RCMP recover body of 12-year-old boy who slipped under rapids at Sturgeon Falls

The search for a 12-year-old boy who slipped and fell into the Winnipeg River in Whiteshell Provincial Park on Saturday (May 27) is over.

The search for a 12-year-old boy who slipped and fell into the Winnipeg River in Whiteshell Provincial Park on Saturday (May 27) is over.

An RCMP underwater recovery team found the body of Usaid Habib around 1 a.m. Monday.

No information was provided about where the boy's body was found.

The drowning happened at Sturgeon Falls shortly before noon on Saturday.