Everyone appears to be ok after a boat with nine people on board flipped over off Entrance Island near Nanaimo this afternoon.
The Joint Rescue Co-Coordination Centre told Global News a lighthouse keeper assisted in the rescue.
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The boat appears to have sunk.
Coast Guard transported the passengers to Nanaimo harbour.
BC Ambulance attended and took two patients to Nanaimo regional hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
It is not clear what caused the boat to capsize.
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