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CTV News
4 days ago
- CTV News
Ottawa man, 20, drowns in St. Lawrence River: OPP
An Ontario Provincial Police crest is pictured on an officer's uniform. (Supplied) An Ottawa man died after drowning in the St. Lawrence River Saturday evening, according to Ontario Provincial Police. Police say officers responded to a report of an individual falling out of a stationary boat shortly after 6:30 p.m. near the Town of Gananoque, about 35 kilometres east of Kingston. The person was not wearing a personal flotation device (PFD) and was found in the water several minutes later, police said in a news release. Despite the best efforts of search and rescue teams, the 20-year-old man from Nepean was pronounced dead at the scene, according to OPP Const. Joey Mason. His identity will not be released for privacy reasons, police say. A postmortem investigation will be conducted. An investigation continues. It's the latest in a number of drownings on eastern Ontario and western Quebec waterways this summer. It comes a week after a 25-year-old man died by drowning in the Otter Lake, Que. area northwest of Ottawa last weekend. A one-year-old girl died after being found unresponsive in the St. Lawrence River on Wolfe Island earlier this month. Officials have been reminding swimmers to take precautions near waterways and to always wear a lifejacket or personal flotation device, especially while boating or participating in water activities.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Small plane crashes at Olympic National Park, leaving 1 dead, 2 wounded
One person died and two others were wounded following a small plane crash at Olympic National Park in Washington state on July 15, officials said. Just before 7 p.m. local time, park rangers were informed about the crash, which occurred in a forested area near the Irely Lake Trailhead, and responded with a search and rescue mission, according to a park news release. Authorities discovered three people who were on board the Murphy SR3500 Mosse plane. News: Video shows police detain alleged hijacker of small plane at Vancouver airport Officials launched an investigation into the crash The three victims were taken to a local trauma center for medical treatment, the news release stated. One was pronounced dead. KOMO News reported that the surviving victims were in "satisfactory condition," citing a Harborview Medical Center spokesperson. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the incident. Olympic National Park is located in Port Angeles, 108 miles from Tacoma. Taylor Ardrey is a news reporter for USA TODAY. You can reach her at tardrey@ This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Olympic National Park plane crash: 1 dead, 2 injured
CBC
09-07-2025
- CBC
Military members accused of militia plot
July 8, 2025 | RCMP charge four men, including two active Canadian military members, with plotting to form an anti-government militia. A mid-air crash kills two student pilots in Manitoba. And, the gruelling search for people still missing after the Texas floods.
The Herald
09-07-2025
- Climate
- The Herald
Death toll from Texas flood hits triple digits as tally of missing tops 180
The Kerr County dead include 27 campers and counselors from Camp Mystic, a nearly century-old all-girls Christian summer retreat on the banks of the Guadalupe near the town of Hunt. The camp director also died. Five girls and a camp counselor were unaccounted for on Tuesday, Abbott said, along with another child not associated with the camp. As of Tuesday, 15 other flood-related fatalities had been confirmed across a swath of Texas Hill Country known as "flash flood alley", the governor said, bringing the total of lives lost to 109. Reports from local sheriffs and media have put the number of flood deaths outside Kerr County at 22. However, authorities said they were bracing for the death toll to climb as flood waters recede and the search for victims gains momentum. Law enforcement agencies have compiled a list of 161 people "known to be missing" in Kerr County alone, Abbott said. The roster was checked against those who might be out of touch with loved ones or neighbours because they were away on vacation or out of town, according to the governor. He said 12 people were missing elsewhere across the flood zone, a sprawling area northwest of San Antonio. "We need to find every person who is missing. That's job number one," Abbott said. On Tuesday, San Antonio-born country singer Pat Green disclosed on social media that his younger brother and sister-in-law and two of their children were among those "swept away in the Kerrville flood". Hindered by intermittent thunderstorms and showers, rescue teams from federal agencies, neighbouring states and Mexico have joined local efforts to search for missing victims, though hopes of finding more survivors faded as time passed. The last victim found alive in Kerr County was on Friday. "The work is extremely treacherous, time-consuming," Lt-Col Ben Baker of the Texas game wardens said at a press conference. "It's dirty work. The water is still there." A water-soaked family photo album was among the personal belongings found in flood debris by Sandi Gilmer, 46, a US army veteran and certified chaplain volunteering in the search operation along the Guadalupe at Hunt. "I don't know how many people in the album are alive or deceased," she said, flipping through images of two toddlers and a gray-haired man. "I didn't have the heart to step over it without picking it up and hoping to return it to a family member."
South China Morning Post
09-07-2025
- Climate
- South China Morning Post
More than 160 still missing days after deadly Texas floods
More than 160 people remain unaccounted for after devastating floods in Texas, the state governor said Tuesday, marking a dramatic increase in the number of missing from a tragedy that has so far claimed 109 lives. Advertisement Four days after flash floods roared through several Texas counties, some in the middle of the night, hopes of finding survivors were fading – and Governor Greg Abbott warned that the list of those unaccounted for could yet rise. 'Just in the Kerr County area alone, there are 161 people who are known to be missing,' he told reporters Tuesday as the grim search continued. 'There very likely could be more added to that list,' he said, adding that the figure was based on people reported as unaccounted for by friends, relatives and neighbours. Damage next to the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area. Photo: AP Kerr County, part of a central Texas region known as 'Flash Flood Alley', suffered the most damage, with at least 94 fatalities.
