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A forensic anthropologist who led a study on a proposed search of a Manitoba landfill for the remains of two First Nations women is confident it can be done, with precautions to protect searchers from risks such as exposure to toxic gases and asbestos.
“The humanitarian recovery of two victims of homicide” is important “for the government to consider as a priority,” Emily Holland, an associate professor of anthropology at Brandon University, told CBC in an interview.
“It’s possible and feasible to search the landfill.”
Holland co-chaired the technical subcommittee of a feasibility study that was commissioned by an Indigenous-led committee after
