Tag Archives: The Death of Philip Boudreau

Fishing captain facing murder charge released on $60,000 bail

Dwayne Samson, captain of the Twin Maggies lobster fishing boat, based in Arichat, is charged along with two crew members with second-degree murder after what the RCMP are calling an “incident on the water” on June 1 at the mouth of Petit de Grat Harbour. more@chronicleherald

Family and friends gathered at a Cape Breton church on Friday to say their goodbyes to Philip Boudreau

Petit-de-Grat says goodbye to missing fisherman Philip Boudreau, the man presumed dead after his overturned boat was found floating in the Petit-de-Grat harbour earlier this summer. “Philip was like a brother you didn’t have. He was always there to help anyone he could,” said friend Thomas Richard. more@cbcnews