VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The latest on the deadly sinking of a whale watching boat with 27 people on board off Vancouver Island (all times local):
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British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says five U.K. nationals were killed when a whale watching boat sank off Vancouver Island in western Canada.
Hammond expressed “deep sadness” in a statement and said his thoughts are “with the family and friends of all those affected by this terrible accident.”
One person remains missing after the boat sank on a calm and sunny day off the tourist community of Tofino. Twenty-one people were rescued.
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