Fraser Mooney: Southwest Health

Cape Sable Island Dept: The men are said to be Russian-speaking and were plucked from the heaving deck of a tiny sailboat that had been stripped of its mast and was in danger of sinking about 150 kilometres south of Cape Sable Island, according to The Chronicle Herald. The conditions of both men in the Yarmouth hospital had been upgraded to good by Friday afternoon, said Fraser Mooney, a spokesman for Southwest Health and yARMOUTH Two men from Eastern Europe who survived a harrowing rescue at sea Tuesday have been released from Yarmouth Regional Hospital. Of the nine men crammed into the Tabasco II, five were saved. The body of one man was retrieved by Canadian Forces personnel, and three men were lost at sea. Ottawa has said the boat is suspected of attempting to smuggle people into Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.