15 months ago, Edith Blais and her Italian travelling companion Luca Tacchetto went missing in West Africa.
It was December 2018, and Blais, a Quebecer who spent summers in Jasper, and Tacchetto were travelling in southwest Burkina Faso.
The two were heading towards Toga to do volunteer work, when they were reportedly kidnapped and taken to Mali.
Blais and Tacchetto are said to have escaped near the the northern city of Kidal on Friday and taken to a UN base in Mali known as MINUSMA, then flown on Saturday to Mali's capital Bamako.
Francois-Philippe Champagne, Canada's minister of Foreign Affairs, said in a tweet today: "I just spoke to Edith Blais and Luca Tacchetto. I can confirm they are safe.
"We look forward to Edith returning home."
