The Brady Road depot will reopen Friday after the city announced a compromise was reached with protesters who have blocked the entrance for weeks.
The depot has been closed to the public since a group calling for a search for two local women who police say were killed by an accused serial killer staged a blockade in mid-December.
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The city said Thursday that the camp will remain near the entrance to the landfill, but residential and commercial customers will be allowed access to the landfill beginning Friday morning.
“The City of Winnipeg is grateful for the positive discussions with family members, local First Nation warriors, and other community stakeholders, and is committed to maintaining an ongoing, open dialogue,” the city said in a media release.
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1:19 City continue talks on Brady Road blockade
“Through these discussions and through their cooperation, we were able to reach a compromise that supports the right to peaceful protest while allowing the Brady Road Resource Management Facility to reopen to members of the public.”
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Protesters are calling for police to search the site, as well as the Prairie Green landfill, north of the city, where police believe the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Miran ended up in the spring.
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Jeremy Skibicki has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Harris, 39, Miran, 26, Rebecca Contois, 24, and a fourth woman, who has not been identified but has been named Buffalo Woman or Mashkode Bijiki’ikwe by police and community leaders .
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Police found Contois’ partial remains at the Brady Road landfill after a search in June and said investigators believe the remains of Harris and Miran are likely at the Prairie Green landfill.
1:55 a.m. The Brady Road dump remains closed as the roadblock continues
Police initially said a search of Prairie Green would not be feasible given that several months had passed and countless truckloads of additional waste had been deposited since then.
But after pressure from local leaders and some of the victims’ relatives, the police agreed to be part of an indigenous-led committee that will determine the feasibility of the search and draw up a budget to present to various levels of government.
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The federal government has committed to paying for the commission’s work.
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The city previously said it had sealed off the area of the Brady Road landfill where Contois’ remains were found, and the site is not being used.
— with files from The Canadian Press
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