missing person

Sidney North Saanich RCMP say a woman who was believed to be missing has been found safe. (Wolf Depner/News Staff) Sidney North Saanich RCMP say a woman who was believed to be missing has been found safe. (Wolf Depner/News Staff)

UPDATE: Woman last seen leaving Victoria International Airport is safe, say police

Sidney North Saanich RCMP confirm Patricia Nzuza safe April 25

Sidney North Saanich RCMP say a woman who was believed to be missing has been found safe. (Wolf Depner/News Staff) Sidney North Saanich RCMP say a woman who was believed to be missing has been found safe. (Wolf Depner/News Staff)
Steven Michael Bacon, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in relation to the disappearance and murder of missing Nanaimo teen Mikayla Chang, has been sentenced to life in prison with no parole for 20 years. (Submitted photos)

Nanaimo teen’s murderer handed life sentence

Steven Michael Bacon sentenced for killing Makayla Chang, who was 16

Steven Michael Bacon, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in relation to the disappearance and murder of missing Nanaimo teen Mikayla Chang, has been sentenced to life in prison with no parole for 20 years. (Submitted photos)
Police looking for information on Niina Hupponen, who was reported missing on April 6. (RCMP photo)

UPDATE: Missing woman travelling from Nanaimo to Victoria found

Niina Hupponen reported missing on April 6

  • Apr 14, 2023
Police looking for information on Niina Hupponen, who was reported missing on April 6. (RCMP photo)
Searchers dock at a marina in Akwesasne, Que. Friday, March 31, 2023. The search continues for a man missing from the Mohawk community of Akwesasne in an area of the St. Lawrence River where the bodies of eight migrants were recovered earlier this week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Boat operated by missing man found near bodies of migrants in St. Lawrence River

Authorities say the spot is a popular one for human smuggling

Searchers dock at a marina in Akwesasne, Que. Friday, March 31, 2023. The search continues for a man missing from the Mohawk community of Akwesasne in an area of the St. Lawrence River where the bodies of eight migrants were recovered earlier this week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Signs of missing woman Lisa Marie Young on Bowen Road on March 10. Young’s friends and family say the signs have gone missing. (Submitted photo)

Friends and family of Nanaimo woman, missing since 2002, dismayed at ‘stolen’ signs

Signs were placed along Bowen Road this month seeking information on the case of Lisa Marie Young

Signs of missing woman Lisa Marie Young on Bowen Road on March 10. Young’s friends and family say the signs have gone missing. (Submitted photo)
Michael Dunahee was four-years old when he disappeared from the Blanshard school playground. (Supplied file photo)

‘Michael’s family needs to know where he is’: 32nd anniversary of Dunahee disappearance

Keep the Hope Alive run and walk returns this Sunday in Esquimalt

Michael Dunahee was four-years old when he disappeared from the Blanshard school playground. (Supplied file photo)
VicPD says a woman reported missing Tuesday evening is safe. (Black Press Media file photo)

UPDATE: Missing Victoria woman found and is safe, say police

78-year-old woman went missing Tuesday evening

VicPD says a woman reported missing Tuesday evening is safe. (Black Press Media file photo)
Police are looking for high-risk missing person Justin Parent after he was last seen on March 2. (Courtesy of VicPD)

UPDATE: Justin Parent found safe

The 25-year-old was the subject of a missing person alert on Friday (March 3)

Police are looking for high-risk missing person Justin Parent after he was last seen on March 2. (Courtesy of VicPD)
Jayson Anderson went missing July 2022 and his mother is searching for him. (Courtesy of Wanda Anderson)

Alberta mom of a missing Vancouver Island man continues search despite dead ends

Wanda Anderson working to find her son, Jayson Anderson, since he disappeared from Victoria in July

Jayson Anderson went missing July 2022 and his mother is searching for him. (Courtesy of Wanda Anderson)
Penticton resident Doreen Abbott ‘Nana’ failed to arrive at a friend’s house on the evening of Jan. 27 and has not been seen since. Her vehicle was found stuck in snow up Greyback Mountain Rd. on Jan. 28. (Facebook)

Penticton senior missing for 5 days; police call for dash-cam footage

Police are also asking to leave the search to the experts due to difficult terrain, cold weather

