Each year, millions of tourists flock to Canada to take in the breath-taking scenery. The Trans-Canada Highway travels through all ten provinces of Canada, making the county easily accessible. Near the foot of the Rocky Mountains lies Morley, a First Nations settlement within the Stoney Indian Reserve. The Trans-Canada Highway runs right through the middle of the reserve. It was a dark morning on New Year’s Day 2006, when drivers along this stretch of road were forced to swerve as a young girl darted in between the traffic…
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Sources:
The North Bay Nugget, 3 January, 2006 – “Teen Run Over By Three Vehicles, No One Stops”
Cochrane Times, 4 January, 2006 – “Morley Mourns 16-Year-Old hit and Run Victim”
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The Calgary Sun, 6 January, 2006 – “Obituaries”
The Daily Herald-Tribune, 6 January, 2006 – “In Brief”
The Brockville Recorder and Times, 9 January, 2006 – “Drivers Struck Girl”
Waterloo Region Record, 9 January, 2006 – “Hundreds Mourn Girl, 16, Hit While Crossing Highway”
Cochrane Times, 11 January, 2006 – “RCMP Still Seek Driver in hit and Run”
Canmore Leader, 18 January, 2006 – “Brittany Bearspaw’s Family Still Waiting for Answers”
Canmore Leader, 10 May, 2006 – “Province to Light Interchange”
CBC, 16 March, 2006 – “Inquiry Reveals Disturbing Picture of Man’s Death”
24 Hours, 6 January, 2009 – “Hit and Run Questions”
Cochrane Times, 14 January, 2009 – “Years Later, A Family Waits”
CBC, 25 April, 2019 – “Cold Case”
Bow Valley Crag and Canyon, 1 May, 2019 – “RCMP Are Still Looking for Answers”
Ponoka News, 12 July, 2021 – “Powwow Season Officially Begins”
Nanaomo Daily News, 4 January, 2006 – “Defeated Dad Threatens to Walk into Traffic”
Edmonton Journal, 4 January, 2006 – “Distraught Father Decries Driver Who Didn’t Stop”
Calgary Herald, 5 January, 2006 – “Rituals Help Tribe Free Spirits, Heal”
Calgary Herald, 5 January, 2006 – “Teen’s Family Will Place Cross to Mark Death”
Calgary Herald, 7 January, 2006 – “Deadly Road Takes Toll on Community”
Calgary Herald, 8 January, 2006 – “Slide Show Memorializes Teenager’s Ambitious Spirit”
Calgary Herald, 8 January, 2006 – “Be the Lawyer she Wanted to be”
Calgary Herald, 3 January, 2007 – “Unsolved Death of Daughter Draining Parents”
Calgary Herald, 12 October, 2008 – “Girl’s Roadside Memorial Destroyed”
Calgary Herald, 17 December, 2014 – “Highway Safety a Concern”
CBC News, 27 June, 2016 – “Unresolved: Brittany Bearspaw”
Global News, 29 September, 2019 – “I Still Don’t Have the Answers”
Cochrane Today, 26 April, 2019 – “Family, RCMP Renew Plea”
CTV News, 26 April, 2019 – “It Gives us Hope”
