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Val-d’Or decision remains a political storm for the Couillard government

Val-d’Or decision remains a political storm for the Couillard government

The contrast couldn’t have been more striking. The fallout from the Quebec crown prosecutors’ decision not to proceed with charges against several Val-d’Or Surêté du Québec police officers continues to swirl around the province and across the country. But, for […]

Val-d’Or crisis flames anew as prosecutors decline to bring charges against SQ

Val-d’Or crisis flames anew as prosecutors decline to bring charges against SQ

A dozen Indigenous women behind the allegations of police abuse in Val-d’Or were attending a retreat at a nearby cultural centre on November 15 to prepare for an announcement on whether charges would be brought against their abusers. They were […]

Val-d’Or SQ officers sue Radio-Canada as abuse investigation drags on

Val-d’Or SQ officers sue Radio-Canada as abuse investigation drags on

One year after Radio Canada’s Enquête program brought to light startling allegations of sexual assault and abuse suffered by Native women at the hands of Sûreté du Québec (SQ) officers in Val-d’Or and the surrounding area, 41 police officers at […]

Demanding real justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women

Demanding real justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women

“Two years,” observed Idle No More organizer Melissa Mollen-Dupuis, speaking about the mandate of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. “That’s two years of women dying, women disappearing, young girls being put into pimps’ hands […]

Length of investigation into SQ in Val-d’Or leads to increasing unease

Length of investigation into SQ in Val-d’Or leads to increasing unease

Eight months after the Val-d’Or police crisis caused an uproar across Quebec, the lack of information, charges or any other resolution of allegations against provincial police officers in the town is leading many to question why the investigation by the […]

Regional Chief  Ghislain Picard and Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come

Val-d’Or allegations throw Quebec into a crisis

Twenty five years ago this month, a 17-year-old Cree man named Neil Stonechild was picked up by Saskatoon police, driven out to the edge of the city, and left there. Temperatures were below minus 25ºC, and Stonechild’s frozen body, wearing […]