Search for remains of Ashley Shingoose in Winnipeg landfill to start in December

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says the search for the remains of Ashley Shingoose in a Winnipeg landfill is expected to start in December. Kinew told reporters Monday that the search will resemble the one completed in the past year for two First Nations women who were also killed by the same man. “We are moving ahead to the next steps which involves hiring the searchers,” Kinew said. “This is very much the same process that we used at Prairie Green landfill and now we are just doing it at Brady. “And because we are there, the City of Winnipeg has been great. The Winnipeg Police Service have been great about collaborating with us.” Earlier this month, the Shingoose family welcomed Kinew to their home in St. Theresa Anisininew Nation for a sweatlodge ceremony. They said they wanted the physical search of the Brady Landfill to start in a good way. In 2022, Shingoose was killed along with Rebecca Contois, Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran by a man who hunted for them in Winnipeg’s shelters. He is serving concurrent life sentences for first degree murder. Harris and Myran’s remains ended up in a privately owned Prairie Green landfill. In February 2025, after a three month search, the remains of both women were located. Shingoose was his first victim but after his arrest, police could not identify her. She became known only as Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe, Buffalo Woman. Kinew said with the work at Prairie Green now complete, they have started moving equipment to the Brady dump. “We have been doing the decommissioning activities so it might look like there is activities on site but it is not related to the search,” he said. “It’s because we had buildings there that we are moving to Brady, trailers that were being moved to other locations and things like that.” ‘Rock star’  The face of the fight to get authorities to search the Prairie Green site has been hired by the province. Cambria Harris is now the special assistant to the minister of finance with a focus on reconciliation. Kinew called her, a “rock star.” “She showed poise, intelligence, moral courage and I just think this is a great Manitoban,” Kinew said. Continue Reading