An 81-year-old woman who spent two nights in a van after it got a flat tire following a visit to Porters Lake Provincial Park has been found safe, RCMP confirm. Ship Harbour is about an hour's drive away from Porters Lake Provincial Park. Burgess and her 83-year-old husband stayed in their van overnight Monday into Tuesday after they got a flat tire, according to police. At around noon on Tuesday, Burgess's husband left the vehicle to find help and walked for several hours before meeting other people. Ground search and rescue personnel, along with an aircraft, searched the area from Murchyville Road in the Musquodoboit Valley to Porters Lake Provincial Park.​

Source: CBC News May 17, 2018 10:13 UTC