Search continues for Antigonish County woman
A search across Nova Scotia is underway for a missing Antigonish County woman.
Diane Leblanc, 78, has dementia and diabetes. She left her family home in Havre Boucher on Friday.
She was driving a 2017 white Chevy Equinox. The vehicle has rusty black steel rims, black running boards and a bent antenna with a pink ball on it. It bears the licence plate GFW 523.
“We’re getting to the point she must be out of gas,” said her son, Albert Leblanc, on Monday.
“She’s going to be exhausted, she’s going to be weak. She has no medication with her, no money and no ID. But if anyone asks her if she’s all right, she’ll probably say, ‘I’m good.’”
Leblanc, who has been driving the province searching for his mother since Friday, asks that anyone who finds her provide her any help they can, stay with her and call the Antigonish County RCMP at 902-8636500 or him at 902-8702012. His mother left their home wearing blue jeans and a black jacket with a baby-blue liner. She is about five-footfive and weighs 130-145 pounds.
Leblanc said he has received one reported sighting of his mother. On Friday at about 9 p.m., a couple driving on Highway 101 heading west toward Windsor said they passed a vehicle matching the description of the one operated by Diane Leblanc. It was driving slowly on the highway and an older woman was said to be “hunched” over the steering wheel.
Cindy Bayers, spokeswoman for the Nova Scotia RCMP, said officers have been searching for Leblanc since she was reported missing on Friday.
“We’re really appealing to the public for any tips,” said Bayers.
“We want them to please call us right away.”