The brother of a First Nations woman found murdered northwest of Prince Albert will be embarking on a healing walk to the city from Saskatoon.
Purnell Ballantyne, along with his wife Dionne Doucette, are hoping to find peace during their grieving process over the death of Monica Burns of the Sturgeon Lake First Nation.
Burns’ body was found on a snowmobile trail just north of Prince Albert earlier this month. No arrests have been made in her homicide.
Doucette says the healing journey is a way to unite everyone who has been effected by murdered and missing Aboriginal women.
“It’s a positive way to enter the grieving process,” said Doucette. “It’s not anything political. My partner wants to do this, so I am supporting him. I know along the way that a healing step toward a better outcome will occur.”
The couple will begin their journey on Tuesday morning at 8:00 am where they plan to leave from the Esso on Idylwyld Drive in Saskatoon.
They hope to arrive in Prince Albert on Thursday to join another walk for missing and murdered Aboriginal woman within city limits.