Justin Brake

Still no inquiry into missing, murdered Indigenous women year after Loretta Saunders’ death

Robert DeVet — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 14:17:04 +0000

Loretta Saunders was last seen alive one year ago today. Her body was found nearly two weeks later alongside the Trans Canada Highway in New Brunswick.

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"Everything reminded me of her...I couldn’t heal"

Justin Brake — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 20:02:43 +0000

Loretta Saunders' sister launches 'homicide survivor' blog in the wake of yet another murder of an Indigenous woman.

Delilah Saunders says lately she’s been having “a lot more good days than bad”, eight months after her sister Loretta was murdered, her body dumped in a wooded area near the Trans-Canada Highway in New Brunswick where she lay for two weeks in the freezing cold.

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Dissidence grows over province's refusal to fly Labrador flag

Justin Brake — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:54:23 +0000

As Labrador Affairs Minister Nick McGrath backs province's refusal to fly Labrador flag at entry points to the Big Land, the flag's creator speaks out against the decision, while at least two flag raising ceremonies are being planned in protest

When Holly Greenleaves left her home in Pinsent’s Arm, Labrador last Thursday to drive to Newfoundland she was excited to see that the two Labrador flags someone had appended to the province’s welcome sign at the Labrador-Quebec border were still there.

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Colour-correcting injustice in The Big Land

Justin Brake — Tue, 06 May 2014 14:12:25 +0000

Forty years later the creator of the Labrador flag is taking action against illegally manufactured flags and the changes people have made to the blue, white and green to turn a profit. He also has an important message about the flag's seemingly lost message.

On April 5, less than a week after the Labrador flag turned 40, The Independent received an email from Michael Martin, former New Labrador Party MHA for Labrador South and creator of the Labrador flag.

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Loretta Saunders’ death latest in growing epidemic

Justin Brake — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 00:53:42 +0000

As the number of missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada continues to rise at an alarming rate, people, human rights groups and politicians strengthen the call for a national public inquiry

This story was originally published March 1, 2014 on TheIndependent.ca

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