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For the second time this year, a Canada-wide warrant has been issued for convicted sex offender Christopher Schafer for failing to return to his Vancouver halfway house.

Being the subject of Canada-wide warrants is a regular occurrence for Schafer. On July 18, he was arrested by Vancouver police, five days after failing to return to his residential correctional facility. The federal offender also prompted Canada-wide warrants in 2016, 2013 and 2010 for walking away from his halfway house.

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Schafer has a long criminal history that includes break-and-enter, sexual assaults, uttering threats, robbery, and assaulting a peace officer.

In 2003, he was convicted of breaking and entering and sexual assault with a weapon in Whitehorse. He was also convicted of a similar crime, rape at knifepoint, in Old Crow, Yukon in 1999.

Schafer is described as Aboriginal, 5-feet-8, 168 pounds, black hair and brown eyes. He has a tattoo of “WANDA LEE” on the left side of his neck

He was as last seen wearing blue jeans, black running shoes, a black hooded sweatshirt, and carrying a black backpack.