Les
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Global news reports a missing female diver at Narrows Inlet about 15km north of Sechelt. Apparently separated from dive buddy. I hope this ends with a positive outcome.
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"GLOBAL News"
Monday, March 29, 2010
VANCOUVER A female diver is missing after losing contact with her dive partner in the waters off Sechelt, B.C., on Sunday afternoon.
An RCMP spokesman said the pair were diving in Narrows Inlet, 15 kilometres north of Sechelt, at 1:45 p.m. when they were separated.
The female diver did not surface and Coast Guard Search and Rescue was dispatched.
The search was cancelled at 6 p.m. The diver's identity has not been released.
Sechelt is a coastal community about 70 kilometres northwest of Vancouver.
RCMP find body of woman who went missing while diving in B.C.
March 29, 2010 8:47 p.m.
SECHELT, B.C. - The RCMP say they've located the body of a diver who failed to surface over the weekend while diving in British Columbia's Sunshine Coast region.
The woman vanished on Sunday while diving with another person in Narrows Inlet, located north of Sechelt. An air and water search involving the coast guard, the RCMP and civilian boats on Sunday failed to turn up any sign of the woman.
Her body was found Monday afternoon.
Police haven't released her name, but say she was from Pender Harbour.
News from ©The Canadian Press, 2010
I found this on the following website:
Metro - RCMP find body of woman who went missing while diving in B.C.
I'm curious as to how they got separated. I guess well just need to wait for the reports to come out.
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