Winnipeg Landfill: To Search or Not to Search, That Is the Question

Winnipeg Landfill: To Search or Not to Search, That Is the Question
Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson speaks at the convention centre in Winnipeg on April 15, 2023. John Woods/The Canadian Press
Hymie Rubenstein
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Yes, the title is an affected rejigging of Shakespeare’s soliloquy from a tormented Hamlet, perhaps the most famous lines in English literature. But just as Hamlet was consumed by death, delay, indecision, and emotion, so is the tragic battle over whether to excavate the Prairie Green landfill north of of Winnipeg to search for the remains of two women, both murdered in the early years of what should have been long, fulfilling lives.