NS RCMP Suspend Search for Missing Youth, as Another Flooding Victim Remembered

A man wearing chest waders walks past cars abandoned in floodwater in a mall parking lot following a major rain event in Halifax on Saturday, July 22, 2023. Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press

Nova Scotia RCMP said Monday they suspended their search northwest of Halifax for a youth who was swept away July 22 by rushing floodwaters, as mourners gathered to remember a child killed during that same severe weather event.

Police will resume the operation to find the youth once the remaining water in the search area is able to drain, they said. Supt. Sean Auld told reporters in Windsor, N.S., that search teams encountered pockets of water over the weekend up to three metres deep.