N.S. RCMP still searching for 5 missing fishermen, vessel debris

Nova Scotia RCMP have not yet located the five fishermen and scallop dragger that went missing off the south shore two weeks ago.

In a Thursday update, the agency said it searched the coastline from Digby Gut to Harbourville with a helicopter the day prior. Nothing was located, it said in a release.

Aerial search was suspended on Thursday due to weather conditions.

The Chief William Saulis fishing vessel was carrying six men when it sank early in the morning on Dec. 15.

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The body of one of its crewmen, Michael Drake, was recovered later that day. The other five men – Aaron Cogswell, Leonard Gabriel, Daniel Forbes, Eugene Francis and the boat’s captain, Charles Roberts – are still lost.

RCMP said Thursday that the search for the remaining fishermen will continue.

2:00 Digby, NS residents apprehensive as search continues for missing scallop boat