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Man dies in boating accident

A Toronto man is dead after a boating accident Sunday on Grass Lake, about 40 miles south of North Bay. Almaguin Highlands OPP say that on Sunday at approximately 1 p.m.

A Toronto man is dead after a boating accident Sunday on Grass Lake, about 40 miles south of North Bay.

Almaguin Highlands OPP say that on Sunday at approximately 1 p.m., the, along with Parry Sound Emergency Medical Services and Kearney Fire Department responded to a report of a capsized canoe on the lake.

Two men were boating in the canoe when it capsized.

Neither was wearing a life jacket.

One man was able to swim to shore, the other, 27 year old Michael Yenovkian of Toronto was later found dead by the OPP Under Water Search and Recovery Unit.  

No foul play is suspected.