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RCMP launched a water, land and air search after two boys slipped into fast-moving rapids at Whiteshell Provincial Park in Manitoba.
Officers received a report of a possible drowning near Sturgeon Falls Trail on Nutimik Lake around 12:40 a.m. Saturday.
Nutimik Lake is about an hour and a half east of Winnipeg.
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When officers arrived at the scene along with local firefighters, EMS and Manitoba Conservation Services, they learned two boys aged 10 and 13 had fallen into the rapids.
Manitoba RCMP underwater recovery team and Hutterian Aquatic Emergency Response Team (HEART) was deployed to assist in the search.
As of Sunday afternoon, RCMP said the two children had not been found despite extensive patrols in the water and along the shoreline.
RCMP and HEART teams will remain on scene in ongoing efforts to locate the children.
