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  • Story of Joyce Tillotson

    Joyce Tillotson, 42, was last seen in Regina, Saskatchewan, when she left her residence to visit her friend on Nov. 14, 1993. She never arrived at her friend’s home. Tillotson, who had various tattoos including one on her left hand that said “LOVE,” has never been found. Born in 1951, Tillotson was originally from the Carry The Kettle Nakoda First Nation near Indian Head, Saskatchewan

  • Story of Juanita Cardinal

    Juanita Cardinal, 27, was fatally stabbed in Edmonton on Feb. 26, 2006, by a friend after a night of drinking. Edmonton police declared her death a homicide but no charges were laid, as they determined it was self-defense on the part of the person who killed her. Her sister wants a trial and disputes the police’s conclusion about her sister’s case.

  • Story of Judy Chesscue

    Judy Ann Chescue was 21 years old when she went missing. She was last seen near her home in Edmonton, Alberta, on July 6, 1988. She was reported missing to the Edmonton Police Service in October of that year, according to the RCMP database Canada’s Missing.

  • Story of Judy Quill

    Judy Quill’s father described her as “gentle. … She just wasn’t the kind of person who got angry.” On March 22, 2009, Quill was found badly injured in the woods on Pikangikum First Nation in Ontario. The 33­-year-­old mother of two was rushed to a local clinic, where she died. The Ontario Provincial Police criminal investigation branch is investigating her death as a homicide.

  • Story of Justine Cochrane

    Justine Cochrane was a 15-year-old girl from the Sunchild First Nation, a Cree community in Alberta, who enjoyed crafts, powwows and hanging out with her aunties. On March 4, 2011, Justine’s body was found on a gravel road on the Sunchild First Nation after being severely beaten. The case remains open and the Rocky Mountain House RCMP say they continue to investigate.

  • Story of Joey English

    Joey Tiiah Patricia English, 25, was a mother of three and a member of the Piikani Nation, a community in the Blackfoot Confederacy of southern Alberta. Her family describes her as compassionate and always laughing. She was reported missing on June 9, 2016, by her family. Parts of her body were found in a grassy area of Calgary two days later. It was later discovered that she died of an overdose while at Joshua Weise’s house. Weise was charged with indignity to a human body; he dismembered her body and discarded her remains in several locations near his house. On April 12, 2017, a judge sentenced Weise to 18 months in jail plus a three year period of probation with substance abuse treatment also ordered.

  • Story of Inusiq Sarah Akavak

    Inusiq was from Iqaluit, Nunavut. She was strangled to death at the age of 39 in her apartment by her common-law husband, Kootoo Korgak(Quaraq). Kootoo was already facing charges of assaulting Inusiq at the time of her murder. An arrest warrant had been issued for him a month earlier when he failed to show up in court on the assault charges. Kootoo was convicted of second-degree murder in April 2001 and is serving a life sentence.

  • Story of Immaculate Basil

    Immaculate “Mackie” Basil, 26, was a mother of one from the Tl’azt’en Nation in British Columbia. She was last seen on June 14, 2013, around the Kuzche Reserve near Fort St. James. An extensive search failed to find her. The Fort St. James RCMP is handling the investigation. In 2016, her older brother, Peter Basil, asked the chief and council of Tl’azt’en First Nation to post a $20,000 reward for any information about her disappearance. The reward money hasn’t led to any breaks in the case.

  • Story of Heaven Traverse

    Heaven Traverse was just 18 months old when she died at a Winnipeg hospital on Jan. 14, 2005. The toddler was in foster care at a home on Peguis First Nation. Her foster parents were charged, but those charges were stayed in 2007 due to a lack of evidence.

  • Story of Helen Betty Osborne

    Helen Osborne was born in Norway House, Manitoba, the eldest of 12 children born to Joe and Justine (née McKay) Osborne. Her ambition was to go to college and become a teacher. There was no secondary school in Norway House so she had to leave home for further education. She spent two years at Guy Hill Residential School,[1] just outside The Pas, Manitoba, a culturally mixed town of European Canadians, Métis and Cree people. In the fall of 1971, Osborne attended Margaret Barbour Collegiate in The Pas, boarding with a non-aboriginal family. On the evening of her death, Osborne had spent time with friends at The Northern Lite Cafe and then at the Bensons’ place (where she was staying) before heading back downtown. Around midnight, Osborne’s friends returned home; very little is known of Osborne’s whereabouts or actions after this time. She was walking home at approximately 2:30 a.m. when she was abducted, repeatedly raped, brutally beaten, stabbed with a screwdriver over 50 times, and killed. The following day, Kenny Gurba, a fourteen-year-old in the town, grew tired of fishing and went off looking for rabbit tracks when he discovered her unclothed body. He and his father reported the discovery to the police.

  • Story of Happy Charles

    Happy Charles, a mother and grandmother from the Lac La Range Indian Band in Northern Saskatchewan. The last memory Charles’ daughter, Margaret Bird, had of her mother is hearing her say “I’ll try every day” – words that she holds dear to her heart and implements into her day-to-day actions as a way to honour her mother. Bird recalls how her mother “touched [the hearts]” of “every person that she ever met…and she made everyone feel equal and loved.” Happy Charles went missing on April 3, 2017 in Prince Albert, SK. She was 42 years old at the time. Charles is described as 5’1” tall, with brown eyes, black hair and a scar on her left cheek. She has a rose tattoo on her left hand. She was last seen wearing a black leather jacket with a long black wool coat, light blue jeans, dark-framed glasses, white shoes, and a black baseball hat. She was carrying a large black backpack that was full, as well as a light coloured purse with long straps. Happy is currently missing and her family will not give up until they can bring her home. If you have any information about the whereabouts of Happy Charles, please call the Prince Albert Police Service at 306-953-4248 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

  • Story of Hilda Agawa

    Hilda was born in 1946. She was a member of the Batchewana First Nation, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Hilda was murdered by James Dunn a friend of hers, who then committed suicide on June 29, 2009.

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