Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson and Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham announced the Prairie Green Landfill, where the remains of two murdered women are believed to be, has paused operations..Stefanson said it is important to “get this right” for the families of alleged serial killer Jeremy Skibicki.. Heather Stefanson .“I think it’s very important that for right now we take this pause and we get this right,” Stefanson told reporters..On May 16, Skibicki was charged with the first-degree murder of Rebecca Contois..On December 1, Skibicki was charged with three more first-degree murder offences in the deaths of Marcedes Myran, Morgan Harris, and Buffalo Woman, who the indigenous community named as police do not know her name. .The Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) said it is “not feasible to search” the Prairie Green Landfill. However, the WPS believes the remains of Myran and Harris are in the landfill..Gillingham said it’s important for indigenous leaders and members “help with the next steps in the investigation.”.Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre Executive Director Diane Redsky and other indigenous leaders met with Gillingham on Thursday morning..READ MORE Alleged serial killer murdered four indigenous women in Winnipeg.Redsky asked Gillingham for two things. First, pause the landfill operations. Second, do a “full assessment and feasibility study” with experts..“We wanted to have and needed to have a conversation with him because we felt that more can be done, and our indigenous women and girls have a right to safety and security,” said Redsky. .Redsky said the indigenous community is worried that they will find more bodies in the landfill. It would only add to the suffering but give closure to Myran's and Harris's families and possibly more victims families.. Wab Kinew .“As far as we are concerned, it’s not a landfill. It’s a burial site,” said Redsky..NDP Leader Wan Kinew said it is important to find the remains of the murdered women..“I take seriously technical considerations, feasibility, safety of people conducting a search, it has to be first and foremost,” said Kinew..“When I look at ... a pair of grieving daughters, I look at grieving family members, I think it’s important that we make the effort.”
