red dress alert

Canada, Manitoba to develop Red Dress Alert for missing Indigenous women and girls

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Canada, Manitoba to develop Red Dress Alert for missing Indigenous women and girls

Canada and Manitoba are partnering to launch an alert system that would inform the public when an Indigenous woman or girl goes missing, government representatives said Friday in Winnipeg, ahead of a national day to mark the crisis. The long-awaited Red Dress Alert system is a bid to prevent deaths and increase safe reunions with … Read more

Study for Red Dress Alert starting at committee in Ottawa

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Study for Red Dress Alert starting at committee in Ottawa

Work is moving forward on the Red Dress Alert — an Amber Alert-like system for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. On Tuesday morning, the House of Commons’ status of women committee started a study looking into the proposal. Member of Parliament for Winnipeg Centre Leah Gazan said the study will integrate themes from coast-to-coast … Read more