Missing woman

Debbie Harbowy, mother of Rebecca Harbowy, 36, who has been missing since Nov. 23, with part of a search crew handing out posters Wednesday afternoon in the area surrounding the Billy Miner Ale House and Café. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)

VIDEO: Mother of missing B.C. woman critical of hospital staff

Rebecca Harbowy missing since she left Ridge Meadows hospital in the early morning on Nov. 23

 

Chelsey Quaw (Heron) went missing from Saik’uz First Nation Oct. 11, 2023. (Photo submitted)

Police watchdog probes death of B.C. Indigenous woman near Vanderhoof

Chelsey Quaw-Heron’s body was located one kilometre from where she was reported missing

 

Chelsey Quaw (Heron) has been missing from Saik’uz First Nation since Oct. 11, 2023. (Photo submitted)

Family confirms remains located of missing northern B.C. woman

Carrier Sekani Family Services confirms remains of Chelsey Heron discovered near Vanderhoof

 

From left to right, Ashley Simpson’s mother Cindy, father John, sister Amanda Langlois, cousin Bobbie-Lynn McGean gather outside the Salmon Arm Law Courts on Oct. 30 after Derek Favell pleads guilty to killing Ashley Simpson. (Martha Wickett photo)

Family of murdered Shuswap woman finds closure, relief in guilty plea

Derek Favell pleads guilty in 2016 death of Ashley Simpson on what was to be day one of his trial

  • Oct 31, 2023
From left to right, Ashley Simpson’s mother Cindy, father John, sister Amanda Langlois, cousin Bobbie-Lynn McGean gather outside the Salmon Arm Law Courts on Oct. 30 after Derek Favell pleads guilty to killing Ashley Simpson. (Martha Wickett photo)
Emergency lights flash on top of a police car. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

Alabama woman returns after highway toddler call, no word on where she’d been

Police say Carlee Russell is safe after two-day search in wake of troubling dropped cell call

Emergency lights flash on top of a police car. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)
Amber Manthorne’s sister Shannon, left, and friends Nicole Malcomson and Cheryl Payne prepare for a moment of silence to mark the one-year anniversary of the Port Alberni woman’s disappearance. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

Friends, family hold vigil on one-year anniversary of Amber Manthorne’s disappearance

Port Alberni woman hasn’t been heard from since July 7, 2022

Amber Manthorne’s sister Shannon, left, and friends Nicole Malcomson and Cheryl Payne prepare for a moment of silence to mark the one-year anniversary of the Port Alberni woman’s disappearance. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)
Amber Manthorne of Port Alberni has been missing since July 7, 2022. (FACEBOOK PHOTO)

Friends hold candlelight vigil to mark one year after Amber Manthorne disappeared

‘Amber’s Army’ to gather Friday, July 7 at Harbour Quay Marina

Amber Manthorne of Port Alberni has been missing since July 7, 2022. (FACEBOOK PHOTO)
Powers Creek on the morning of May 11. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

Woman dies after falling in creek in West Kelowna

Went into water in Powers Creek

Powers Creek on the morning of May 11. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
Alina Durham holds a photo of her daughter Shaelene Bell in her home on Jan. 12, 2023. Bell went missing on Jan. 30, 2021 and her body was found on June 2, 2021 in the Fraser River near Coquitlam. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

B.C. mom not giving up on adult Amber Alert system in honour of late daughter who went missing

Mom of Shaelene Bell continues efforts with Chilliwack-Hope MP who’s ready to bring motion to House

Alina Durham holds a photo of her daughter Shaelene Bell in her home on Jan. 12, 2023. Bell went missing on Jan. 30, 2021 and her body was found on June 2, 2021 in the Fraser River near Coquitlam. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)
Signs posted next to Bowen Road to raise awareness to the more than 20-year-old investigation into the disappearance of Lisa Marie Young have been stolen for the second time in less than a month. (Photo submitted)

Signs drawing attention to missing Nanaimo woman stolen again

Signs created to raise awareness of investigation into disappearance of Lisa Marie Young

Signs posted next to Bowen Road to raise awareness to the more than 20-year-old investigation into the disappearance of Lisa Marie Young have been stolen for the second time in less than a month. (Photo submitted)
Gertrude Pierre wears a shirt in memory of her niece Cheryl Ann Joe during a signing of a memorandum of understanding in North Vancouver, B.C., Friday, June 13, 2014. Joe, who was murdered in Jan. 1992, was remembered as First Nations groups pledged to end violence against aboriginal women and girls. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

