Julia-Mary Lane failed to return from road trip, prompting housemate in Alberta to contact her family in Queensland
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An Australian hiker has gone missing in Canadian bear country, prompting an urgent plea from her family as searches continue.
Twenty-four-year-old Julia-Mary Lane was living in town in Alberta, Canada, and travelled to British Columbia for a week-long road trip, according to a social media post from her housemate.
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