Major crime unit investigates disappearance of 18-year-old woman from Qualicum Beach
- one outlet each, colour and letter = owner
- same article, counted once
- wire copy
- didn't run it
- Colour and letter = owner: B BLACK PRESSI INDEPENDENTG GLACIERP POSTMEDIAC BROADCASTR REGIONAL OWNERS
- Bracket ×N = the same article on N outlets. One newsroom wrote it; we count it once.
- WIRE = wire copy (e.g. Canadian Press). Helps match stories; doesn't count as a newsroom.
- Dashed = didn't run it: an outlet we could check that didn't carry the story.
6 separate newsrooms reported this; it ran on 18 sites.
The same story ran on 13 Black Press sites we follow.
What's being reported
Harper was reported missing on Oct. 21, after she was last contacted that Wednesday.
How coverage differs
- Times ColonistLeads with police describing the disappearance as 'suspicious'.
- Major crime unit investigates disappearance of woman, 18, last seen in Qualicum
Melissa Harper reported missing Oct. 21
- Major crime unit investigating suspicious disappearance of 18-year-old last seen in Qualicum Beach
Police are asking for the public’s help locating an 18-year-old woman whose disappearance on Vancouver Island is being described as suspicious.
- Major Crime Unit investigating disappearance of 18-year-old woman in Qualicum Beach
Police say she also has connections to the Lower Mainland and Alberta.
- Disappearance of 18-year-old woman from Qualicum Beach 'suspicious': police
Melissa Harper, 18, was reported missing on Oct. 21.
- Major crime unit investigating teen’s ‘suspicious disappearance’ on Vancouver Island
Major crime detectives are leading the investigation into the “suspicious disappearance” of a young woman on Vancouver Island, according to local police.
- Major Crime Unit investigating missing 18-year-old woman out of Qualicum Beach
The Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit is investigating the disappearance of 18-year-old Melissa Harper, who was last contacted on Wednesday, Oct 21, and was known to be in Qualicum Beach.…
