From: National Defence
One member of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) went missing on Monday, December 14, 2020, while deployed in Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Winnipeg.
One member of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) went missing on Monday, December 14, 2020, while deployed in Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Winnipeg.
Missing is Master Sailor Duane Earle, a Boatswain, from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The details are still being determined, but it is believed he accidently fell overboard very early on December 14, while the ship was approximately 500 nautical miles west of San Francisco, California, en route back to Esquimalt after being deployed to the Asia-Pacific region on Operations PROJECTION and NEON.
Mountain Scene
By MATTHEW MCKEW
Tearful selfies sent via text in the middle of the night reveal the heavy strain on an 11-year-old girl stranded in Aussie and missing her mum.
It’s been almost a full year since Peggy Hieronymus held her daughter Xavion in her arms at home and her seven-year-old younger brother Dantay’s also feeling the effects of separation.
‘‘I think it really affects him the most, he doesn’t really want to do anything any more like go out on bike rides,’’ Hieronymus says.
The siblings went to stay with their Aussie dad Christopher Coates last December and were meant to return for the start of the new school year at Queenstown Primary.