Three northern Manitoba women are among 26 missing and murdered aboriginal people from the province being featured on advertisements on Winnipeg buses.
It’s part of Project Devote, an RCMP and Winnipeg Police Service initiative.
Amanda Bartlett, Hillary Wilson and Sunshine Wood are featured in three of the nine ads, which have two or three photos each and the Project Devote tipline phone number.
Bartlett, originally from OCN, was sent to Winnipeg by Child and Family Service before running away from a group home at the age of 17 in 1996.
She wasn’t even listed as missing until 2008 when her family got a case open with help from Amnesty International and another organization – Child Protection.
Sunshine Wood, from Gods River, went missing in 2004 at the age of 16, six months after moving to Winnipeg to attend high school.
Hillary Angel Wilson from Norway House was 18 when she was found murdered on the outskirts of Winnipeg in August 2009.
