Danny Paul Eyaituk, 38, from Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Annie Tracy Oqaituq, 36. Eyaituk’s arrest follows an investigation by the RCMP’s major crime unit, forensic identification section, and Sanikiluaq RCMP detachment. He is scheduled to appear in court in Iqaluit on Tuesday.
Authorities from Canada and the U.S. have resumed their search for two missing kayakers off Vancouver Island. The men, identified as Daniel MacAlpine, 36, and Nicholas West, 26, went missing on Saturday while kayaking from D’Arcy Island to Island View Beach Park near Victoria. Their teal-blue, fibreglass tandem vessel has also not been located. The RCMP is now focusing its search on the Haro Strait near San Juan Island and Lopez Island in Washington State, while the West Coast Marine Services unit is searching the area of Coal Island near Sidney, B.C. The Canadian Coast Guard and the U.S. Coast Guard are also assisting in the search.
