Candace House opened in November 2018, less than a block from the Law Courts building in Winnipeg. A long-cherished dream of the Derksens’, this homey space is an escape for…
Candace Derksen
Suspended and the art of forgiveness Andrew Wall, writer director Refuge 31 Films This documentary about Cliff Derksen, the father of a murdered teenager, is surprisingly light-hearted in tone. There…
The Manitoba Court of Appeal overturned the February 2011 guilty verdict in the Candace Derksen murder case, ruling Mark Grant didn’t receive a fair trial. Derksen was abducted Nov. 30,…
“This refers to the time it took to find Candace and therefore the amount of time her body lay frozen in the shed… There is more to this sculpture than…
More than 26 years after 13-year-old Candace Derksen disappeared off wintry Winnipeg streets on her way home from school, her parents Cliff and Wilma Derksen emerge from the court house Feb. 18, following the jury’s verdict convicting Mark Grant of Candace’s murder. Candace’s body was found in a shed more than a month after her disappearance.