Aerial search for missing Bay of Fundy fishermen resumes
The search will take place approximately 100 kilometres off the coast from Digby Gut to Harbourville by helicopter, according to a news release.
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Posted: Dec 28, 2020 1:20 PM AT | Last Updated: December 28, 2020
The six men known to have been on board the Chief William Saulis. Top row, from left: Captain Charles Roberts, Aaron Cogswell, Dan Forbes. Bottom row, from left: Eugene Francis, Michael Drake and Leonard Gabriel.(Facebook/CBC)
RCMP Air Services are resuming the aerial search for five missing fishermen from the Chief William Saulis on Monday.
The search will take place about 100 kilometres off the coast from Digby Gut to Harbourville by helicopter, according to a news release.
Posted: Dec 22, 2020 11:34 AM AT | Last Updated: December 22, 2020
The six men known to have been on board the Chief William Saulis. Top row, from left: Captain Charles Roberts, Aaron Cogswell, Dan Forbes. Bottom row, from left: Eugene Francis, Michael Drake and Leonard Gabriel.(Facebook/CBC)
An underwater recovery team with Nova Scotia RCMP plans to use sonar to explore parts of the Bay of Fundy where a fishing boat and its crew disappeared last week.
The Chief William Saulis, a scallop dragger that was based out of Yarmouth, N.S., was last heard from early on the morning of Dec. 15 when it was heading toward Digby after a week-long fishing expedition.
Search resumes for missing fishermen in Bay of Fundy
Police say the search for five missing fishermen from the Chief William Saulis fishing vessel in the Bay of Fundy will resume from the air on Friday morning. The ground search is still suspended due to safety concerns because of the storm.
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Posted: Dec 18, 2020 11:27 AM AT | Last Updated: December 18, 2020
A CH-149 Cormorant helicopter searches the waters of Parkers Cove on Dec. 15. A helicopter from the Department of Lands and Forestry will resume the search on Friday.(Brett Ruskin/CBC)
Police say the search for five missing fishermen from the Chief William Saulis fishing vessel in the Bay of Fundy will resume from the air on Friday morning.
Posted: Dec 17, 2020 9:43 AM AT | Last Updated: December 17, 2020 Just stressed out, crying: Families of missing fishermen wait for answers
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2:28The tragic situation with a missing scallop vessel is being felt heavily in Yarmouth. Many of the men on board the Chief William Saulis called the town home. The CBC s Taryn Grant was in the community speaking to friends and loved ones.2:28
RCMP say the search along a stretch of Nova Scotia shoreline for the fishermen from a scallop vessel that federal officials say sank in the Bay of Fundy has been suspended Thursday because of the impending storm.
Posted: Dec 16, 2020 8:12 AM AT | Last Updated: December 17, 2020
The six men known to have been on board the Chief William Saulis. Top row, from left: Captain Charles Roberts, Aaron Cogswell, Dan Forbes. Bottom row, from left: Eugene Francis, Michael Drake and Leonard Gabriel.(Facebook/CBC)
The Maritime Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre said late Wednesday afternoon that it is suspending the search for five missing fishermen in the Bay of Fundy.
The news comes after 36 hours of searching for the crew of the Chief William Saulis, a scallop vessel based out of Yarmouth, N.S. The RCMP will now handle the investigation as a missing persons case.