{"id":129195,"date":"2017-11-07T05:33:46","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T10:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=129195"},"modified":"2017-11-07T05:33:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T10:33:46","slug":"inquiry-into-missing-murdered-indigenous-women-opens-hearings-in-edmonton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/07\/inquiry-into-missing-murdered-indigenous-women-opens-hearings-in-edmonton\/","title":{"rendered":"Inquiry into missing, murdered Indigenous women opens hearings in Edmonton"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_129204\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129204\" style=\"width: 1536px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/22550108_489640681401404_8198242032128793144_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-129204\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/22550108_489640681401404_8198242032128793144_o.jpg\" alt=\"Chief commissioner Marion Buller says that doesn't address questions from family members who want to know why investigations were halted or why leads weren't followed up. (Photo: National Inquiry MMIWG \/ Enqu\u00eate nationale FFADA\/Facebook)\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/22550108_489640681401404_8198242032128793144_o.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/22550108_489640681401404_8198242032128793144_o-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/22550108_489640681401404_8198242032128793144_o-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-129204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chief commissioner Marion Buller says that doesn&#8217;t address questions from family members who want to know why investigations were halted or why leads weren&#8217;t followed up. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MMIWG\/photos\/a.367701940261946.1073741828.361462917552515\/489640681401404\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MMIWG\" target=\"_blank\">National Inquiry MMIWG \/ Enqu\u00eate nationale FFADA\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>EDMONTON\u2014The national inquiry on murdered and missing Indigenous women comes to Edmonton today, a week after issuing an interim report calling for a national police task force to open old investigations.<\/p>\n<p>The inquiry will sit for three days in the Alberta capital to hear from family members about their missing daughters, wives and mothers.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the inquiry called for some sort of investigative body to re-open existing cold cases.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioners are allowed to refer cases to police only when new information surfaces.<\/p>\n<p>Chief commissioner Marion Buller says that doesn&#8217;t address questions from family members who want to know why investigations were halted or why leads weren&#8217;t followed up.<\/p>\n<p>The commission&#8217;s report also calls for Health Canada to expand an existing support program for those who testify.<\/p>\n<p>The commission has been criticized by families and survivors disappointed in what they see as a lack of concrete action.<\/p>\n<p>The Liberal government has earmarked $53.8 million and two years for the inquiry&#8217;s work. One year is left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EDMONTON\u2014The national inquiry on murdered and missing Indigenous women comes to Edmonton today, a week after issuing an interim report &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":129204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,18,16],"tags":[3898,12435,31718,18739],"class_list":["post-129195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ca","category-news","tag-edmonton","tag-marion-buller","tag-missing-indigenous-women","tag-murdered-indigenous-women","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}