MISSING: Bonnie Joan Thomas (1978) - St. Stephen, NB
On Friday, March 17, 1978, 30-year-old Bonnie Thomas drove across the border to go to a dance in Calais, Maine. She never made it home.
UNSOLVED: Lucas Shortreed - 10/10/08 - Alma, ON (SOLVED 2022)
Lucas Shortreed never saw it coming. The car that struck the 18-year-old from behind on a dark country road - as he walked home to Fergus, from a party in Alma - left his lifeless body on the gravel, surrounded by shards of glass and vehicle debris.
UNSOLVED: Jillian Fuller - 03/04/93 - Vancouver, BC
Early in the morning on March 4, 1993, a man delivering newspapers called 911 to report an apartment fire in the 8700 block of Granville Street in Vancouver, BC. When firefighters arrived, they discovered 28-year-old Jillian Fuller’s body inside her burned-out apartment.
MISSING: Marguerite Cardwell - 09/10/73 - Calgary, AB
In early September, 1973, 31-year-old Marguerite Cardwell did two things: she purchased a .303 calibre hunting rifle, and on September 10, she told told a friend she was planning to travel to either Edmonton or Vancouver. The mother from Calgary was never seen again.
UNIDENTIFIED: Bowmanville Clarington Jane Doe - 2006 - Bowmanville, ON
On October 26, 2006, a man harvesting dogwood plants in a marsh in Bowmanville, ON, discovered the skeletal remains of a woman with no hair and no clothes. The boggy field was the closest stop off the eastbound exit of Hwy. 401.
Runaway Youth: The Unusual Disappearance of Justin Pollari
The year Justin Pollari disappeared, there were 66,994 reports of missing children in Canada; 53,434 of those were classified as runaways.
MISSING: Carol May Big Tobacco (1983) - Siksika First Nation, AB
There is only one photo of Carol Big Tobacco. There is no way of knowing what she looked like at eight years old, when she disappeared in Siksika First Nation, Alberta.
MISSING: Terry Zubko - 07/21/82 - North Bay, ON
In May of 1982, Terry Zubko was admitted as a patient at the North Bay Psychiatric Hospital on Highway 11 North. He disappeared 46 days later.
UNIDENTIFIED: Kenora “Millie” Jane Doe (2009) - Kenora, ON
On June 17, 2009, a hiker walking near the Trans-Canada Highway discovered the body of a woman in a small blue one-person tent, in a wooded area along the Winnipeg River, in Kenora, Ontario.
MISSING: Christine Ziomkiewicz - 06/23/78 - Kingston, ON
Christine Ziomkiewicz had an ordinary Friday evening on June 23, 1978. The 27-year-old lab technician at Queen’s University went shopping, spoke to a neighbour, and went inside her apartment with groceries. By morning, she was gone without a trace.
MISSING: Michelle Wedge - 07/02/75 - Moncton, NB
Michelle Wedge was last seen riding her bike near her home on Moncton's Dominion Street on July 2, 1975. Her bicycle was later found on the southwest corner of John and Dominion streets.
UNSOLVED: Leah Sousa - 09/01/90 - Cumberland Beach, ON
Leah Sousa was barely 13 years old when she fell asleep on the couch at her family’s home in Cumberland Beach, Ontario. It was Labour Day weekend in 1990. Sometime after midnight, someone broke in while her family slept.
UNSOLVED: Delia Adriano - 09/26/1982 - Oakville, ON
Delia Adriano was last seen alive when her fiancé dropped her off at her home in Oakville on Sept. 26, 1982. Six weeks later, her body was discovered near Milton, ON.
MISSING: Jan Stonehouse & Darlene Tucker - 1983 - Oakville, ON
In 1983, two teenage girls disappeared from Oakville, Ontario. Despite many tips over the years - and a promising sighting in 1987 - investigators have never been able to locate Jan Stonehouse and Darlene Tucker.
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In late spring of 1980, Slave Lake was burning.
In one day, the wildfires just outside the small town in Alberta would take the life of a water bomber pilot, the efforts of over 125 RCMP officers, and destroy the innocence of a boy, his family and an entire community.