Global News extensively covered the search for the five crew members of the Miss Ally and the aftermath in a Nova Scotia community in mourning.
The five men lost at sea were Katlin Todd Nickerson, Billy Jack Hatfield, Steven Cole Nickerson, Tyson Townsend and Joel Hopkins.
Here is our coverage of how the story unfolded and how the community came together to pay tribute to the young fishermen.
Rescue crews search for 5 fishermen off Nova Scotia: officials
Monday, February 18, 2013
Search and rescue crews are trying to locate the crew of a fishing vessel that capsized off the coast of Nova Scotia. Tammy Harnish, spokesperson for Maritime Forces Atlantic, said five people were on board the 14-metre vessel when it ran into trouble late Sunday evening. Harnish told Global News the vessel was approximately 120 kilometres southeast of Liverpool, N.S. when an emergency locator beacon was activated at 11:06 p.m. Full story
Search for missing N.S. fishermen continues, moves further east
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Rescue crews are expanding their efforts to located five missing Nova Scotia fishermen, more than 30 hours after their boat ran into trouble. Search teams have been trying to located the crew of the 14-metre halibut and swordfishing vessel, the Miss Ally, since late Sunday evening, when an emergency beacon was activated. Full story
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Search crew spots hull of fishing boat capsized off N.S.: official
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Air crews have spotted the hull of a fishing boat capsized off Nova Scotia, but the focus of search efforts remains on locating the missing crew members. Navy Lt. Peter Ryan confirms the hull of the halibut fishing vessel Miss Ally, out of Woods Harbour, N.S., was seen earlier Tuesday morning, adding it was the second time searchers had seen the overturned vessel since the rescue effort began late Sunday evening. The life-raft, which a U.S. Coast Guard aircraft spotted on Monday, has not been seen since. Full story
Search for missing N.S. fishermen reduced, nearly 2 days after boat capsized
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Search and rescue efforts to find five fishermen missing in the Atlantic Ocean off Nova Scotia have been reduced, the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax said Tuesday evening. Rescue operations to find the crew of the Woods Harbour-based halibut fishing vessel the Miss Ally have been ongoing since late Sunday evening. Full story
Missing captain’s father says coast guard missed best chance to find crew
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Todd Nickerson held on to a glimmer of hope that his son Katlin, and four other Nova Scotia fishermen, could come home safe. He’s upset officials scaled back search and rescue efforts for the crew of the Miss Ally — a Woods Harbour-based halibut fishing vessel — Tuesday evening, after more than 40 hours of searching by air and sea. Full story
Military sends plane to see if Miss Ally is still afloat: rescue centre
Thursday, February 21, 2013
The military returned to the southwest coast of Nova Scotia on Thursday to look for a capsized fishing boat as Ottawa faced mounting pressure from an angry community demanding the recovery of the vessel that could contain the bodies of five fishermen. Grieving families in Woods Harbour, N.S., emerged from a meeting with the RCMP at a local community centre, relieved to hear that the Defence Department agreed to return to the area to search for the upturned boat, last spotted by the coast guard Wednesday afternoon. Full story
Miss Ally damaged extensively, no bodies found inside hull: RCMP
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Hours after police confirmed the military spotted the hull of the Miss Ally intact, the community of Woods Harbour, N.S. was devastated to learn five young fishermen were not found inside the capsized vessel.
Divers aboard a private fishing boat that went to search for the overturned vessel and its crew members, surveyed the Miss Ally and found it was extensively damaged. Full story
Church service honours lives of Miss Ally crew
Sunday, February 24, 2013
A church service held Sunday gave a tiny Nova Scotia fishing community a chance to come to terms with the loss of five young fishermen. It was one week ago that the halibut fishing vessel Miss Ally capsized in stormy seas. Any faint glimmer of hope of finding the fishermen alive or recovering their bodies was dashed Saturday evening, when privately hired divers surveyed the hull of the boat, floating in the Atlantic 239 kilometres southeast of Halifax, and found it had been extensively damaged. Full story
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