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Publication Date: January 12, 2026 - 06:00

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Thunder Bay ends landfill search for Deborah Anishinabie after finding no new evidence

January 12, 2026

Thunder Bay has ended its search for human remains at a municipal landfill after no evidence was found in connection with the 2024 death of a First Nations woman, a result that the city’s chief of police says will not rule out similar undertakings in the future.

The landfill search for Deborah Anishinabie, which began last fall, marked the first time that such an operation has been conducted in the Northwestern Ontario city. However, despite nearly two months of scouring through waste material, officers at the site came up empty, Thunder Bay Police Chief Darcy Fleury told The Globe and Mail.



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