News Summary

• The Grandmothers Walk Protecting Sacred Lives was held Friday in Brandon, Manitoba.
• The event is organized by the Westman Sexual Exploitation Awareness Team.
• The walk was launched in 2007 by Elder Margaret Lavallee, who was horrified by the story of a 12-year-old girl who was impregnated by her grandfather, and then cast out of her community.
• The sex trade victimizes hundreds of children, youth and adults across Manitoba every year, according to the province.