Mother’s Day has always been difficult for Vanessa Brooks. It often coincides with the day she lost her sister, Tanya Brooks, a bright mother of five from the Millbrook First Nation in Nova Scotia.
Despite being a mother herself, Brooks often spends the day leading a memorial walk for Tanya, pouring over pictures from their childhood and repeating the same public plea: “It’s still an open investigation and I implore anybody who’s listening, if they have any information please address it to the Halifax Regional Police or Crime Stoppers,” she said Sunday, the 11th anniversary of Tanya’s death.
Tanya was killed on May 10, 2009, her body left in the window well of St. Patrick’s-Alexandra School in Halifax. The murder remains unsolved, leaving