There are renewed warnings about the dangers of venturing onto thin ice or near bodies of water after several recent incidents where people have drowned in lakes and rivers across Canada.
Four teenagers fell into the Rideau River in south Ottawa on Wednesday night. They’d reportedly been skating and fell through the ice.
Two teens got out of the water and were taken to hospital to be treated for mild hypothermia, while divers recovered the bodies of Ahmed Ahmed and Riley Cotter.
The tragedy follows the deaths of a family in Alberta reported missing Christmas Day after going off-roading in Lac Ste. Anne County and the death of a man
