'Ice can be very deceiving,' warns expert after recent deaths across Canada
There are renewed warnings about the dangers of venturing onto thin ice or near bodies of water after multiple incidents where people have drowned in lakes and rivers across Canada over the past week.
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![Members of the Ottawa Police Service Underwater Search and Recovery Unit prepare to place an unmanned search and rescue vehicle into the water on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023. A teenager is dead and another is still missing after four youths fell through the ice on the Rideau River in Ottawa's south end late Wednesday. People stand on the banks of a river.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7070670.1703803257!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/ottawa-missing-teenager-20231228.jpg)
There are renewed warnings about the dangers of venturing onto thin ice or near bodies of water after multiple incidents where people have drowned in lakes and rivers across Canada over the past week.