Ha-Shilth-Sa - May 3, 2021
Summary
Ha-Shilth-Sa: Mon May 3, 2021 (Eric Plummer) Standing for Lisa Marie Young
source: https://hashilthsa.com/news/2021-05-03/standing-lisa-marie-young
archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20210505041444/https://www.hashilthsa.com/news/2021-05-03/standing-lisa-marie-young
clip: https://lisamarieyoung.ca/n/hss20210503
[Reproduced under Copyright Act (Canada) s.29.2 - Fair Dealing for the purpose of news reporting]
Standing for Lisa Marie Young
Dawn Foxcroft (left), Debra Foxcroft and Kelly Poirier stand for Lisa Marie Young and other Indigenous women who have gone missing or fallen victim to homicide on Sunday, May 2, by the Tseshaht band office in Port Alberni. On Sunday, which is Young's birthday, others were standing for her from noon to 1 p.m. elsewhere on the Tseshaht reserve and in other locations on Vancouver Island, including in downtown Nanaimo.
Lisa Marie Young was last heard of on June 30, 2002*, when she was out with friends in Nanaimo to celebrate a birthday. She was 21 at the time.
Wednesday, May 5 is Red Dress Day across Canada in recognition of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
* Several publications misreported dates surrounding Lisa's disappearance (likely confused by the long weekend). Lisa's parents last saw her late Sunday June 30th, and she was last seen by her friends at the bar and at two parties early Monday July 1st (Canada Day), which was also the day she was to move into her new apartment, and when her disappearance was reported to RCMP. (See the timelines.)
