Loretta Saunders
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.
One of the Canadians Convicted of Killing Their Roommate Loretta Saunders Wants to Appeal Her Sentence
Victoria Henneberry wants to start the appeal process despite missing the deadline to do so.
The Unsolved Murder of Tanya Brooks
Six years after the Canadian First Nations woman's death, there are more questions than answers.
Loretta Saunders’ Roommates Admit They Murdered Her in Surprise Guilty Pleas
In two agreed upon statements of fact, Blake Leggette admitted he suffocated Saunders and Victoria Henneberry admitted she helped him do it.
Government Inaction Has Led to an Independent Database for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
After petitioning the government to open an inquiry into over 1,000 cases of missing and murdered aboriginal women to no avail, a new First Nation run online database aims to kickstart the process.
A Recent Blockade For Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women Hasn't Swayed Stephen Harper
We went to the scene of a sizeable blockade in Belleville, Ontario last week to chat with the organizers of a protest designed to shake the Conservative government into action.
Why Does Canada Care More About 'Honour Killings' Than Missing Aboriginal Women?
In February, Loretta Saunders, an aboriginal woman completing her thesis on missing and murdered aboriginal women, was murdered herself. Now many aboriginal rights groups, women's rights organizations, and countries around the world are calling on the...
Duke Freshman Porn Star Takes Haters To School, and White Feminists Need to Stand Down
This week in the realm of things affecting the lives of people with vaginas, we need to think about everything from a delightful satire of your typical thinly disguised, blustering misogynist, to the horrible death of Loretta Saunders.
Government Inaction Has Led to an Independent Database for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada
The database is aiming to not just record numbers, but to fight back by remembering the lives of the women who have been lost.