Two found deceased in liferaft

Nova Scotia Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) say the bodies of two people have been recovered after a life-raft carrying their remains was found washed ashore on Sable Island. Police believe the people recovered are a 60-year-old woman and a 70-year-old man from British Columbia reported missing last month.

Police say Parks Canada contacted the RCMP and the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) on July 10 at around 3:15 pm AT after the vessel was discovered.

The 3.3-metre life-raft found on Sable Island, about 290 kilometres southeast of Halifax, is believed to have been from a larger vessel named Theros, police say. RCMP say Theros was reported missing to the JRCC on June 18 after leaving Halifax harbour on June 11 en route to the Azores. – Full report