Thanks for all your love and support.
See More about The Fifth Estate at the above link. Canada's premiere investigatives series, hosted by Hana Gartner, Bob McKeown, Linden MacIntyre and Gillian Findlay
Monday, February 28, 2011
Watch The Fifth Estate on CBC TV on March 11th
Thanks for all your love and support.
See More about The Fifth Estate at the above link. Canada's premiere investigatives series, hosted by Hana Gartner, Bob McKeown, Linden MacIntyre and Gillian Findlay
Friday, February 25, 2011
The Grand Forks Gazette Spoke With the Local RCMP
Karl Yu, Grand Forks Gazette, Feb 23, 2011:
"Grand Forks RCMP’s Staff Sgt. Jim Harrison says that his detachment stays in contact with Rooney’s family on a regular basis and there haven’t been any developments.
He did say that Grand Forks Search and Rescue conducted a search of the Hardy Mountain area on Feb. 12 but, like other searches, it failed to yield any results.
“We want to solve this thing,” Harrison says. “It’s just been a huge, huge file. I mean we’re up to 850 pages on the file already, it’s just monstrous. It’s stretched from Alberta to all of B.C. It’s been a big effort and we’re still active as Hell in the investigation, as far as following up on tips and going back and (re-examining) things that are already done just to make sure – it’s not going to end until we get something substantive to work with.”
Back in December, there were reports of Rooney being sighted on Vancouver Island with a group of people selling dreamcatchers, but Harrison says that there haven’t been any such reports lately.
“We did identify one guy amongst the dreamcatcher sellers – at least we had a picture of him – and it definitely was not Owen,” says Harrison.
As for Owen’s family, they have been following up on all leads and while there have been reports that they will return to Australia, they haven’t made a firm decision yet. They are still hoping people with any information will come forward.
“We will have to go home at some stage but we have not decided when that is yet,” explains Kelly Rooney, Owen’s sister.
“It’s a difficult decision to make. Australia is a long way to go home with unanswered questions. That’s why we need anyone with any information about Owen to come forward, either to us or the police.
“There are still questions we need answered. Why was Owen at Christina Lake? Did he know anyone there? Did he go back there after the hospital? Where is he now? Someone has to know these answers. We just need these people to come forward and help,” she says."
"Grand Forks RCMP’s Staff Sgt. Jim Harrison says that his detachment stays in contact with Rooney’s family on a regular basis and there haven’t been any developments.
He did say that Grand Forks Search and Rescue conducted a search of the Hardy Mountain area on Feb. 12 but, like other searches, it failed to yield any results.
“We want to solve this thing,” Harrison says. “It’s just been a huge, huge file. I mean we’re up to 850 pages on the file already, it’s just monstrous. It’s stretched from Alberta to all of B.C. It’s been a big effort and we’re still active as Hell in the investigation, as far as following up on tips and going back and (re-examining) things that are already done just to make sure – it’s not going to end until we get something substantive to work with.”
Back in December, there were reports of Rooney being sighted on Vancouver Island with a group of people selling dreamcatchers, but Harrison says that there haven’t been any such reports lately.
“We did identify one guy amongst the dreamcatcher sellers – at least we had a picture of him – and it definitely was not Owen,” says Harrison.
As for Owen’s family, they have been following up on all leads and while there have been reports that they will return to Australia, they haven’t made a firm decision yet. They are still hoping people with any information will come forward.
“We will have to go home at some stage but we have not decided when that is yet,” explains Kelly Rooney, Owen’s sister.
“It’s a difficult decision to make. Australia is a long way to go home with unanswered questions. That’s why we need anyone with any information about Owen to come forward, either to us or the police.
“There are still questions we need answered. Why was Owen at Christina Lake? Did he know anyone there? Did he go back there after the hospital? Where is he now? Someone has to know these answers. We just need these people to come forward and help,” she says."
Sunday, February 20, 2011
We Were Interviewed by the Kelowna Capital News and CBC Radio's Daybreak South
We really appreciate your giving us the publicity. The story can be read here: http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/kelownacapitalnews/news/116281924.html target="_blank">
If you go to the CBC Radio website here, you can listen to the interview by clicking on the link titled Still Looking For Owen. Thank you Daybreak South. It was a good interview.
We Are Back in BC
CTVBC asks the same question we have been asking and wrote about it here: What Happened to Owen Rooney?
Closer to where Owen went missing, The Boundary Sentinel is carrying our story here and The Castlegar Source here.
Speaking of Castlegar, it is still unknown how Owen travelled the stretch of road from there to Christina Lake on August 11. If anyone has any infomation regarding that information, please contact any of the numbers at the top of this webpage.
Closer to where Owen went missing, The Boundary Sentinel is carrying our story here and The Castlegar Source here.
Speaking of Castlegar, it is still unknown how Owen travelled the stretch of road from there to Christina Lake on August 11. If anyone has any infomation regarding that information, please contact any of the numbers at the top of this webpage.
CTV Calgary Updates Our Situation
Many thanks to CTV Calgary for your continuing interest in our search for Owen. The lastest story, from Feb 2 is here: http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110205/CGY_rooney_search_110205/20110205/?hub=CalgaryHome target="_blank"Friday, February 18, 2011
The Toronto Sun is Helping to Publicize Our Search in Eastern Canada
Thank you to the Toronto Sun for your help in our search for Owen! The same story ran in Edmonton, on the Edmonton Sun webpage here.
cnews in Edmonton has also done a story. You can read it here.
iNews880 AM Radio has a story here.
We couldn't do this without the help of the media. We can't thank you enough.
cnews in Edmonton has also done a story. You can read it here.
iNews880 AM Radio has a story here.
We couldn't do this without the help of the media. We can't thank you enough.
Lethbridge Herald Writes a Good Story
I am sorry that the blog has not been updated since mid January, but I have been out of the country.
This story was in the Jan 26 edition of the Lethbridge Herald. Thanks to the reporter for covering the story with extra details included.
Read the story here: http://www.lethbridgeherald.com/local-news/the-search-for-owen-12611.html
This story was in the Jan 26 edition of the Lethbridge Herald. Thanks to the reporter for covering the story with extra details included.
Read the story here: http://www.lethbridgeherald.com/local-news/the-search-for-owen-12611.html
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