By Marissa Lentz-McGrath, Local Journalism Initiative, TimminsToday.com Vanessa Brousseau is hitting the road, not for a vacation, but for a mission rooted in grief, advocacy, and hope. The North Bay-based Indigenous activist, who grew up in Timmins, has bought an RV to travel across the country and raise awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people (MMIWG2S). Her journey, set to begin June 28, is the realization of a long-held dream, one sparked in part by the 2003 disappearance of her sister, Pamela Holopainen. \u201cIt still seems unreal,\u201d said Brousseau, speaking to TimminsToday while en route to pick up the RV in Ottawa on Tuesday. \u201cIt doesn’t seem like it’s actually happening, because it’s been a dream for so long\u201d Brousseau recently launched a GoFundMe campaign that… <\/p>\n
By Marissa Lentz-McGrath, Local Journalism Initiative, TimminsToday.com Vanessa Brousseau is hitting the road, not for a vacation, but for a mission rooted in grief, advocacy, and hope. The North Bay-based Indigenous activist, who grew up in Timmins, has bought an RV to travel across the country and raise awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people (MMIWG2S). Her journey, set to begin June 28, is the realization of a long-held dream, one sparked in part by the 2003 disappearance of her sister, Pamela Holopainen. \u201cIt still seems unreal,\u201d said Brousseau, speaking to TimminsToday while en route to pick up the RV in Ottawa on Tuesday. \u201cIt doesn’t seem like it’s actually happening, because it’s been a dream for so long\u201d Brousseau recently launched a GoFundMe campaign that... <\/p>\n