A small Newfoundland and Labrador community is preparing a virtual service to mourn the deaths of four fishermen, three of them from one family.
The Canadian Coast Guard says the 12-metre vessel Sarah Anne is believed to have sunk off the western end of the mouth of Placentia Bay at some point following its departure from St. Lawrence after midnight on Monday.
He says the online service is a first step in community grieving due to restrictions on larger gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic, and there also will be private funerals at the families' homes.Boren presided at Kettle's marriage service two years ago, and the priest says he had encountered the Norman family during community gatherings.
The combination of the tragedy and the pandemic has been difficult for the community of 1,200, said the priest.Boren said since he came to the town as a priest in 2016, he's learned the community has a history of participating in searches and mourning those lost. "They were a great bunch of men and boys," John Norman, Ed's brother, said by phone from St. Lawrence on Wednesday.
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