The mystery of 1,000 missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada

OTTAWA — They call it the Highway of Tears, a 450-mile stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway through northern British Columbia where at least 18 young women have disappeared or been murdered since 1969. Half of them were indigenous. Many of the victims were hitchhiking. Many were teenagers. In several cases, the investigations were said to […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/08/04/the-mystery-of-1000-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-in-canada/