Vivian Ketchum

Aug 10, 2023 | broadview.org | Vivian Ketchum

“My family and all the other families deserve closure,” Cambria Harris said in a Globe and Mail article. These were heartfelt words from one of the young women at the front of the battle to bring her mom home from a Winnipeg-area landfill. Morgan Harris is one of the women believed to be in the Prairie Green landfill. Cambria Harris, her daughter, has been one of the family members fighting to bring their loved ones home.

Jun 19, 2023 | christiancourier.ca | Vivian Ketchum |Meghan Kort |Jonathan Boone |Victoria Veenstra

Two months ago, I saw the post on Facebook about a missing woman. The name was vaguely familiar, and she was from my hometown, Kenora. I waited a couple of days before sharing the post on my page. She was still missing and there was no information about where in Winnipeg she might be. Then I got a message from my cousin, Karen. The missing woman was a family member: the mother of Karen’s grandson. She had come to the city by bus and then disappeared, with no contact with friends or family for a week.

Apr 21, 2023 | christiancourier.ca | Adele Gallogly |Robert Bruinsma |Vivian Ketchum |Kristen Parker

There was no possibility of meeting in person that day. The pandemic had brought with it risks so new, and an uncertainty so deep, that gathering the lectio divina group in the same room was now out of the question. A few minutes before 8:30 a.m., I settled my infant daughter and her toddler brother with their father in the next room. My daughter was often fussy when separated from me, and I hoped I’d have enough quiet to focus.