New safe-ride program in The Pas honours missing woman found dead – CBC

‘We don’t want to lose any more of our sisters,’ says organizer of Nisiiminan Safe Rides

Sep 24, 2019

Weeks after a young woman’s remains were found near a post-secondary school in The Pas, a new community initiative is making sure women in the area have a safe way to get home on the weekend.

The organizers of Nisiiminan Safe Rides are hoping to do their part to keep women who live in The Pas, the nearby Opaskwayak Cree Nation and the surrounding rural municipality of Kelsey out of potentially dangerous situations at night.

The initiative also pays tribute to Kendara Ballantyne, 18, whose body was found on Aug. 6, said Paulene McGillivary, who helped launch the safe-ride program.

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