32 years later, Vancouver’s Downtown East Side walks in memory of missing and murdered

The Women’s Memorial March in DTES began in 1992 after the murder of Cheryl Ann Joe

Gertrude Pierre wears a shirt in memory of her niece Cheryl Ann Joe during a signing of a memorandum of understanding in North Vancouver, B.C., Friday, June 13, 2014. Joe, who was murdered in Jan. 1992, was remembered as First Nations groups pledged to end violence against aboriginal women and girls. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Whitney Clayton was reported missing on Feb. 2. Police are asking the public for any information that may help in locating her. (RCMP Handout)

Police trying to locate woman missing from Cowichan, Whitney Clayton

Have you seen Whitney Clayton?

Whitney Clayton was reported missing on Feb. 2. Police are asking the public for any information that may help in locating her. (RCMP Handout)
The North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Pandora Hunter, who was reported missing on Feb. 1. (RCMP Handout)

Police seek help finding missing Duncan woman, Pandora Hunter

Have you seen Pandora Hunter?

The North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Pandora Hunter, who was reported missing on Feb. 1. (RCMP Handout)
Shawnigan Lake RCMP seeks help from the public in locating Janet Klassen, 81, who went missing on jan. 24. (RCMP photo)

UPDATE: Body of missing Shawnigan woman found, no criminality suspected, say RCMP

Janet Klassen reported missing on Jan. 24

Shawnigan Lake RCMP seeks help from the public in locating Janet Klassen, 81, who went missing on jan. 24. (RCMP photo)
The Saanich teen who was the subject of a missing person alert earlier this month has been found safe. (Courtesy of Saanich Police Department)

UPDATE: Missing Saanich teen found safe

The 17-year-old was last seen Dec. 19 in Metro Vancouver

The Saanich teen who was the subject of a missing person alert earlier this month has been found safe. (Courtesy of Saanich Police Department)
Jennifer Lybbert has been found safe after she was the subject of a missing person alert on Jan. 4 . (Courtesy of VicPD)

UPDATE: Jennifer Lybbert found safe

The 34-year-old was the subject of a missing person alert on Jan. 4

Jennifer Lybbert has been found safe after she was the subject of a missing person alert on Jan. 4 . (Courtesy of VicPD)
Investigators are asking for the public’s help in locating missing 38-year-old Melissa McDevitt, after she failed to board a flight from Victoria to Vancouver on Saturday (Dec. 10). (Courtesy Victoria Police Department)

Search for missing Victoria woman suspended

Melissa McDevitt was last seen in Sooke on Dec. 10

Investigators are asking for the public’s help in locating missing 38-year-old Melissa McDevitt, after she failed to board a flight from Victoria to Vancouver on Saturday (Dec. 10). (Courtesy Victoria Police Department)
This age-progression sketch shows what Emma Fillipoff could look like today. (Courtesy of VicPD)

Age-progression sketch of missing Emma Fillipoff released ahead of 10-year anniversary

The sketch shows what she could look like a decade after her disappearance in Victoria

This age-progression sketch shows what Emma Fillipoff could look like today. (Courtesy of VicPD)
Jaqui McDermott (Photo - @MerrittRCMP/Twitter)

Body of Ontario woman missing in B.C. found

Criminality is not believed to be a factor

  • Oct 9, 2022
Jaqui McDermott (Photo - @MerrittRCMP/Twitter)
Candles with messages from Shaelene Bell’s two boys were lit during her celebration of life at Sandpiper Resort on Saturday, June 26, 2021. Bell’s mother Alina Durham is urging people to write to Canada’s Governor General Mary Simon asking for a bill to be passed to help create Shaelene’s Missing Adult Alert. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

Your support needed to get Shaelene’s Missing Adult Alert in place, says B.C. mom

Alina Durham hopes letters to Governor General Mary Simon will help get bill passed

Candles with messages from Shaelene Bell’s two boys were lit during her celebration of life at Sandpiper Resort on Saturday, June 26, 2021. Bell’s mother Alina Durham is urging people to write to Canada’s Governor General Mary Simon asking for a bill to be passed to help create Shaelene’s Missing Adult Alert. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)