Indigenous advocates and organizations are renewing calls for a search for human remains in Winnipeg-area landfills, after the discovery of a First Nations woman’s body at the Brady Road landfill this week.
Staff at the south Winnipeg landfill discovered the remains of Linda Mary Beardy, a 33-year-old woman originally from Lake St. Martin First Nation, on Monday afternoon, police said.
“Many people call it a graveyard and we continue to put garbage there,” said Cindy Woodhouse, the regional chief for Manitoba with the Assembly of First Nations, in an interview Tuesday, shortly after police announced the discovery at Brady Road.
“We know that it’s a graveyard. And there’s
