Cobourg Police and emergency response, locate a missing person, thought to have entered Lake Ontario

Written By Dan Jones

Photo by Dan Jones, CFWN, LJI

By: Dan Jones, Northumberland 89.7 FM News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter.

Cobourg Police said a person initially thought missing has been located in good health.

On Wednesday afternoon, shortly before 2 p.m., police initiated a search after receiving a report of a missing person.

There was concern that the individual may have entered Lake Ontario near the south end of Hibernia Street, prompting a response from several emergency services.

A short time later, the missing person was located at their home in good health, and the search was called off.

Dan Jones

Dan Jones is a veteran radio and web journalist with 18 years in the news business. He has reported on Indigenous issues in Northern and Western Canada. This former News Director has covered provincial legislative politics in the Yukon and Saskatchewan.

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