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In the heart of Hochelaga, in Montreal’s east end, splashes of neon colour consume the side of an otherwise grey residential building. Shades of turquoise, pink, blue, and green are encircled in orange and yellow, forming the shape of three abstract faces, the bottom one featuring an open third eye.

To open the first week of May like a crisp page of chapter five for the year 2025, the first line of this story began with the title “National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ People.”

Monday was Red Dress Day, a day for honouring and demanding justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit people (MMIWG2S).

Quebec Native Women (QNW) and the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal (NWSM) are teaming up to create a new province-wide map that’ll compile the stories of those affected by the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people.  A two-day long event will be hosted at the Golden Age Club in town next week to encourage families in Kahnawake to participate in particular.

It was an afternoon of smiles and rainbows for attendees at Kahnawake’s second annual Pride Parade last weekend, as community members marched through the streets in support of the LGBTQ2S+ community.  “It’s been awesome, just like last year, to see so much support and how much love has come through our community,” said Jess Beauvais, who was one of the Kahnawake Pride Committee’s organizers.

A new monument honouring LGBTQ2S+ people is set to be erected in Ottawa, featuring stone from across Turtle Island – including Kahnawake.

An announcement last week from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) that the ribbon skirt would now be part of official ceremonial uniform incited strong reactions from community members, with mixed views on whether the force should have the right to include traditional items in their uniform.

This Sunday, May 5, marks the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S) – better known as Red Dress Day. With Red Dress Day coming up on the calendar, the government devoted dollars to the long-awaited, urgently needed Red Dress alert – the MMIWG2S equivalent of an Amber Alert – but don’t expect it to be operational anytime soon.

At a certain point in the journey to get to Ōtaki, New Zealand, for the Māoriland Film Festival, the 22-strong group travelling to participate began to wonder if they would ever get there.