The slaying of Loretta Saunders should trigger a national inquiry into the hundreds of murdered and missing aboriginal women in Canada, the president of the Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association says. Cheryl Maloney spoke hours after police found the body of Saunders off a New Brunswick highway. Police are treating her death as a homicide. “I’m never going to let Stephen Harper or Canadians forget about Loretta and all the other missing or murdered aboriginal people,” Maloney said. “There’s something wrong in Canada if aboriginal people have to live this fate.” Saunders, an Inuk woman from Newfoundland and Labrador, was doing her thesis at Halifax’s Saint Mary’s University on missing and murdered aboriginal women. Maloney said aboriginal Canadian women are five times more likely to be violently attacked than non-aboriginal women. Aboriginal men also face higher risks of violence than non-aboriginal men, she said. A researcher has found 800 cases of missing or murdered Canadian aboriginal women. More here.