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MMIW Hearing Wrap Today

Thursday, 1 June 2017 08:07

Nine families have so far testified.

Family hearings at a national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls will wrap up in Whitehorse today.

So far, nine families have told their stories at the hearings, which began on Tuesday.

Some spoke about sisters, mothers and wives who did not get justice, while others presented family photographs of lost loved ones and spoke passionately about their legacies.

Yesterday, Edna Deerunner told commissioners about the death of her mother, which she believes police never investigated.

She urged commissioners to recommend that the R-C-M-P apologize to indigenous people.

The national inquiry will be examining systemic issues in the justice system and making recommendations.

Other community hearings will not be held until the fall, and chief commissioner Marion Buller says she expects to ask the federal government for more time and money.

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(The Canadian Press)

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