An inmate from Edmonton’s minimum-security Stan Daniels Healing Centre is wanted after taking off Saturday afternoon during an escorted temporary absence, say police.

Correctional Services Canada reported around 3 p.m. Saturday that Tyrrel Bigchild, 21, escaped from the 9516 101 Ave. healing centre, police said in a Sunday afternoon news release.

He was reportedly last seen near 106 Street and Kingsway Avenue, police said.

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A Canada-wide warrant for Bigchild, serving a two-year nine-month sentence for multiple offences that include robbery and assault with a weapon, has been issued for his arrest.

The centre is a 72-bed minimum security facility that houses Indigenous inmates on conditional release and who are serving federal s

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