A rescue operation underway in Gaspé

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The ongoing rescue operation in the area from Cap-des-Rosiers, in Gaspé, began around 4 p.m. (archives).

The Sûreté du Québec and the Canadian Armed Forces are looking for a fisherman in his sixties years that has been missing since Friday afternoon.

According to the spokesperson for the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), Béatrice Dorsainville, the x27;rescue operation began around 4 p.m. Friday in the Cap-des-Rosiers area of Gaspé.

Still according to the SQ, the man went fishing in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Divers, all-terrain vehicles and a helicopter were dispatched to the area to try to find the man.

The search was paused around 3 a.m. Saturday and resumed a few hours later.

More details to come…

With information from Édouard Beaudoin

Teilor Stone

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