Manitoba teen completes 115-km run for missing, murdered indigenous women – CBC

Aug 22, 2015

Tracie Léost says Journey of Hope just beginning as she raises money for Families First Foundation

A 16-year-old Manitoba girl has finished running 115 kilometres to raise awareness about missing and murdered indigenous women and girls in Canada, but Tracie Léost says her work isn’t over yet.

Léost began her Journey of Hope in the Lake Manitoba community of Oak Point on Wednesday morning. She completed it at The Forks in downtown Winnipeg on Saturday afternoon.

“I’m doing good. I’m feeling good to finally get here and have finished it and yeah, now on to new things to make this even bigger,” Léost told CBC News after she arrived.

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