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Update: Missing Cobble Hill woman, 77, found safe

Update: Barbara Munroe, 77, has been found safe after going missing Tuesday.

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Barbara Munroe, 77, has been found safe after going missing Tuesday.

Shawnigan Lake RCMP had issued a notice that they were looking for the Cobble Hill resident after she never arrived at a swimming pool in her retirement community as planned.

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Shawnigan Lake RCMP are asking for the public’s help in locating 77-year-old Barbara Munroe.

She was last seen in her Cobble Hill home about 2 p.m. Tuesday by her husband. She told him she was going to the pool in their retirement community but her friends said she never arrived.

Munroe’s credit card was used at a Duncan-area Petro-Canada. She is believed to be driving a brown 2005 Hyundai Accent with B.C. plate AVC517.

Police said she has a bad right hip and walks with a limp, and could be lost and confused.

Munroe is described as five-foot-six with a slim build and short white/grey hair. She was last seen wearing black pants, a black jacket and possibly a blue shirt.