N.W.T. RCMP conducting search and rescue operation for man near Behchok

RCMP inBehchok say they're conducting a search and rescue operation after a man didn't show up at his cabin.

Ralph Beaulieu, 54, was expected to get picked up at his cabin south of Behchok, the RCMP said Saturday, but was not there when a friend went tomeet him. They did not say when he was initially expected.

RCMP saidofficershiked to Beaulieu's cabin and conducted an initial ground searchbut did not find him.

"Thesearch for Ralph Beaulieu is on-going with the assistance of CASARA[Cival Air Search and Rescue Association] and Yellowknife Ground Search and Rescue," RCMP spokesperson Matt Halstead said in the news release.

Anyone who has seen Beaulieu or may have picked him up on the highway south ofBehchok is asked to contact the Behchok RCMP.