Canadian tourist death

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, June 27, 2025 — A Canadian citizen has died in the Dominican Republic after being reported missing from a beach in the early hours of the morning, local authorities confirmed.Around 2 a.m., civil defence officials received a 911 call reporting that a person was missing along the shoreline. Civil defence teams and police swiftly responded to the scene and launched a search operation.Tragically, the individual’s body was discovered in the water during high tide at approximately 4:15 a.m., officials said.Reached for comment, a spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada confirmed the department is “aware of the death…