On Canada's Highway 16, a long, desolate stretch of road is dubbed The Highway of Tears. Dozens of women, many of whom are Indigenous, have gone missing or turned up dead on this highway. Today, we walk you through some of the road's most tragic cases and how the First Nations surrounding the highway are doing their part to protect vulnerable women.

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Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=xz63Vppw3gE

https://www.thenorthernview.com/news/prince-rupert-ranks-in-top-20-of-magazines-canadas-most-dangerous-places-list-5970333

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/highway-of-tears-bus-year-one-1.4517211

https://tearstohopesociety.com/signs/jill-stuchenko/

https://tearstohopesociety.com/signs/natasha-montgomery/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cody-legebokoff-sentenced-to-life-on-4-counts-of-1st-degree-murder-1.2768118

https://indianz.com/News/2011/10/17/murder-charge-laid-over-2010-d.asp

https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/serial-killer-highway-tears/

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/what-is-bc-highway-of-tears#:~:text=It's%20known%20as%20the%20Highway,murdered%20Indigenous%20women%20and%20girls. 

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