Public Safety Minister Vic Toews: Federal Government

Yarmouth Dept: YARMOUTH One man is dead and three others are missing and presumed drowned after a yacht with nine people aboard broke up some 150 kilometres southwest of Yarmouth, according to The Chronicle Herald. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said Tuesday that some of the five people rescued from the SV Tabasco II have claimed refugee status and uPDATED 5:30 a.m. Wednesday And in a twist, the federal government said it is investigating the possibility the yacht was involved in human smuggling. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.