Jury selection has now begun for the trial of Karl Lilgert, who was the navigation officer on the Queen of the North when it sank after ramming Gil Island on the north sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ coast.
Passengers Gerald Foisey and Shirley Rosette died in the disaster. Their bodies were never found.
Ninety-nine other passengers and crew survived.
Lilgert’s trial is scheduled to begin Jan. 17.
— The Canadian Press