Please read this to understand why some women do
what they do:
For two years now, The Missing Women
Inquiry in B.C. has been investigating how so many women - no one knows
the exact number - could be murdered right under the nose of the Vancouver
Police Department.
One of those women was Brenda Wolfe, a mother
of two young girls.
Not much is known about Brenda Wolfe. She came to
Vancouver's Downtown East Side from southern Alberta. She liked country music.
She liked to dance. She could be kind. She could be very tough. And she'd do
whatever it took to support her two daughters, Angel and Destiny.
It was at the intersection of Main and Hastings, in
front of the Balmoral Hotel, that Brenda Wolfe was last seen alive. She was 30
years old. Three years later, her remains were found on Robert Pickton's pig
farm.
Wally Oppal, the commissioner of the Missing Women's
Inquiry, heard from 83 witnesses. Brenda Wolfe's daughter Angel, now 19, was
one of them. Mr. Oppal is expected to release his report within the next few
weeks.
This week, though, we bring you Angel's story. For the
first five years of Angel's life, the downtown east side was home. Angel Wolfe
is one of many who have spent a lifetime coming to terms with what happened
there. Here in her own words, is the story of Brenda's Angel.
Some of what you will hear may be disturbing to some
listeners.
Angel Wolfe
is an active social justice volunteer and public speaker. She works with the
organization, Sex
Trade 101, to help women and their children to escape the sex trade.
She is also an active volunteer with Canadian Roots Exchange, an organization dedicated
to bridging the gap between young Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians. One
day, Angel hopes to go back to school and become a police officer.
Brenda's Angel
was produced by Marjorie Nichol
Source: The
Sunday Edition with Michael Enright, CBC Radio One
Available at: http://www.cbc.ca/thesundayedition/documentaries/2013/07/07/a-daughter-a-mother-and-vancouvers-missing-women/
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