Missing Persons Act News Today

Over a dozen people came out in Inuvik on Wednesday night. Some people asked about historical cases of missing persons and how far back the legislature would allow RCMP to investigate.

RCMP in the Northwest Territories say that clauses intended to protect missing persons fleeing domestic abuse are redundant, and could hamper the usefulness of the proposed Missing Persons Act. 

The Missing Persons Act would allow RCMP to access additional records of the missing person to assist in the investigation. Justice Minister R.J. Simpson read the bill for the second time in the legislature Monday.

This week, the Yukon government released new regulations that ratchet up the powers of the RCMP to search for missing people. Protecting the safety of vulnerable persons at the same time will be a balancing act.

Legislation allows police to order telecommunications, financial and health records

Governments and other agencies responsible for MMIWG2S+ strategy report on past year’s progress

Police have no updates on the whereabouts of a man with Down syndrome who went missing from his Toronto home on May 12, while one advocate is calling for Canada to adopt a national framework to help the families of missing persons.

New information about a missing P.E.I. woman with a connection to Moncton. Thirty-year-old lora Patoine was re...

A body found in a remote area of Kings County, P.E.I., is believed to be the remains of 27-year-old Summer Kneebone, Charlottetown police said Friday.

P.E.I.'s newly proclaimed Missing Persons Act may have come into force too late to make a significant difference in the Summer Kneebone inquiry, says a mother whose family was helped by a similar act in Ontario.