “Hey Harper, wake…

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