Woman with ‘significant medical issues’ who was reported missing has been found, RCMP confirm

Nanaimo RCMP have confirmed that a 66-year-old woman with “significant medical issues” who was reported missing on Monday morning has been found.

The woman was waiting to board the 10:05 a.m. sailing to Vancouver with her husband when she wandered away from the parking lot of the Departure Bay ferry terminal in Nanaimo. She was reported missing at 11 a.m.

Both the RCMP and Nanaimo Search and Rescue were deployed to search for her, RCMP said in a Monday news release.

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She was located, safe, before 4 p.m. on the same day.

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