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November 13, 2024


All charges stayed on 2nd day of trial against Manitoba priest accused of sexually assaulting girl

Update comes day after testimony from girl who made allegations against Arul Savari WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it. CBC News: A Manitoba priest accused of sexually assaulting a now-nine-year-old girl in Little Grand Rapids First Nation last year has had all charges against...

November 12, 2024


Court hears from 9-year-old girl who says she was sexually assaulted by Manitoba priest last year

‘Father Arul. He did something gross to me,’ girl says in video statement played in court WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it.  CBC News: A now nine-year-old girl who says she was sexually assaulted by a priest last year in Little Grand Rapids First...

August 28, 2024


“‘Shattered” doesn’t explain how I feel’: Sentencing for serial killer hears from families of murdered women

Sentencing hearing in Winnipeg court hears about horrific impact of Jeremy Skibicki’s crimes WARNING: This story contains details about violence against Indigenous women. CBC News: For some, it’s the sight of a garbage truck on the street that can suddenly bring them back to the worst day of their lives; for others, something as ordinary...

July 22, 2024


Winnipeg serial killer knew what he was doing was wrong, judge says

Nearly 200-page written decision sheds more light on why Jeremy Skibicki convicted earlier this month WARNING: This story contains distressing details. CBC News: Serial killer Jeremy Skibicki knew what he was doing was wrong, a judge said in a lengthy decision outlining why he convicted the Winnipeg man in the murders of four vulnerable Indigenous...

July 16, 2024


A white supremacist confirms what Indigenous inquiries have been trying to tell us for years

In finding Jeremy Skibicki guilty, Chief Justice Glenn Joyal dismissed the evidence put forward by the defence as ‘fabricated’ and said the Crown had proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Skibicki understood the planned and deliberate killings were legally and morally wrong. Toronto Star: Last week in Winnipeg they were dancing in the streets when...

July 11, 2024


Judgment in unusual trial of admitted Winnipeg serial killer coming Thursday

Lawyers for Jeremy Skibicki argued he should be found not criminally responsible for killing 4 women in 2022 WARNING: This story contains distressing details. CBC News: The fate of a Winnipeg man who has confessed to killing four women but denies criminal responsibility will be decided Thursday after an unusual trial for the admitted serial killer. ...

July 9, 2024


Judge in murder trial weighs motivations of admitted Winnipeg serial killer

Jeremy Skibicki confessed to killing (left to right) Rebecca Contois, Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran and Buffalo Woman in the spring of 2022. Photo illustration: APTN News  This story contains information from a murder trial. Please read with care. APTN News: The Canadian Press – judge is expected to decide this week whether a man who...

July 2, 2024


3rd Pinaymootang First Nation man’s conviction overturned in 1973 Winnipeg murder in light of new evidence

Evidence suggests ‘miscarriage of justice’ in Clarence Woodhouse’s conviction, federal justice minister says CBC News: A new trial has been ordered for a third First Nations man convicted for the murder of a Winnipeg man 50 years ago. Clarence Woodhouse, now in his early 70s, was one of three men and members of Pinaymootang First...

June 2, 2024


How Jeremy Skibicki’s ‘unusual’ defence compares to other serial killer cases

Skibicki’s lawyers plan to argue he was suffering from a mental disorder when he killed 4 women in 2022 WARNING: This story contains distressing details. CBC News: Admitted Winnipeg serial killer Jeremy Skibicki’s plan to argue he’s not criminally responsible in the deaths of four women due to a mental disorder strikes several experts as...

May 14, 2024


Judge orders psychiatric assessment of admitted serial killer

Crown’s forensic psychiatrist to interview Jeremy Skibicki.  Warning: This story contains disturbing details. Please read with care.  A Winnipeg judge has ordered a self-confessed serial killer to undergo a psychiatric assessment at the request of the Crown prosecutor. Manitoba Chief Justice Glenn Joyal overruled the objection of Jeremy Skibicki’s defence lawyer Leonard Tailleur Tuesday to...

May 10, 2024


Women’s remains believed to have spent 2 weeks in same Winnipeg dumpster before going to landfill, trial hears

Surveillance video revealed Jeremy Skibicki disposing of bodies in numerous garbage bins Caitlyn Gowriluk · CBC News · Posted: May 10, 2024 1:40 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago WARNING: This story contains distressing details. CBC News: When police learned a woman’s remains were discovered in a Winnipeg garbage bin nearly two years ago, they had no...

May 9, 2024


Police find DNA of another 12 women at self-confessed killer’s apartment in Winnipeg

DNA belonging to Ashlee Shingoose was found in Jeremy Skibicki’s apartment. She has been missing since 2022. Photo: Winnipeg police.  Warning: This story contains disturbing details. Please read with care.  APTN News: The Winnipeg Police Service confirmed the DNA of four Indigenous women inside the home of their self-confessed killer, a court heard Thursday, along...

May 8, 2024


Court, family hears how Indigenous women were murdered in Winnipeg

Defence claims Jeremy Skibicki has borderline personality disorder and PTSD Warning: This article contains content that may be disturbing to readers. Discretion is advised. APTN News: Serial killer Jeremy Skibicki calmly took detectives through the last minutes of his victims’ lives on a video played in a Winnipeg courtroom Wednesday. The seven-hour conversation-turned-confession shows a...

May 8, 2024


Mother of Tim McLean talks about his murder and use of not criminally responsible defence in court

Carol de Delley says she tried to change it after son’s killer found not criminally responsible due to mental illness.  Tim McLean was murdered on a Greyhound bus in 2008. He stabbed, beheaded and cannibalized. Photo: APTN file.  APTN News: When her son was decapitated, Carol de Delley thought it was the worst thing that...

May 6, 2024


Trial of Winnipeg man who admits to killing 4 women to be heard by judge alone

Jeremy Skibicki asks to be found not criminally responsible in the deaths CBC News: The jury trial of a man accused of killing four women in Winnipeg will now instead be heard by a judge alone, a change that comes after Jeremy Skibicki’s lawyers said he admits to killing the women but will ask to be found...

March 13, 2024


B.C. judge warns of ‘tsunami’ of Indigenous identity fraud cases

Baptist pastor charged with possessing child pornography claimed Métis status based on great-great-grandparent WARNING: This story contains details of child sexual exploitation and pornography. CBC News: After he was charged with possessing child pornography, Nathan Allen Joseph Legault discovered a figure from his past he hoped might help with his future. The Prince Rupert, B.C., man...

November 8, 2023


What do we know about Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe? Details still scarce as her alleged killer is in court

‘It’s tragic that her family … hasn’t found their loved one,’ MMIWG advocate says CBC Indigenous: Just steps away from the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, red dresses blow in the wind.  They serve as a symbol of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada, including the four police allege were killed by...

July 14, 2023


Defiant protesters burn injunction after Manitoba judge orders landfill blockade to come down

Police liaison asked protesters if they would leave after injunction came into effect CBC News: Protesters at Winnipeg’s Brady Road landfill remained defiant Friday night, ignoring a judge’s order to stop blocking the main road into the facility and burning a copy of the injunction he issued earlier in the day. The main entrance to...

March 30, 2023


Ex-priest, 93, acquitted of indecent assault at Manitoba residential school

Arthur Masse was charged last year in alleged incident at Fort Alexander dating back more than 50 years WARNING: This story contains distressing details. CBC News: A retired priest accused of assaulting a First Nations girl at a Manitoba residential school more than 50 years ago has been acquitted. Victoria McIntosh alleged she was assaulted by Arthur Masse,...