Penticton resident Doreen Abbott ‘Nana’ failed to arrive at a friend’s house on the evening of Jan. 27 and has not been seen since. Her vehicle was found stuck in snow up Greyback Mountain Rd. on Jan. 28. (Facebook)
Kelowna man Joseph Driscoll’s bones were found near Peterson Creek in Kamloops on Jan. 19. Th 42-year-old had been missing since Nov. 12 when he was last seen in Kamloops’ Valleyview neighbourhood. (Kamloops RCMP)

Human bones found in Kamloops belong to missing Kelowna man

Joseph Driscoll has been missing since the early hours of Nov. 12

Kelowna man Joseph Driscoll’s bones were found near Peterson Creek in Kamloops on Jan. 19. Th 42-year-old had been missing since Nov. 12 when he was last seen in Kamloops’ Valleyview neighbourhood. (Kamloops RCMP)
Chief Samuel Schooner of Nuxalk Nation speaks at a press conference in Williams Lake Jan. 12, appealing for information regarding the disappearance if Carl Schooner Jr. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

VIDEO: ‘This is a parent’s worst nightmare’; father of missing Bella Coola man

A $10,000 reward offered for information regarding disappearance of Carl Schooner Jr.

Chief Samuel Schooner of Nuxalk Nation speaks at a press conference in Williams Lake Jan. 12, appealing for information regarding the disappearance if Carl Schooner Jr. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)
Ian Indridson was last seen on Jan. 10, 2022, and investigators believe he may be in danger. (Courtesy of VicPD)

Police continue search for Victoria man missing for a year

Ian Indridson is described as Caucasian, 5’11”, with a slim build and short salt and pepper hair.

Ian Indridson was last seen on Jan. 10, 2022, and investigators believe he may be in danger. (Courtesy of VicPD)
Michael Joya last spoke to his family January 5, and police are asking for the public’s help to find him. (Courtesy of Saanich police)

Saanich police searching for missing 45-year-old man

Michael Joya has brown hair, brown eyes and a medium build

  • Jan 7, 2023
Michael Joya last spoke to his family January 5, and police are asking for the public’s help to find him. (Courtesy of Saanich police)
Tyler Desorcy was last seen in downtown Victoria on December 30, 2020. (Courtesy VicPD)

Police continue search for Victoria man missing 2 years

Tyler Desorcy is Indigenous, 5 ft. 9, with dark brown hair and brown eyes

  • Dec 30, 2022
Tyler Desorcy was last seen in downtown Victoria on December 30, 2020. (Courtesy VicPD)
VicPD say a missing teen has been found safe. (Black Press Media file photo)

Missing high-risk teen found safe: VicPD

The teen had been subject to a missing person alert earlier on Tuesday (Dec. 20)

  • Dec 20, 2022
VicPD say a missing teen has been found safe. (Black Press Media file photo)
Michael Bosma was 25 at the time he disappeared in Kelowna on Jan. 9, 2006. (Facebook/Michael James Bosma - We Miss You!)

Missing for 17 years: Mom of Kelowna man holds some hope he might come home

Michael Bosma was last seen Jan. 9, 2006

  • Dec 18, 2022
Michael Bosma was 25 at the time he disappeared in Kelowna on Jan. 9, 2006. (Facebook/Michael James Bosma - We Miss You!)
Port Alberni RCMP are looking for Scott Andrew Bezanson of Port Alberni, who hasn’t been seen since Dec. 2, 2022. (RCMP PHOTO)

Port Alberni RCMP ask for help finding missing man

Scott Andrew Bezanson hasn’t been seen since Dec. 2, 2022

Port Alberni RCMP are looking for Scott Andrew Bezanson of Port Alberni, who hasn’t been seen since Dec. 2, 2022. (RCMP PHOTO)
New surveillance images of Carmel Gilmour on the eve before she went missing five years ago have been released by Oceanside RCMP. (Courtesy of Oceanside RCMP)

RCMP share photos of woman, from night in 2017 she went missing in Parksville

Police continue to ask public for assistance finding Carmel Gilmour

New surveillance images of Carmel Gilmour on the eve before she went missing five years ago have been released by Oceanside RCMP. (Courtesy of Oceanside RCMP)
Nanaimo RCMP expressed concern after an 82-year-old woman was reported missing the morning of Tuesday, Dec. 13. (Submitted photo)

UPDATE: Missing Nanaimo senior found dead

RCMP say senior wandered away from her Stephenson Point-area home

Nanaimo RCMP expressed concern after an 82-year-old woman was reported missing the morning of Tuesday, Dec. 13. (Submitted photo)