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The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a lack of planning among Montreal fire department officials contributed to the October 2021 fatal capsizing of a rescue boat on the St. Lawrence River.

Montreal firefighters didn’t have a strategy on when to abandon their rescue attempt and transfer the operation to another team beyond the rapids downstream, report says

Montreal firefighter Pierre Lacroix, 58, was killed when the rescue boat capsized.

MONTREAL — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has concluded that a lack of planning contributed to the October 2021 capsizing of a rescue boat that killed a Montreal firefighter.

MONTREAL - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a lack of planning among Montreal fire department of...

Two stranded boaters were rescued by a good samaritan Thursday night after they were trapped in the rocks at the Lachine Rapids in southwest Montreal.

The jet-skier reported missing Thursday night after taking to the St. Lawrence River has been found alive, Quebec police say.

The coroner who investigated the 2021 drowning of a Montreal firefighter in the St. Lawrence River has concluded the members of the fire departments water rescue squad were brave but undertrained.

According to coroner Géhane Kamel, the operation that led to the drowning death of Pierre Lacroix in 2021 could've claimed five more lives given the lack of training for Montreal firefighters.

Kamel draws up a list of 20 recommendations, focusing on nautical training for firefighters.