Search for missing teen on Athabasca River turns into recovery mission

Emergency crews on Thursday suspended their search for a missing teenager who fell from the Highway 2 bridge into the Athabasca River near Slave Lake.
Reports that the 17-year-old had fallen into the river about 50km southeast of Slave Lake were reported to Mounties at 10:50 p.m. Tuesday prompting an extensive search using boats, helicopters, drones and teams of searchers on foot along the banks of the river.
Mounties said that “due to high and fast flowing current, cold tem