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A rescue mission got underway Sunday for a firefighter who fell into the St. Lawrence River after a boat carrying people from a previous rescue mission capsized near the Lachine Rapids.

Pierre Lacroix, a 58-year-old father of two, was working out of fire station 64 in Lachine.

The body of a Montreal firefighter who went under the water Sunday night assisting a boat in distress has been pulled from the water along with the boat he was trapped under.

A rescue mission got underway Sunday for a firefighter who fell into the St. Lawrence River after a boat carrying people from a previous rescue mission capsized near the Lachine Rapids.

Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante and the Montreal Fire Department paid tribute to firefighter Pierre Lacroix Monday, after his body was retrieved from the St. Lawrence River, where he died performing a water rescue.

The body of a firefighter who fell from a capsized rescue boat into the St. Lawrence River early Sunday night was spotted via camera Monday morning, under the wreckage of

Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante and the Montreal Fire Department paid tribute to firefighter Pierre Lacroix Monday, after his body was retrieved from the St. Lawrence River, where he died performing a water rescue.

Article content Hunters registered four deer kills in the West Island in 2020, according to new data from Quebec’s Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks. The continuing phenomenon of hunting in an urban setting like Montreal is more evidence that municipal bylaws restricting the activity and regulating the use of weapons are ineffective, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Mayor Paola Hawa said. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Hunters killed four deer in W...

Article content With deconstruction of Montreal’s Champlain Bridge set to begin in earnest, workers will soon complete the development of migratory corridors for fish in the St. Lawrence River. The corridors are intended to reduce the impact of the a jetty on fish in the river, Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Inc. said. The two migratory corridors should be operational for the migration period and the spawning of the fish next spring. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try...

  MONTREAL -- Workers will soon complete the construction of migratory corridors for fish in the St. Lawrence River as dismantling work on the old Champlain Bridge between Montreal and the South Shore continues. The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated (JCCBI) explained that the project will reduce the impact on fish in the river. The two migratory corridors should be operational for the fish migration and the spawning season, next spring. More than forty species frequent the...