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By paNOW Staff

MISSING PERSONS WEEK

Billboards to show missing persons cases across Saskatchewan

May 2, 2022 | 1:43 PM

To recognize Saskatchewan Missing Persons Week, a province-wide billboard and social media campaign has been launched.

Seven billboards, found in Regina, Saskatoon, Yorkton, Prince Albert, and North Battleford, will display the pictures, names and brief details on a number of people who remain missing in the province.

The goal of this campaign from the Saskatchewan Association of Chiefs of Police (SACP) and Project HOME is to raise awareness and generate new tips that can help Saskatchewan police agencies in helping find the missing people.

“We, as investigators, are always trying to find new information in regard to each of these individuals; however, we have to rely on the public for information, too. We’re hoping these billboards are the key to bringing in some new tips that might assist us,” said Sgt. Donna Zawislak of the Saskatchewan RCMP Historical Case Unit.

The SACP has an online Missing Persons database which includes missing people from Prince Albert, Melfort, North Battleford, and La Loche.

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“I can’t imagine the anguish the families of those who remain missing must feel every day. We want to remind the public that these missing individuals are loved – their absences have left holes in the hearts of their families and friends,” said Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore, Saskatchewan RCMP Commanding Officer and 2nd Vice President of the SACP.

They haven’t been and won’t be forgotten. We are hopeful that displaying the names and faces of the long-term missing people in Saskatchewan on these billboards will help generate new information that can lead to their return and provide answers for the families who are missing their loved ones endlessly.

Project HOME was started by two members of the Saskatchewan RCMP: Cst. Brendan Sanford and Vicki Torresan.

Sanford and Torresan have worked for months to launch this project. They have been in contact with the families whose missing loved ones will be featured on the billboards, ensuring that the families have felt included and informed during this process.

Project HOME was created in partnership with municipal police agencies in the province including Saskatoon, Regina and Prince Albert Police Services.

The project is supported and funded by the SACP, the Civil Forfeiture Fund and the Department of Justice Victims and Survivors of Crime Week Victims’ Fund.

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