North Battleford woman Ashley Morin's family are planning a walk from Saskatoon to North Battleford on July 12 to raise awareness that Morin is still missing. They are asking people to wear red on May 5 to mark National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Children Awareness Day. (submitted photo/RCMP)

By Angela Brown

Remembering missing woman

Family of Ashley Morin asking people to wear red on May 5

May 1, 2019 | 5:00 PM

The family of missing North Battleford woman Ashley Morin are asking people to wear red on May 5 to recognize the national day of awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG).

“There is a call out to people to wear red on Sunday to commemorate them,” family spokesperson Krista Fox said.

Fox said she will be hanging a red dress outside her office where she works as well.

“It’s a tough month,” she said. “Everywhere out there — it’s MMIW week and month and day. We just try and survive day by day.”

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The family will be in Saskatoon at 1 p.m. Friday to participate in a gathering outside the Saskatoon Police Service headquarters for a special ceremony to honour MMIWG, for an event called the Calling Home Ceremony and Feast.

National MMIWG week takes place May 6 to 12.

Fox said the family continues to take part in more searches for Morin.

Morin’s family will be attending an upcoming community presentation with guest speakers that will be hosted by Catholic Family Services of the Battlefords. The event is called Hope: Honouring Their Voices – a commemorative gathering to recognize Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and People on May 24 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Don Ross Centre.

Long-distance walk to recognize anniversary

Ashley Morin’s family, friends and supporters are planning to take part in a 140 kilometre walk starting on July 12 from Saskatoon to North Battleford to continue to raise awareness that Morin is still missing.

“We will start our walk back home to commemorate the one year that (Morin) has been missing,” Fox said. “We’ll set up tents along the highway to sleep. We figure it should take us three days to get home.”

The Okihcitâwak Patrol Group (OPG), comprised of citizen volunteers who help keep the streets safe in Saskatoon, are looking at joining them on the walk also.

“If nothing else, maybe (the walk) is for our own wellness, because it’s going to be a tough couple of days,” Fox said.

“We won’t give up. We won’t let her name disappear in the news somewhere,” Fox added. “Whatever has happened; whatever that may look like, we want people to be uncomfortable.”

Ashley Morin, who would now be 32, has been missing since July 10, 2018. Her disappearance was considered suspicious, and the RCMP’s Major Crime Unit North has been assisting in the investigation.

If anyone has any information regarding Morin’s whereabouts they are asked to contact the Battlefords RCMP or Crime Stoppers.

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