Search underway for B.C. woman missing after empty boat washes ashore

NANAIMO — Police in Nanaimo, B.C., say a search is underway both at sea and on land after a woman’s sailboat was discovered washed ashore and empty.
Mounties say 34-year-old Amber Nitchman is the registered owner of the 10-metre white sailboat that was found Thursday near Bayshore Drive and Hammond Bay Road off Nanaimo.No one was on the boat, and Nanaimo Search and Rescue, the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Center, the coast guard and Nanaimo RCMP have taken part in a ground and water se