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Devastating pictures capture moment whale-watching boat carrying 27 people sinks off British Columbia leaving at least five dead and four unaccounted for amid freezing rescue operation
Tragic images have emerged tonight showing the remains of a
whale watching vessel which sank off the coast of British Columbia,
leaving at least five dead and another 18 needing hospital treatment.
The 65ft Leviathan II, run by Jamie's Whaling Station, based in Tofino,
was carrying 27 people when it put out a mayday call at 5pm despite
locals reporting clear, calm conditions. Dozens of vessels rushed to
help, ferrying people back to shore. Rescue boats are still scouring the
waters around Vancouver Island tonight as a number of passengers remain
unaccounted for.
'Sexual predator' arrested in murder of Zoe Hastings, 18, who went missing on the way to church and was found dead a day later in her minivan abandoned in a Dallas creek
Police in Dallas arrested Antonio Lamar Cochran (right), 34, on a
capital murder charge after his DNA was allegedly found where the body
of 18-year-old Zoe Hastings (left) was discovered. Miss Hastings' body
was discovered inside her family's white Honda Odyssey minivan (inset) -
which was ditched in a creek - on October 12, the day after she went
missing on her way to church. Police arrested 'sexual predator' Cochran
on Saturday, but said they did not not know what his motive was and that
he did not know the young woman.
Why fat people should be charged more to fly: It's not fair for thin people to suffer through the age of the supersize traveller
Julia Richardson is sick of being squashed by fat people sitting
next to her when she flies. She believes that the obese should pay more
for flights as they weigh more than she does.
Joe Biden says he passed on 2016 race because he 'couldn't win' and reveals son Beau - on his deathbed - did NOT try to convince him to run
Joe Biden dismissed long-standing rumors that Beau - who died from
brain cancer in May - tried to persuade him to run for the White House
shortly before his death.
Who hired the Times Square desnudas to humiliate Bobby Flay? Controversial chef rumored to have been unfaithful to his ex-wife with January Jones is visited by topless ladies painted with the word 'cheater'
Flay recently divorced his third wife, Law & Order actress
Stephanie March, amid rumors he had several affairs - including an
alleged relationship with Med Men star January Jones.
Ex-Scientologist Leah Remini blasts Hollywood star Tom Cruise and says he is one of the main reasons that she severed ties with the Church
Leah Remini, 45, severed ties with the church of Scientology in
2013, and explains that her key motivation for leaving the church was
down to megastar Tom Cruise.
Cutest video of the year? Man rescues injured fawn, fixes its broken leg and releases it into the wild - except the baby deer just doesn't want to leave his side!
The man, who has only been identified as Darius, rescued the
fawn last spring, near what is believed to be Yellowstone National Park
and took the fawn into his home to rehabilitate it over a two-week
period. Once the fawn was healthy, he tracked down her family and
released her into the wild. Since returning her to the wild he has seen
the fawn several times
'Live from New York: We're aiming for a change': Amy Schumer and her senator cousin take their 'crusade on guns' to City Hall and calls on her 2m Twitter followers for support
Comedian Amy Schumer and her cousin, Sen. Charles Schumer, joined forces on Sunday to call for stricter gun control laws.
The Martian returns to the U.S. box office top spot as Vin Diesel's Last Witch Hunter and Bill Murray's Rock The Kasbah flop
The sixth installment of Paranormal Activity and a big screen
version of the 1980s animated series Jem And The Holograms were also big
flops as audiences chose to revisit the Matt Damon sci-fi drama.
Chris Christie is kicked out of Amtrak quiet car for talking too loudly on his phone while clutching McDonald's strawberry smoothie
A spokeswoman for the New Jersey governor said the Republican
presidential hopeful accidentally took a seat in the quiet car while he
was traveling from Washington DC to New York on Sunday morning.
Son, 62, visits 85-year-old mother in nursing home, has dinner with her and then shoots her dead before turning gun on himself
Police say that George Buller III, 62, had dinner with his
85-year-old mother at her nursing home care facility in Voorhees, New
Jersey, then shot her and himself in her room.
