A Cree elder from northern Manitoba feels sick after he says staff at a Thompson furniture store racially profiled him and called police to accuse him of being intoxicated.
“I was angry and hurt. I don’t know how to really explain it, but I could feel it in my chest,” said Edwin Beardy.
The 70-year-old from Tataskweyak Cree Nation suffers from Kennedy’s Disease, a rare degenerative disorder that causes muscle weakening in his face and legs, resulting in difficulty walking and articulating his speech.
On Feb. 19, Beardy drove from Tataskweyak to Thompson to pick up a bed that he had ordered days earlier, only to
