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Rinelle Harper inspires louder call for inquiry into murdered aboriginal women: Steward
Rinelle Harper’s story is so astounding that it’s hard to imagine both the brutality that was inflicted upon her and the courage, strength and determination that saved her life.
But the 16-year-old did indeed pull herself from the freezing Assiniboine River in Winnipeg after being beaten and sexually assaulted, only to be cruelly beaten again and left for dead.
Somehow she survived.
Hundreds of other aboriginal women have not been so fortunate, so physically strong.
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2014/11/17/rinelle_harper_inspires_louder_call_for_inquiry_into_murdered_aboriginal_women_steward.html