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RCMP recover victims in Canoe River

Dec 1, 2016 | 10:58 AM

The RCMP Underwater Recovery Team made a grim discovery in Canoe River this morning.

On Wednesday Ile a la Crosse RCMP received a report that a vehicle entered the river near kilometer 130 on Highway 155. The RCMP unit located a 55-year-old female deceased inside a submerged truck on Dec. 1.

Late yesterday, a 53-year-old male was also located deceased in Canoe River.

Both individuals are from Beauval, Sask. and were reported missing by family on November 29. The names of both deceased have not been released and the investigation remains ongoing. Investigators say the deaths are not suspicious in nature.