Two ferry passengers still unaccounted for

HARTLEY BAY, British Columbia – Two passengers remained unaccounted for Thursday, a day after the ferry Queen of the North sank near this remote Inside Passage town, the head of B.C. Ferries said.

B.C. Ferries President David Hahn said Thursday that hope began fading when reports that passengers Gerald Foisy, 44, and Shirley Rosette, 43, were seen among rescued passengers turned out to be false.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable Alain Beaulieu said an investigation was under way and authorities have not ruled out other possibilities, including that the two may be traveling home to 100 Mile House, British Columbia, from Hartley Bay.