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| Press conference for missing Webequie member Kelsey Anderson, who was reported missing on May 9 and whose body was recovered from Thunder Bay’s Neebing-McIntyre Floodway. |
Indigenous families call for permanent search team in Thunder Bay
By: Jon Thompson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Ricochet
Indigenous searchers are calling for the creation of a permanent search and rescue team in Thunder Bay, where the bodies of four missing persons have been found over the past two weeks. Meanwhile, Thunder Bay’s police chief and the region’s First Nations leaders traded barbs on social media, amid criticism of the force’s actions during the search. Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler and Thunder Bay Police Service chief Darcy Fleury exchanged critical social media posts on Wednesday and Thursday. Fiddler accused the police of instructing searchers not to look in a set of abandoned grain elevators.
READ: https://www.mbcradio.com/2026/06/indigenous-families-call-for-permanent-search-team-in-thunder-bay
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