Hitchhiking
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Saskatchewan man found safe and sound after missing for 3 yearsNo other details were given by RCMP, but shortly after the man went missing in 2019 they said they believed he was hitchhiking towards Saskatoon or Alberta.CanadaSep 22, 2022
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Highway 1 near Salmon Arm shuts down after hitchhiker reported to be holding riflePolice said the woman was travelling along a heavily-forested rural area near Bernie Road when she saw a man on the side of the road with what appeared to be a rifle.NewsJul 14, 2020
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Missing hitchhiker possibly headed toward Saskatoon: RCMPMelfort RCMP are requesting the public’s help in locating Charles Butler-Grace, 63, who was last seen on May 10, 2019.CanadaMay 13, 2019
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Kingston police look for suspect they say hitched a ride, then set vehicle on firePolice say the woman hitchhiked in a stranger's car to Kingston and then lit the car on fire.CrimeSep 17, 2018
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RCMP ask public for tips as they investigate violent robbery of hitchhiker in Red Deer areaA man who was stabbed and robbed by people he says stopped to pick him up while he was hitchhiking near Red Deer, Alta. on Saturday is now considered to be in stable condition and police say they are investigating.CrimeAug 5, 2018
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Okanagan woman’s death beside Coquihalla Highway not a criminal investigation: PoliceFamily members have identified the 27-year-old as Brittany Martel, a First Nations woman from Hay River, N.W.T. who was living in West Kelowna before she died.Aug 2, 2018
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‘It restores my faith in people’: Chris Koch, born without arms and legs, finishes cross-country hitchhiking tripKoch left Calgary on his skateboard with nothing more than a small backpack and made his way -- in just 18 days -- to St. John's, Newfoundland, 6,338 kilometres away.LifestyleJul 28, 2018
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Hitchhiker in custody after drama in B.C. southern interiorOne man is in custody for allegedly holding a truck driver at gunpoint after being picked up hitchhiking in BC's southern interior.CrimeNov 7, 2017
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RCMP say missing patient safely returned to Saskatchewan HospitalBattlefords RCMP have located Gordon Merrick, who walked away from the Saskatchewan Hospital on Friday evening.CanadaJul 23, 2017
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Hitchbot enters final leg of its Halifax-to-Victoria journeyThe chatty, social-media-savvy robot that's been thumbing rides with Canadians over the past three weeks is nearing the end of its Halifax-to-Victoria hitchhiking adventure.CanadaAug 13, 2014
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