Honouring Hwy 16's Missing Women

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It’s meant to provide a quiet place where people can reflect on their thoughts and emotions regarding the women who’ve gone missing along Highway 16...

The Northern Women’s Forum will be unveiling a commemorate bench in honour of those missing along the Highway of Tears later today.

The ceremony is set to take place between 12noon and 1pm in the park just below the intersection of Domano Boulevard and Highway 16.

The NWF spent the past year raising the $18-hundred dollars for the bench and is inviting everyone to the unveiling, "as part of a vital social support system that integrates the families of the missing women with our community."

Spokesperson Jo-Anne Bragg says the forum would like to thank the following organizations whose generous support made the bench a reality:  the Confederation of Canadian Unions, the Pulp & Paper Workers Union Local 9, the Prince George and District Labour Council, the Status of Women Committee, the Faculty Association of CNC, and the BC Government and Services Employees Union.

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