This past season, The Current hosted a series of moving public forums across the country examining the tragedy of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The project was launched in October in Prince George, B.C.
This episode features excerpts from community leaders, an RCMP officer and victims’ family members.
On June 11, 1994, Matilda Wilson said goodbye to her 16-year-old daughter Ramona as she left her home in Smithers, B.C., to meet her friends.
It was the last time Matilda would see her youngest child.
“It just felt like I couldn’t go on anymore because that was the baby of our family,” says Matilda.