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Global News
2 days ago
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Missing Teulon area man's car found near Starbuck
A relative of a missing Teulon, Man.-area man says she's 'holding out for a miracle' that her loved one will be found. Lana Knor's second cousin, 69-year-old Stewart Campbell, was last seen around 3:30 a.m. on July 15. He was reported missing by friends to Stonewall RCMP two days later. On July 24, RCMP located his vehicle on Road 3 West, north of Highway 2, roughly seven kilometres east of Starbuck. Campbell was not with the vehicle. 'He pulled off here because he was out of gas,' Knor said. 'He had his cat with him, and nobody knows where he is from there.' Knor said Campbell, a lifelong Interlake cattle producer, suffers from rheumatoid arthritis, and friends had been trying to get him help after noticing changes in his behaviour. Story continues below advertisement 'We assume he has dementia or something very wrong with memory loss,' she said. 'Every tip is looked into to see if we can get any leads, but as for now, we're at a status quo,' said Manitoba RCMP Media Relations Officer Melanie Roussel. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy 'We're still asking the public, though, to check their video surveillance, their cameras, check their property in the area of the RM of Rockwood and near Stonewall or even in the RM of Mcdonald where the vehicle was recovered there near Highway 2.' View image in full screen 69-year-old Stewart Campbell was reported missing on July 17. Manitoba RCMP located his vehicle on a dirt road east of Starbuck a week later. 'We're just playing a guessing game and we don't have a clue,' said his second cousin Lana Knor. Submitted by Lana Knor RCMP issued a Silver Alert, a notification of a missing vulnerable adult, for Campbell on July 18 on social media. The family of another missing Manitoba man is petitioning the House of Commons to create a National Silver Alert System that would send geographically-targeted notifications to cellphones in the area of the missing person. Story continues below advertisement While the RCMP has access to the National Public Alerting System, which sends emergency notifications to phones and broadcasts, they are not authorized to use it to push Silver Alerts. 'It's just not in the criteria for that, so you would not never get a signal on your phone like you would do for a tornado watch or that kind of situation,' Roussel said. Knor says an alert may have helped in Campbell's case. 'He was quiet. He minded his own business. But if somebody had gotten a picture of him on their cellphone, they would have went, 'Hey, I saw that guy,' right? And maybe there would be reports,' she said. Knor says she is trying to remain optimistic her relative will be found. 'The clock is ticking. He's been missing now quite a long time,' she said. She urges people in the Starbuck and Teulon areas to check their properties for him. 'He's been a survivor and independent for most of his life, so I'm gonna cross my fingers that that has kicked in… and that he's just somewhere we haven't found him yet. 'But regardless of the outcome, we just want to find him.' Story continues below advertisement Manitoba RCMP describe Campbell as approximately five-feet-eight-inches tall, 110 lbs. with shaggy grey hair, blue eyes, and clean-shaven. Anyone with information is encouraged to call 911, Crime Stoppers, or the Stonewall RCMP at 204-467-5015.
Global News
5 days ago
- Health
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Missing man remembered: 'He was a truly loved person.'
Ahead of Earl Moberg's celebration of life, Brenda Moberg asked friends and family for words that described her husband. Gentle. Friendly. Helpful. Loving. Kind. 'A lot of people said kind,' she said. 'That was the word that was repeated over and over again.' More than 100 of Earl Moberg's friends, family, and community members gathered at Rowandale Baptist Church Saturday to remember him. Earl Moberg was 81 and living with dementia when he disappeared on Dec. 12, 2023 after leaving home for a walk. He has never been found, but is presumed deceased. 'It's great to hear other people's memories of my dad and help really keep him alive,' said Britt Moberg, Earl's daughter. 'It was really, really healing to have this time today. I'm so glad that we were able to do that.' Story continues below advertisement Britt shared memories of his passion for fitness and adventure, his pride in his Swedish heritage, and his unwavering support for his four children. As an educator, he taught in remote communities for much of his career. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy 'He made me feel safe in the world,' Britt said. Brenda felt the same; she and her 'knight in shining armour' would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this year. In the later years of his life, Earl Moberg was known to wander due to his dementia. The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) deemed his disappearance a critical incident in June 2024 following a review spurred by a letter Britt penned to the WRHA and health minister Uzoma Asagwara. A critical incident is an unintended event that occurs as the result of the provision of health services. The review found Earl and his caregivers did not receive the health supports needed to keep him safe. 'We can't change what happened to my dad, and all I can do is try to advocate to try to do what I can to prevent this from happening to someone else,' said Britt. 'When Earl went missing, the first thing I said was, to the police, 'Is there a silver alert issued?' and they said yes, but at that time I didn't know it was just to the media,' Brenda Moberg said. Story continues below advertisement Related News Moberg critical incident review the first of its kind, offers 7 recommendations The Moberg family is working to change how the public is notified of missing adults. A petition to the House of Commons, sponsored by Kildonan-St. Paul MP Raquel Dancho, calls on the Government of Canada to develop a National Silver Alert System, which would alert mobile devices and broadcasts in the area where a missing vulnerable adult was last seen, much like AMBER Alerts. It's their second time collecting signatures: The 2025 federal election and dissolution of parliament nullified their previous petition, which had collected 4,672 signatures. While collecting signatures at Garden City Mall, Brenda Moberg hears from people whose lives have also been affected by a dementia diagnosis. 'They have relatives… that have dementia that have wandered, or they're worried that they'll wander,' she said. 'We just want to get more signatures on the petition so then if other people, seniors or people with dementia get missing that they will be found.' The Mobergs thanked everyone who signed the petition so far, and who helped search for Earl since his disappearance. 'To us, he's our father, our husband, he is our loved one and there's just so much more beyond him than being the missing person in North Kildonan,' Britt said. 'He was a truly loved person, and a father, and a teacher, and I hope that he's remembered for those qualities as well, not just for being the person who is missing.' Story continues below advertisement The Silver Alert petition is collecting online signatures until Oct. 2, 2025.
