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Manitoulin OPP investigate man’s death

Manitoulin OPP say the investigation is continuing into the possible drowning of a Manitoulin Island man.

Manitoulin OPP Constable Michelle Coulombe says police and emergency services responded to a possible drowning on Pike Lake in Howland Township on Saturday evening.

She says an investigation revealed the man had been seen fishing, but a short time later witnesses saw the boat drifting.

She says they subsequently found the person who was not wearing a lifejacket floating in the water.

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Coulombe says the man was transported to hospital by ambulance where he was pronounced deceased.

He has been identified as 28-year-old Bradley Alston of Little Current.

Coulombe says a post mortem has been ordered to determine the exact cause of death.

Foul play is not suspected.

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