Sea rescue off Brazilian coast

MORE than 60 students and crew from a Canadian sailing ship have been rescued after the vessel sank in heavy seas 300 miles off Rio de Janeiro.

The three-masted SV Concordia was on a five-month, 26,000 round-the-world study voyage for senior secondary pupils and college students,

run by Nova Scotia-based West Island College International.

Of 48 students on board, 42 were from Canada. Others came from the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Europe and the West Indies.