Police looking for woman who escaped Edmonton healing lodge

An undated photo of Charmaine Louis-Crier, who escaped the Buffalo Sage Wellness House in Edmonton on Dec. 9, 2025. (Source: Correctional Service Canada)

A woman escaped a minimum-security facility in Edmonton on Tuesday, according to Correctional Service Canada (CSC).

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Charmaine Louis-Crier, 46, was discovered missing during the 3 p.m. count at the Buffalo Sage Wellness House, a 28-bed healing lodge run by Native Counselling Services of Alberta (NCSA).

A warrant for her arrest has been issued.

She is serving a six-year sentence for kidnapping, robbery, forcible confinement, assault, uttering threats to cause death or harm, and intimidation of a justice system participant or journalist.

Anyone with information about her location is asked to call police.

CSC and NCSA will investigate her escape.

Buffalo Sage Wellness House homes conditionally released and federally sentenced Indigenous female offenders. It is located in the community in central Edmonton.