Overview

• Fort Severn searchers paused operations Tuesday after accruing roughly $70,000 in helicopter costs over about two and a half days.
• Manitoba RCMP say efforts now center on the Hayes River, one of the country’s fastest flowing, with tides near York Factory that swing about four metres.
• An RCMP thermal drone flew Monday night and provincial aircraft continue aerial sweeps, with one Mountie on scene and a Gillam-based boater assisting.
• RCMP say it is highly suspected the trekker attempted a river crossing after his last check-in on Aug. 14 near Nanuk camp, about 40 kilometres from York Factory.
• Both dogs have been accounted for, fuel shortages are limiting flight time, and local communities and the trekker’s family are fundraising to support continued searches.