Thompson slaying highlights ‘alarming rates’ of violence: MKO
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This article was published 14/10/2022 (1395 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Manitoba First Nations leaders are calling for justice after an Indigenous mother of three was killed in Thompson this week.
Geraldine Miranda Chubb, 33, a member of Bunibonibee Cree Nation, was found dead in an apartment in the northern city just after 8 a.m. on Oct. 12.
A 25-year-old man was arrested at the scene. Chubb’s death is being treated as a homicide, RCMP said.
Geraldine Miranda Chubb, 33, a member of Bunibonibee Cree Nation, was found dead on Oct. 12. (Supplied)
“Our women and girls are being taken from us at alarming rates and we must put a stop to the violence,” Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Grand Chief Garrison Settee said Friday. “We cannot continue losing any more women. They are our life-givers and must be treated with respect and dignity.
“We cannot allow this crisis to become a normal occurrence — the violence needs to end.”
Settee said he is “extremely saddened” by the death of another Indigenous woman in Manitoba. In Winnipeg, seven Indigenous women have been killed this year.
“The violence needs to end. We need to begin healing our communities and by doing this, we need to work together,” said Heidi Spence, director of MKO’s missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls liaison unit. “I challenge everyone to take the courage to speak out against all and any form of violence… We all have a right to feel safe, a right to security, and a right to live without worry.”
Anyone who needs support can reach out to the unit at 1-800-442-0488 or at 204-677-1648.
RCMP continue to investigate Chubb’s death.