Scuba diver dies in waters near Gariola Island, off Vancouver Island coast

GABRIOLA — A scuba diver has died in the waters off a B.C. Gulf Island, in a death that police say is not considered suspicious.

Mounties on Gabriola Island off the east coast of Vancouver Island say paramedics were called Wednesday after an unresponsive diver was reported at Degnen Bay.

Police say emergency responders found the 66-year-old man in the water near a mooring buoy.

Efforts to revive the man were unsuccessful, and he was declared dead at the scene.