Highway of Tears Report Today

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Today marks the 4th anniversary of the disappearance of  Nicole Hoar.  The treeplanter  was last seen hitch-hiking on Highway 16 west, heading for Smithers.

Coincidentally, today is also the day the final report from the Highway of Tears symposium, will be released. 

Then, this afternoon, the author of the report will meet with members of the media to answer specific questions about the document.

The report  contains some 33 recommendations following the symposium  which was held in Prince George at the end of March.  One of the recommendations is for  improved communications and relationships with the RCMP. Several families who addressed the symposium complained that they didn’t think police had taken their missing persons report seriously.

There are signs there are already some improvements on that front, with the RCMP meeting with families of the missing or murdered.  They met  last week to bring families up to date on the status of their review of the cases. 

Symposium organizer, Lheidli T’enneh Councilor Rena Zatorski, has reviewed the report and says all of the recommendations are achieveable.

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