Healing lodge brought to Prairie Green Landfill to provide safe space

A healing lodge has been brought into the Prairie Green Landfill to provide a safe space for the victims’ families, as the search for the remains of two Indigenous women inches closer.

“We’re finally searching the landfill for Morgan Harris and Mercedes Myran and we’re going to bring them home,” said Cambria Harris, Morgan’s daughter.

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The Manitoba government says a pilot test program began June 27 as part of Stage 2 of the search, which encompasses the site setup.

The healing lodge, also in progress, now sits on the landfill site, with the province saying foundation work is underway and is expected to be completed in the coming weeks. The goal of the lodge is to help support the families during the search.

Cambria Harris and Melissa Robinson, Morgan’s cousin, confirmed at a recent press conference in Montreal that they plan to stay there once searching begins, so they can watch over every step during the process. They say they will not take part in the actual searching as it would be too traumatic.

“These are two families, grieving in two different ways and when it comes down to the work, we want to be involved as much as possible, but not in regard to the actual searching,” Robinson said.

As for who will do the physical searching of the landfill grounds, the province confirmed the hiring and training of searchers is expected to begin early this fall, following finalization of the detailed search plan.