On today’s Brief, a number of stories about Red Dress Day, this week’s commemoration of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls: a Stoney Nakoda First Nation event which involved Alberta RCMP; Confusion and anger on Instagram after it appeared the platform removed posts honouring families and survivors; MMIWG advocates and family in Vancouver hold memorials, with participation from the city. In other news, new information has emerged surrounding the February death of inmate William Ahmo after an altercation with officers at a Manitoba correctional facility. A Yukon First Nation has demanded their region’s MLA resign after he sent inappropriate text messages in a group chat.

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