2022 Winnipeg serial killings
Between March and May 2022, four Indigenous-Canadian women – Rebecca Contois, Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran, and Ashlee Shingoose (initially unidentified until March 2025 and referred to as Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe or Buffalo Woman) – were murdered by Jeremy Skibicki. He was charged for the murders on December 1, 2022. On July 11, 2024, he was found guilty on all four counts of first-degree murder, and he was sentenced to four life sentences in August 2024.
Investigations by Global News and CBC News revealed that Skibicki had a pattern of spousal abuse, with two previous partners having been allegedly assaulted, threatened, and raped by Skibicki. Both partners were of Indigenous (Métis) descent. Further investigations of Skibicki's Facebook account revealed a pattern of misogynistic, violent, anti-semitic, and white supremacist behaviour. No RCMP official investigations has been launched in the public. The killings prompted an emergency debate in the House of Commons regarding the ongoing epidemic of violence against Indigenous women and girls. A motion proposing the creation of a "Red Dress Alert" by MP Leah Gazan was unanimously adopted by the House of Commons, citing the murders in a letter to Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino. Ahead of the 2023 Manitoba general election, the ruling Progressive Conservatives campaigned against searching the landfill for the remains of Myran and Harris. The Progressive Conservatives lost the 2023 election to the New Democrats, who promised a search for the women's remains at the Prairie Green Landfill if elected.