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Lindsay Bryanna Bear and Darcy Ballantyne. Photo courtesy Facebook, used with permission from Darcy Ballantyne.
The news of a Stanley Mission woman’s death in a snowmobiling crash is rippling through the First Nations community.
Early Sunday morning, 25-year old Lindsay Bryanna Bear and a 20-year-old passenger on the snowmobile crashed into a rock. First responders were on scene when the RCMP responded. Both women were taken to the Stanley Mission Health Clinic, but Bear died as a result of her injuries. The other woman was taken to hospital.
Bear was the daughter of Prince Albert Grand Council Vice-Chief Brian Hardlotte.
Chief Ron Michel says the loss affects them all, and he’s reached out to help in any way possible.
“We try to do as much as we can in terms of being friends, you know, we’re one big family,” Michel said.
Both Bear and her twin sister pursued jobs in the corrections field, and Hardlotte and his wife Jeannie have always been very proud of his girls.
“To succeed like that, they were special to them in terms of the job security, the education that they got. It’s just something that showed that they came from good parents,” Michel said.
Bear enjoyed the outdoors and was an avid snowmobiler, fisher and trapper, Michel said.
“It’s a great loss for them to lose a young lady like Lindsay.”
Michel extended his sympathies to those related to Bear.
Michel and Vice-Chief Joseph Tsannie will be honorary pallbearers at Bear’s funeral.
Bear’s wake is Tuesday at 6 p.m. and her funeral is on Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Stanley Mission.