RCMP, Saskatoon firefighters search for man believed drowned

The search for a missing man thought to have drowned in the Assiniboine River near Kamsack continued Monday with assistance from the Saskatoon Fire Department.

Ernest Severight went missing April 23 in the area of a weir on the river. Efforts to find his body have been underway ever since with RCMP planes, divers and ground personnel joined by community volunteers and members of Severight’s family, as well as various emergency response teams from other nearby communities and First Nations.

On Monday evening, members of the Saskatoon Fire Department’s water rescue team were brought in to assist, using special equipment and training for operating around weirs.

Six Saskatoon firefighters began a search of the area around the weir at about 6 p.m., but to date, their efforts had not located Severight’s body.

Kamsack is about 350 kilometres east of Saskatoon.