Thousands gather across B.C. to march for missing, murdered Indigenous women and girls [Video]

Thousands of people gathered in communities across British Columbia on Friday to call for justice and remember lost loved ones, in the annual Women’s Memorial March.

It’s the 34th year that families, friends and activists have spent Feb. 14 marching in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, but many say little has changed.

“I worked 35 years down here. I had a daughter who was stabbed multiple times in the stomach, the guy bit off her ear, gave her a hairline fracture and she was on life support. The guy didn’t get charged,” said Carol Martin, one of the organizers of the Vancouver event.

“I think the justice system really needs to look at how they deal with the victims and the people who either damage, kill or maim our women.”

Large crowds marched through the streets of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, a neighbourhood where far too many have gone missing.

The march stopped multiple times to mark the last known …