By paNOW

PAGC assists with search for missing man

Oct 12, 2018 | 6:00 PM

The last known whereabouts of a man from Stony Rapids was a densely wooded area south of Prince Albert, and that’s where a search team was seen Friday.

paNOW has learned the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) Emergency Management unit was asked to help look for Travis MacDonald, who was last seen early Monday morning. PAGC Grand Chief Brian Hardlotte said their team will not give up.

“Even if the [RCMP] calls off the search effort, we’ll continue because we care about our members and we want to help out the family,” Hardlotte said.

MacDonald is from Stony Rapids, and a member of the Black Lake Dene Nation — part of PAGC, which is why the organization promptly answered the call to help with the search effort. Hardlotte said the search area is very challenging, a mix of farmland, sloughs and forest.

“It’s different from the forest in Northern Saskatchewan. These bushes don’t go on for miles and miles,” he said.

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MacDonald’s truck was found abandoned Monday on a grid road, about a quarter mile off Highway 2. A woman who found the truck and called police told paNOW she did not see any tracks but added there were signs MacDonald attempted to run through the bush as a barbed wire fence was knocked down. The woman requested her name not be published.

Environment Canada’s data revealed the weather conditions at the time of MacDonald’s disappearance were cloudy and -2.9 degrees Celsius.

According to information provided by RCMP and family, MacDonald was driving to Prince Albert from Saskatoon, but for reasons unknown ended up in the rural location. Family members said he had no medical issues and had not indicated he was not in any sort of trouble. The Prince Albert RCMP investigation is ongoing.

nigel.maxwell@jpbg.ca

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