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Inside One Family’s Bureaucratic Struggle to Find Out if Their Missing Daughter Is Still Alive
Canadian regulations around government records for Status Indians makes it impossible for even investigators to access basic clues to her whereabouts.
Tina Fontaine's Body Was Tossed in a River and Now Police Have Made an Arrest
The death of 15-year-old Fontaine reignited anger and despair at the thousands of missing and murdered women in Canada, and prompted fresh calls for a federal inquiry into the matter.
Will Canada's Inquiry into Murdered Indigenous Women Actually Do Anything?
After years of regarding our government with deep cynicism and suspicion on missing and murdered Indigenous women, many find it hard to believe that anything good can come out of Ottawa.
Canada Launches Inquiry Into Murdered Aboriginal Women and Opens the Door to Repealing 'Racist' Indian Act
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised “nothing less than a total renewal of the relationship between Canada and First Nations Peoples" on Tuesday, as he launched a national inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal women.
How Canadian Authorities Screwed Up After Jailing Serial Killer Robert Pickton
Eighteen years after Stephanie Lane's disappearance, and 13 years after her remains were found on Pickton's farm, her family's trauma is still not over.
Here’s Why, as an Indigenous Person, I Voted for Trudeau in the Canadian Election
The thought of four more years of Harper was like an evil ghost climbing up my asshole and shaking me to the core.
We Turned Chef Matty Matheson into a Canadian Campaign Trail Reporter
Watch as Matty asks Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper two questions, fraternizes with his new friends on the media bus, and chats with protesters at Conservative rallies.
Life and Death Along Canada's Highway of Tears
Justice is difficult to find on the 450-mile stretch of Highway 16 that winds through central British Columbia, connecting Prince Rupert and Prince George. In 1994 alone, three teenage girls were killed along this route.
A Family's Desperate Search for a Missing Woman Police Can't Find
Misty Faith Potts is a 38-year-old Canadian woman who disappeared in March 2015, one of the more than 1,200 missing or murdered Indigenous women across the country.
How the Canadian Authorities Have Impeded Reporting on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
While reporting on Canada's epidemic of missing Indigenous women, I've learned that Canadian government institutions don't want this story told.
Trailer - Searchers: Highway of Tears
You can't help but shudder at the sinister nickname for British Columbia's provincial Autoroute 16, known as "The Highway of Tears," which is both a trucking passage and the winding graveyard of up to 42 Aboriginal women, assumed to be murdered.
Trailer - Searchers: Misty Potts
Misty Faith Potts, 38-year-old Nakoda woman who disappeared in March 2015. She has an masters degree in environmental science and taught at Yellowhead College, but took a downward spiral into drugs after her brother died and her marriage unravelled.