Air search off N.S. coast suspended until Sunday for missing scallop fishermen
A Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forestry helicopter working with the RCMP search the coastline between Hillsburn and Morden in N.S. on Friday Dec. 18, 2020. The aerial search for five fishermen who were working on a scallop boat when it sank in the Bay of Fundy has been suspended until Sunday, and the ground search has been called off indefinitely. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-RCMP MANDATORY CREDIT December 19, 2020 - 8:46 AM
HILLSBURN, N.S. - The aerial search for five fishermen who were working on a scallop boat when it sank in the Bay of Fundy has been suspended until Sunday, and the ground search has been called off indefinitely.
Air search off N.S. coast suspended until Sunday for missing scallop fishermen
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Dec 19, 2020 at 11:56 am EDT
HILLSBURN, N.S. The aerial search for five fishermen who were working on a scallop boat when it sank in the Bay of Fundy has been suspended until Sunday, and the ground search has been called off indefinitely.
The RCMP says in a news release that on Friday a Department of Lands and Forestry helicopter was used to search 20 kilometres of Nova Scotia coastline between Hillsburn and Morden, along the province’s southwest shore.
The search didn’t locate the missing fishermen or any debris from the Chief William Saulis, which sank early Tuesday morning with six on board.
Dec 17, 2020 7:37 AM
The body of Michael Drake of Fortune was recovered shortly after the Chief William Saulis sank on Dec. 15th.
Residents of the Town of Fortune are rallying around the family of a man whose body was recovered this week following a fishing tragedy off Nova Scotia.
The man, Michael Drake, was one of six crewmen on board the Chief William Saulis, which went down off the southwestern coast of Nova Scotia.
The search for the five remaining crew has been called off.
Fortune Mayor Charles Penwell says the Burin Peninsula has seen its share of tragedies at sea. It wasn’t that long ago when the nearby town of St. Lawrence was left reeling with the loss of four crab fishermen in Placentia Bay. He says the region has a long fishing history.
Man accused of defrauding Gander Aviation of $1.2M
A 48-year-old man was charged after suspected fraudulent activities over nearly four years involving the company, which operates out of the Gander Airport.
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Posted: Dec 11, 2020 10:48 AM NT | Last Updated: December 11, 2020
Police say they were alerted to suspected fraud by a Gander Aviation employee.(Gander Aviation/Facebook)
A man has been charged with defrauding a private aviation company in Gander of more than $1.2 million, the RCMP announced Friday.
In a press release, police say they charged the 48-year-old man on Thursday with one count of fraud over $5,000, involving Gander Aviation, a company that provides services like refuelling and refreshments to private, mostly transatlantic, flights stopping at the Gander Airport.
ST. JOHN S, N.L. On Sunday night, before the tiny town of Harbour Breton on Newfoundland s south coast asked businesses to temporarily close following a few confirmed cases of COVID-19, Mayor Georgina Ollerhead got a call from the mayor of Deer Lake, about 430 kilometres away. Deer Lake Mayor Dean Ball was calling to offer support and a few pro tips. He d had to shut down his town a few weeks earlier as a cluster of cases emerged, and he knew it wasn t easy to ask businesses to close and people to stay calm in the face of a pandemic.