Overview

• Dominican authorities concluded 38-year-old Dorian Christian MacDonald drowned accidentally after recovering his body at high tide on June 20 following a missing-person report
• Global Affairs Canada confirmed it is assisting consular efforts but has not disclosed further details due to privacy considerations
• A GoFundMe campaign organized by friend Tara McKenzie has secured more than $33,000 of its $40,000 goal for funeral and repatriation expenses
• Organizers estimate that flights, international paperwork and funeral arrangements will require an additional $10,000 to $20,000 to return MacDonald’s remains to Nova Scotia
• MacDonald’s death, three months after the presumed drowning of student Sudiksha Konanki, has intensified concerns about recurring visitor drownings on Dominican beaches