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- ↑ "Injustice is a way of Indigenous life, say advocates dismayed at verdict in Tina Fontaine murder trial". CBC News: The Current. CBC News. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
Nahanni Fontaine, who is no relation to Tina Fontaine, has worked to bring attention to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
- ↑ @NahanniFontaine (10 March 2021). "Today, I was kicked out of the House and not allowed to return for the day. Why?Because I said the PCs don't gi…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Nahanni Fontaine St. Johns - New Democratic Party of Manitoba". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg. 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- ↑ "Vince Fontaine, 'true visionary' and Juno Award-winning Manitoba musician, dies at 60". CBC News Manitoba, January 12, 2020.
- ↑ "Governor General Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case - Status of Women Canada". cfc-swc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ↑ "Elections Manitoba - Manitoba's 43rd General Election - October 3, 2023 - Unofficial Results". results.electionsmanitoba.ca. Elections Manitoba . Retrieved 5 October 2023.
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