‘Bittersweet moment’: Morgan Harris’ remains found in Canada landfill

Families had been pushing more than two years to convince officials to search the Prairie Green and Brady landfills, after the partial remains of another woman, Rebecca Contois, O-Chi Chak Ko Sipi First Nation, were found at the Brady landfill.

The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs sent out a statement acknowledging the news and sharing condolences with the family.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with her family, loved ones and nation as they face this unimaginable loss,” AMC Grand Chief Kyra Wilson said in the statement. “This search has always been about love — honouring Morgan, Marcedes, Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe (Buffalo Woman), Rebecca Contois, and all families still waiting for their loved ones to be brought home.

“No family should have to search in this way, yet their loved ones stood firm in their truth and refused to be silenced,” Wilson said. “It is through their love and determination that Morgan has been found.”

“Their loved ones were entitled to live — free of violence — and they deserved respect and dignity in death,” National Chief Cindy Woodhouse-Nepinak said in a statement. “For the three long years, these families have carried an unimaginable burden fighting for the recovery of their loved ones. They should never have had to fight this hard.”

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