— The family of an Aboriginal woman from Prince Edward Island who died a suspicious death says they want people to know her life mattered. Our First Nation women matter,” Barbara Bernard said as she spoke before the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Wednesday in Moncton, N.B. I never realized it could have been a murder or suspicious death,” Bernard said. The main thing is to find out if it was a suspicious death, was she murdered?” Bernard said. The federal government set up the inquiry in December 2015 to address the high number of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

Source: National Post February 14, 2018 17:47 UTC