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“Stop drinking, Wab.” These words were uttered in the chamber of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly to Wab Kinew, who is the only First Nations premier in the history of the country.

The man who compared himself to Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa is saying goodbye.

Morgan Harris’s daughter, Cambria Harris, told attendees at a vigil in 2022 that her mother was “happy-go-lucky, she was silly, she was fun, people loved to be around her.” She was a mother of five and a grandmother of one.

It took years to convince authorities to conduct a search of the Prairie Green landfill, where the remains of two Indigenous women, Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran, both members of the Long Plain First Nation, are believed to have been dumped after being murdered by serial killer Jeremy Skibicki.

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.

Anishinaabemowin advocate and journalist Wab Kinew’s engaging new autobiography The Reason You Walk (Viking Press, $32) is a finely crafted journey of reconciliation, cultural revival and a touching story about a father and his son.