CANADA Canada- Juanita "Winnie" Migwans, 30, last seen walking along Riverside Drive, M’Chigeeng, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, 4 Oct., '24, *REWARD $50K*

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Jan 30 2025 By Dan Bertrand

$50K reward offered for info on disappearance of Manitoulin woman

A $50,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the disappearance of Juanita 'Winnie' Migwans. She was last seen walking along Riverside Drive in the First Nations community of M’Chigeeng on Manitoulin Island on Oct. 2, 2024.

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''The Ontario Government is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the disappearance of Juanita Migwans as United Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin Police Service Commission (UCCM Police) Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) continue their search efforts.''

''Juanita Migwans was last seen walking along Riverside Drive in the First Nations community of M’Chigeeng on Manitoulin Island. No one has seen or heard from her since that sighting. Migwans is described as an Indigenous female with a slim build, 5'6" (168 cm) tall, about 110 pounds (50 kgs), with brown hair and brown eyes. (Supplied/Ontario Provincial Police)
“Migwans is currently the subject of a missing person investigation where foul play cannot be ruled out,” OPP said in a news release Thursday.

The 31-year-old was last seen on Oct. 4, 2024, walking along Riverside Drive in the First Nations community of M’Chigeeng on Manitoulin Island.
No one has seen or heard from Migwans – or ‘Winnie,’ as her family calls her – since that sighting.''

 

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She didn't have a telephone with her. She didn’t have a form of ID, bank card or credit cards or anything like that.

Her family is deeply concerned that she may have been abducted by drug dealers that had infiltrated the community of M'Chigeeng. The UCCM is an excellent police force based on the First Nation and has been active and involved since she was first reported missing. Also, the community has been constant in their efforts to find her. It makes me believe she must have been taken off the island.

 

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Social media posts say she was involved in a court case.

 

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Manitoulin Island First Nation to search for woman last seen in October​

https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7530350?feature=related-link

 

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November 26, 2025 Jacqueline St.Pierre

UCCM Police launch video to reengage public in search for Juanita Migwans - The Manitoulin Expositor Featured

UCCM Police launch video to reengage public in search for Juanita Migwans The Manitoulin Expositor Featured -

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''It’s been more than a year since Juanita “Winnie” Migwans slipped from sight in M’Chigeeng First Nation, her absence spreading through the community like a cold front that never quite lifts. Families here know the kind of grief that walks on two legs and lingers. They also know the stubborn, enduring love that refuses to let a name vanish.

The investigation into Winnie’s disappearance remains active—carried jointly by the United Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin Anishnaabe Police Service (UCCM APS) and the Ontario Provincial Police. Officers still move through leads, sifting them like sand for anything that might glint''
Nov 19, 2025 rbbm

A year later, search for missing M’Chigeeng woman continues

Aiming to keep Juanita ‘Winnie’ Migwans’ name in the news, United Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin Anishnaabe Police Service and Ontario Provincial Police release video about M’Chigeeng resident missing since October 2024

www.sudbury.com

Juanita “Winnie” Migwans of M’Chigeeng First Nation was last seen Oct. 4, 2024 on Riverside Drive in M’Chigeeng. The search for her has continued ever since, with the investigation being led by the Ontario Provincial Police in collaboration with the United Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin Anishnaabe Police Service (UCCM APS).Police handout

“Juanita’s disappearance is part of the ongoing national crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit people (MMIWG2S+), which continues to devastate families and communities across Canada,” police said in the news release. “According to the Assembly of First Nations, Indigenous women and girls make up 11 per cent of all missing women in Canada despite representing only 4.3 per cent of the population.”

''Migwans is described as standing approximately 5-6 with a slender build, brown hair, brown eyes and a fair complexion. She has multiple piercings in her right ear and distinctive tattoos on her body, including one of a bird carrying a ribbon reading “THIS TOO SHALL PASS” on
her left foot, and a small heart on her left ankle. She was last seen wearing black pants and a black shirt. ''

 

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Nov 17, 2025
'The search continues for Juanita “Winnie” Migwans, a cherished member of the M’Chigeeng First Nation community who has been missing since October 2, 2023. She was last seen walking near Highway 551 and Oakhill Drive around 10:30 a.m.Juanita is described as an Indigenous woman, 5’6” tall, approximately 110 lbs, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a light-coloured jacket and dark pants.If you have any information, no matter how small it may seem, please contact the dedicated tip line at 1-833-941-9010.'