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BC: Fishing-boat captain from Courtenay presumed drowned near Kelsey Bay

RCMP and a coast guard crew are looking for the body of a 48-year-old Courtenay man believed to have drowned after his commercial fishing vessel overturned Thursday night near Sayward.The 28-foot aluminum crabbing vessel overturned around 9 p.m. near Kelsey Bay, dumping two crew members overboard, according to Sayward RCMP. The deck hand, a 32-year-old Comox Valley man, was wearing a personal flotation device that allowed him to swim to safety. Read more here 16:55