<p>Summer, 1989: The entire Jack family disappears from Highway 16 on their way to take a dream job at a logging camp: work for Mom and Dad, housing provided, and even free child care. An absolute dream for a down-on-their-luck couple with two young kids. Did they have an accident along the way, or was the job offer just too good to be true? </p>

Summer, 1989: The entire Jack family disappears from Highway 16 on their way to take a dream job at a logging camp: work for Mom and Dad, housing provided, and even free child care. An absolute dream for a down-on-their-luck couple with two young kids. Did they have an accident along the way, or was the job offer just too good to be true?

1989 Part 1: The Jack Family

Highway 16 is located in a rural, isolated part of the province, yet has one of the highest rates of missing and murdered women, and a disproportionate number of those victims are indigenous.

Through this podcast, we will look at the 80+ victims of the highway, women whose deaths were, in many cases, ignored. Women who were written off as sex workers, hitch hikers, runaways, addicts, and “Just another Indian.” Hopefully, by looking at the cases and the victims, we can find new witnesses, follow the patterns as they form, and shed new light on them.

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Highway 16 is located in a rural, isolated part of the province, yet has one of the highest rates of missing and murdered women, and a disproportionate number of those victims are indigenous. Through this podcast, we will look at the 80+ victims of the highway, women whose deaths were, in many cases, ignored. Women who were written off as sex workers, hitch hikers, runaways, addicts, and “Just another Indian.” Hopefully, by looking at the cases and the victims, we can find new witnesses, follow the patterns as they form, and shed new light on them.

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1989 Part 1: The Jack Family

1989 Part 1: The Jack Family