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Manitoba cabinet briefing on landfill search for murder victims not being released
The withheld briefing relates to a costly $184 million landfill search involving toxic risks; the NDP government found victims' remains at a separate site for $18-$20 million, officials said.
- In late 2024, Manitoba’s NDP government initiated a search at the Prairie Green landfill, located near Winnipeg, which led to the discovery of remains belonging to Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran.
- This followed the former Progressive Conservative government’s 2023 decision not to support the search, citing a May 2023 federally funded study warning of high costs, risks, and uncertain success.
- In 2022, Jeremy Skibicki murdered Harris, Myran, and two other individuals, disposing of their bodies in trash bins; he is now imprisoned for life following a conviction of first-degree murder.
- The search initiated in late 2024 successfully located the remains within several months, with expenses reported to be between $18 million and $20 million. Concurrently, efforts continue at a different landfill to find Ashlee Shingoose, another victim connected to Skibicki.
- Manitoba’s cabinet secrecy laws prevent release of related government documents despite calls for transparency, though experts say there is room to make more material public.
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Manitoba cabinet briefing on landfill search for murder victims not being released (Canada)
A report that could shed more light on why Manitoba's former Progressive Conservative government rejected calls to search a landfill for the remains of two murder victims is being withheld under the province's freedom of information law. Records obtained by The Canadian Press show senior bureaucrats...
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Manitoba cabinet briefing on landfill search for murder victims not being released
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