Air Search Off N.S. Coast Suspended Until Sunday for Missing Scallop Fishermen

Air Search Off N.S. Coast Suspended Until Sunday for Missing Scallop Fishermen
A Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forestry helicopter working with the RCMP search the coastline between Hillsburn and Morden in N.S. on Dec. 18, 2020. The Canadian Press/HO-RCMP
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HILLSBURN, N.S.—The aerial search for five fishermen who were working on a scallop boat when it sank in the Bay of Fundy has been suspended until Sunday, and the ground search has been called off indefinitely.

The RCMP says in a news release that on Friday a Department of Lands and Forestry helicopter was used to search 20 kilometres of Nova Scotia coastline between Hillsburn and Morden, along the province’s southwest shore.