N.W.T. RCMP using drones to investigate 2010 disappearance of Angela Meyer

Yellowknife RCMP will begin using drones to search for Angela Meyer, who went missing in Yellowknife eight years ago.

In a news release on Thursday afternoon, RCMP say they will begin flying drones over Robertson Drive, Forrest Drive, Ptarmigan Road, Con Road and Taylor Road on Friday.

Meyer was last seen in that area before she vanished in 2010.She was last seenon Nov. 27 of that year.

"Although police have not received any new information, this is part of the ongoing investigation," the statement said.

On Thursday, Meyer's sister Candace told CBC News that she's glad the RCMP are using drones to continue the search for Angela. Candace Meyer said it's something she had considered doing personally, but didn't have the means.

Meyer's familypreviously told CBC that Angela was a "very loving girl," who had been diagnosed withschizophrenia.

The family spoke out at the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls about the need for mental health and addictions supports in the North, notingthere wasn'ta lot of help for Angela when she was a teenager.

Angela Meyer was 22 when she went missing.