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NHL to WHL
Going accordion to plan
Victoria Royals announce new general manager, former assistant to NHL’s Glen Sather. Page A17
World renowned stars hit the stage in Sixth International Victoria Accordion Festival. Page A14
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
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It’s tragic. They were just in sight of shore. - Saanich police Sgt. Dean Jantzen
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Canadian Coast Guard hovercraft Siyay from Richmond and a helicopter search the shores of small islands off Oak Bay looking for a missing canoeist.
Full-scale operation launched to find missing canoeist One boater rescued, search called off for second young man Edward Hill and Natalie North News staff
A young Saanich man remains missing after his canoe capsized Friday night near Ten Mile Point during a camping venture that turned terribly tragic. Two young men, each 20-year-old Saanich
residents, launched their canoe from Telegraph Bay Cove July 6 with the intention of camping on nearby Discovery Island. The canoe capsized when they transited Baynes Channel near Ten Mile Point and the men clung to a dry bag of camping gear. Residents of the point heard their cries for help and called police. Neither was wearing a life jacket, and no personal floatation devices were in the canoe. One of the men was found clinging to Tod Rock near Mary Tod Island off Oak Bay at 12:25 a.m. He was plucked from the
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rocks with hypothermia, but released in good health Saturday from Royal Jubilee Hospital. “He was severely hypothermic when they found him, but the best that could be expected for being in the water for an hour and a half,” said Kim Bentzon, station leader with the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue, station 33, Oak Bay, who attended the call. Unfortunately after an exhaustive water and shoreline search Friday night and Saturday morning, the second man hasn’t been
found (as of the News deadline Monday). “The fellows did not have (personal floatation devices) and that’s certainly the first thing any boater should always have,” Bentzon said. “For the one fellow who made it to the rock, that was great, but for the other fellow, not so.” Saanich police Sgt. Dean Jantzen said the men became separated in the water in the dark near Tod Rock. PLEASE SEE: Weather calm, Page A5
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