Two witnesses stormed out of a parliamentary committee meeting Wednesday after Liberals tried to steer the planned discussion away from violence against women.

The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs criticized the federal government for reducing funds to search the grounds of former residential schools, saying in a statement they are profoundly disappointed and outraged.

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is urging Manitoba's lieutenant-governor to establish an independent inquiry into the killings of four Indigenous women in the province.

The Assembly of First Nations passed a resolution Wednesday calling for an independent inquiry into the killings of three First Nations women in Winnipeg, and a fourth unidentified woman who is also believed to have been Indigenous.

Three regional chiefs representing nearly half of all First Nations say their national assembly is overstepping its mandate by making decisions that will directly affect children and families without consent.

Canada and Manitoba are partnering to launch an alert system that would inform the public when an Indigenous woman or girl goes missing, they announced Friday in Winnipeg, ahead of a national day to mark the crisis.

Homeless Indigenous women in the North do not feel well-protected by the RCMP and instead face violence and discrimination by police, a new report from the Yellowknife Women's Society has found.