Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Wolfgang Depner
Publication Date: August 10, 2025 - 19:48
Missing B.C. man’s creative survival skills including drinking pond water keeps him alive in wilderness
August 10, 2025
Staff Sgt. Brad McKinnon of the Williams Lake RCMP said he has seen “some very exceptional things” during his 20 years in policing, but the story of 39-year-old Andrew Barber could have had a very different ending.
McKinnon said a police helicopter coming from Prince George spotted the man in the afternoon of Aug. 8 in a remote area north of McLeese Lake – nine days after he was first reported missing to RCMP on July 31.
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