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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-06T18:57:21.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nThe Canadian Coast Guard has rescued a sailor attempting to set a world record for the shortest boat to cross the Atlantic Ocean.\n\nIn a statement, the coast guard said it was advised on Friday morning that the sailor of a 1.2-metre vessel needed help.\n\nThe coast guard says the boat, called the Big C Atlantic Challenge, was about 120 kilometres east of Grates Cove, a small town at the tip of eastern Newfoundland's Bay de Verde Peninsula.\n\nThe statement says the CCGS Sacred Bay rescued the sailor at around 2:15 p.m.\n\nThe coast guard says the Sacred Bay brought the sailor to Old Perlican, N.L., also on the Bay de Verde Peninsula, but the Big C Atlantic Challenge boat was abandoned.\n\nThe Big C Atlantic Challenge website says the sailor was attempting the record-setting transatlantic journey to raise money for cancer research.\n\nThis report by The Canadian Press was first published June 6, 2026.\n\n_Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved._",
  "title": "Coast guard rescues sailor off Newfoundland attempting transatlantic record"
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