West Vancouver-Sea to Sky MLA Jeremy Valeriote says he is “devastated” by reports of multiple deaths following a boating incident in the Squamish Valley on Thursday afternoon.
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West Vancouver-Sea to Sky MLA Jeremy Valeriote says he is “devastated” by reports of multiple deaths in the Squamish Valley north of Vancouver, an area where a swollen river has been linked to days of heavy rain.
Valeriote said his thoughts are with the families of the victims of what first responders described as a “boating incident” that happened Thursday afternoon.
BC Emergency Health Services said it received a call at 2:48 p.m. about the incident near the 15900 block of Squamish Valley Road.
A search operation is underway in the community, with members of Squamish Search and Rescue and North Shore Rescue gathered at the local airport.
Emergency Health Services said no one has been taken to hospital, and the RCMP and rescue groups did not immediately respond to questions about the nature of the operation at the time of the report.
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