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Police halt recovery operation for man swept into water off Peggys Cove

A helicopter flies over Peggys Cove, N.S. as part of search and rescue operations on April 22, 2015. Ray Bradshaw/Global News

HALIFAX – The RCMP has temporarily called off its efforts to recover a man who fell into the water off Peggys Cove, N.S. earlier this week.

On Wednesday, a 25-year-old man from Ontario was swept off the rocks, which led to an extensive but unsuccessful search-and-rescue operation.

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Police have not released the man’s name at the request of his family.

The Mounties say their underwater recovery team will wait until Sunday to resume its underwater operations due to rough sea conditions.

Conditions will be re-assessed Sunday morning before the search resumes.

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