{"id":818255,"date":"2026-07-22T09:02:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T09:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/818255\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T09:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T09:02:18","slug":"two-people-dead-after-vessel-sinks-off-brents-cove-n-l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/818255\/","title":{"rendered":"Two people dead after vessel sinks off Brent&#8217;s Cove, N.L."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 2 minutes<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>On the Baie Verte Peninsula, a close-knit region is mourning the sudden death at sea of two men \u2014 fish harvesters who were on the job. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just thinking about the families and the friends &#8230; it&#8217;s a very sad day for everyone,&#8221; Brent&#8217;s Cove Mayor Colleen Haas told CBC Radio&#8217;s On the Go on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Coast Guard confirmed it received a report of a sunken vessel near Brent&#8217;s Cove at about 2:15 p.m. NT on Tuesday, with three people reported missing.<\/p>\n<p>The coast guard tasked the lifeboat vessel CCGS Conception Bay, as well as a fixed-wing aircraft and a Cormorant helicopter. It also issued a mayday broadcast for vessels of opportunity \u2014 any boats in the area available to help. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A vessel of opportunity recovered two people from the water, one survivor and one deceased. The Cormorant helicopter recovered one deceased person from the shoreline,&#8221; reads a statement from the coast guard. <\/p>\n<p>The RCMP was involved as well, posting to social media and asking for people to stay clear of an ongoing &#8220;marine operation&#8221; in Harbour Round, near Brent&#8217;s Cove. The RCMP said the operation concluded as of 6:45 p.m NT.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before 9 p.m., Baie Verte-Green Bay MHA Lin Paddock offered his condolences to the families. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It opens fresh wounds for those of us that have experienced loss at sea, and it is also a sad reminder that our fishing industry is a dangerous profession. Thinking of all the families now as they deal with the repercussions of a regular fishing day, where one of their own did not come home,&#8221; he posted to social media.<\/p>\n<p>Download our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/newsapp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">free CBC News app<\/a>\u00a0to sign up for push alerts for CBC Newfoundland and Labrador. Sign up for our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/subscriptions.cbc.ca\/listmanagement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">daily headlines newsletter here<\/a>. Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/newfoundland-labrador\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here to visit our landing page<\/a>.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-818255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}