CANADA Canada- Mackenzie Sinclair,17, missing from hotel lobby after traveling for toddler son’s eye surgery @ Winnipeg’s Children’s Hospital, 6 Oct., 2025.

[dotr]

By Creeson Agecoutay Oct 15, 2025

Teen mother missing in Winnipeg while on medical trip

A mother from Poplar River First Nation in northern Manitoba says her daughter went missing on a recent medical trip to Winnipeg.

www.aptnnews.ca

''The mother of a 17-year-old from Poplar River First Nation in northern Manitoba is pleading to the public to help find her daughter after she went missing from a hotel lobby in Winnipeg on Oct. 6 at around 9 p.m.

“She went downstairs and just never came back to the hotel room,” Deborah Bittern said of her daughter Mackenzie Sinclair while holding back tears in an interview with APTN News.

Bittern, along with her daughter Sinclair and Sinclair’s 15-month-old son, travelled from Poplar River for Sinclair’s son’s eye surgery at Winnipeg’s Children’s Hospital at the Health Sciences Centre. The surgery was scheduled for Oct. 7.

Bittern said her daughter’s disappearance is out of character for her and when they were having supper that Monday night, Sinclair talked about how relieved she was that her son was going to get the help that he needed.''

 

[dotr]

Oct 15, 2025 #aptnmanitoba
The Winnipeg Police Service is asking for the public's help in locating 17-year-old Mackenzie Sinclair who has been missing for more than a week.

 

[steff13]

By Creeson Agecoutay Oct 15, 2025

Teen mother missing in Winnipeg while on medical trip

A mother from Poplar River First Nation in northern Manitoba says her daughter went missing on a recent medical trip to Winnipeg.

www.aptnnews.ca

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''The mother of a 17-year-old from Poplar River First Nation in northern Manitoba is pleading to the public to help find her daughter after she went missing from a hotel lobby in Winnipeg on Oct. 6 at around 9 p.m.

“She went downstairs and just never came back to the hotel room,” Deborah Bittern said of her daughter Mackenzie Sinclair while holding back tears in an interview with APTN News.

Bittern, along with her daughter Sinclair and Sinclair’s 15-month-old son, travelled from Poplar River for Sinclair’s son’s eye surgery at Winnipeg’s Children’s Hospital at the Health Sciences Centre. The surgery was scheduled for Oct. 7.

Bittern said her daughter’s disappearance is out of character for her and when they were having supper that Monday night, Sinclair talked about how relieved she was that her son was going to get the help that he needed.''

“People were telling me she did this before, I said no this feeling is different.

I wonder how often she's done this before?

 

[steff13]

'Come home to mama': Family seek help in finding missing 14-year-old girl

The family of a 14-year-old girl missing for the last two weeks in Winnipeg is putting out a desperate plea for information.

www.ctvnews.ca

So, at least once before.

 

[tlcya]

I can see a teen mother with a toddler who has a medical condition being very overwhelmed by the whole situation. Parenthood, a child with medical issues. I hope she turns up safe.

 

[dalsglen]

“People were telling me she did this before, I said no this feeling is different.

I wonder how often she's done this before?

That gives me some hope. I have a 17yo who would never cope with a baby nevermind a baby needing surgery, that's bloody stressful!

Please be safe kiddo

 

[steff13]

I can see a teen mother with a toddler who has a medical condition being very overwhelmed by the whole situation. Parenthood, a child with medical issues. I hope she turns up safe.

Oh for sure. The place she lives is isolated, she's just a kid herself, and now she's the mother of a medically fragile toddler; I wouldn't blame her if she wanted to walk away. Even a mature adult with lots of support would struggle. I hope if she did walk away she had plans to keep herself safe.

Wikipedia (for what it's worth) has lots of interesting info on Poplar River First Nation.

 

[dotr]

'Come home to mama': Family seek help in finding missing 14-year-old girl

The family of a 14-year-old girl missing for the last two weeks in Winnipeg is putting out a desperate plea for information.

www.ctvnews.ca

So, at least once before.

Interesting that when MS went missing as a 14 yr old, it was also in association with a hospital scenario, imo. speculation.
From link..
''Her grandmother, Eliza Berens, said Mackenzie's family was in town from Poplar River First Nation to visit her father in the Health Sciences Centre's ICU, but Mackenzie went missing while at the hospital.''

 

[steff13]

Interesting that when MS went missing as a 14 yr old, it was also in association with a hospital scenario, imo. speculation.
From link..
''Her grandmother, Eliza Berens, said Mackenzie's family was in town from Poplar River First Nation to visit her father in the Health Sciences Centre's ICU, but Mackenzie went missing while at the hospital.''

If I understand correctly, the only way in or out of where she lives is by plane. If that is the case, maybe these two hospital visits are the only time she's been able to leave?

 

[thelesis]

If I understand correctly, the only way in or out of where she lives is by plane. If that is the case, maybe these two hospital visits are the only time she's been able to leave?

For those in fly-in communities medical appointments and school are often the only chances they get to leave. I can buy a teenager seeing a rare trip to Winnipeg as a chance to get to out and explore. And if you know you're only there for a little while, you'll probably cram as much into the visit as possible. And for these kids, they've grown up in a place where everyone knows everyone else and this is the first time they're running into strangers. She knew her mom would take care of her son.

I grew up in the northernmost city in Saskatchewan and we'd get lots of people from up north in the summer during our summer fair and wildfire evacuations. Things would get rowdier and drug use would go up because it was a visit to the 'big city' with all the amenities and new people to party with.

 

[sasha17]

'Come home to mama': Family seek help in finding missing 14-year-old girl

The family of a 14-year-old girl missing for the last two weeks in Winnipeg is putting out a desperate plea for information.

www.ctvnews.ca

So, at least once before.

In this earlier article when she went missing in 2023, the article says she was missing for 14 days at that point. She was located sometime after that. Does she know anyone in Winnipeg? 14+ days seems like a long time to be living on the street as a teen who doesn't know anyone. I wonder if she has friends in the city where she could be staying. Maybe she has met people online? She's holding a smartphone in the photo, and the Poplar River First Nation Wikipedia page says "most members of this community have broadband internet access."