Leaders of search-the-landfill movement awarded King Charles III Coronation medals
Cambria Harris, Jorden Myran raised voices for own relatives and all affected by MMIWG2S, citation says
Two prominent leaders of the push to get a Manitoba landfill searched for the remains of missing women have been awarded medals.
Cambria Harris and Jorden Myran were each presented on Tuesday with King Charles III Coronation medals at the Manitoba Legislative Building.
Both were introduced as leading voices of the landfill movement, not only for their own relatives but for all those affected by MMIWG2S.
Harris and Myran have been front and centre in the call for a search over the past two years, holding protests and news conferences, establishing camps to draw attention to the cause, and fighting through the refusal of the previous provincial government to conduct a search.
Harris is the daughter of Morgan Harris, and Myran is the sister of Marcedes Myran.
The remains of Morgan, 39, and Marcedes, 26, are believed to be in the Prairie Green Landfill north of Winnipeg in the rural municipality of Rosser.
They were killed by Jeremy Skibicki and left in a dumpster near his apartment in Winnipeg in 2022.
Skibicki, 37, was convicted in July 2024 of four counts of first-degree murder in the killings of four women. In addition to Morgan and Marcedes, he was found guilty in the deaths of Rebecca Contois, 24, and a still-unidentified woman who has been given the name Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe, or Buffalo Woman, by community leaders.
Contois's remains were found in garbage bins near Skibicki's apartment and at Winnipeg's city-run Brady Road landfill.
But Morgan and Marcedes are believed to be in the privately run Prairie Green.
On Dec. 4, excavation began at Prairie Green, one year after the NDP took power in Manitoba and reversed the prior Progressive Conservative government's decision not to search.
The provincial and federal governments each committed $20 million earlier this year to fund the search, which the province has said could continue into the new year.
Camp Morgan closing
Melissa Robinson, a cousin of Harris, posted an image on Facebook of the medal ceremony. She also posted an announcement that a closing ceremony for Camp Morgan will be held Dec. 18.
That day will mark exactly two years since the camp was established next to the Brady Road landfill to draw attention to the call for a search. That landfill was chosen because it was visible to more members of the public than Prairie Green.
"Please join us … as we close out our sacred fire at Camp Morgan," the Facebook post said. "For two years we stood our ground despite the many obstacles and here we are two years later getting the job done.
"It's only a matter of time now till we are able to bring Morgan home and lay her to rest properly. We thank everyone that has stood with us in our cries for help."