In a lightly wooded area at the end of Breezy Point Road in the R.M of St. Andrews, the Bear Clan is leading a search for Kyle Fortier.
"Hopefully we can find him, or locate him along the shore somewhere," said Darryl Contys.
His family says the 23-year-old was last seen driving away from his home at around 3 in the morning on Thursday Nov. 9. He hasn't been seen since.
"You can't sleep. You can't eat. You can't do nothing," says Kyle's father Ron.
And that's why Ron Fortier has come to Breezy Point Road. It's far from Kyle's Winnipeg home. But Fortier says the area by the thin ice is well known to his son.
"We used to come fishing here," says Fortier. "There used to be buildings here. I guess there's none anymore."
This past weekend, this area was the center of an RCMP investigation.
An RCMP underwater recovery team was at the site. A vehicle had gone through the ice into the Red River.
An RCMP spokesperson told CTV News a vehicle was located, but no one was inside.
"There's still hope that he got out," says Fortier. "But if he did get out, where do you warm up around here?"
The Bear Clan wants to help the family find answers to all their questions. That is why they're searching.
"I fully understand what it's like to have a missing family member," said searcher Wendy Pichor-Chartrand. "And it doesn't feel good at all, and that's the reason we do this. To try and help our community."
No matter how long it may take.
Anyone with information about Kyle Fortier's whereabouts is asked to contact Winnipeg police investigators at 204-986-6250.
