WARNING: This story contains distressing details.
Hundreds formed a ring around drummers and singers in the middle of Portage Avenue and Main Street in Winnipeg Friday evening to honour Linda Beardy after the mother of four was found dead in a city landfill earlier this week.
Demonstrators closed down the intersection at 5 p.m. while some chanted “we are not trash,” “search the landfill” and “shut Brady down.” Police diverted traffic away from the intersection.
“It’s important for me to be here today because time and time again Indigenous women, people, are ending up in our landfill,” Jessica Courchene said at the rally.
“It’s not
