A 22-year-old man is facing criminal charges after he allegedly fled the scene of a head-on collision and then was rescued from the rugged ice floe accumulated on the St. Lawrence River just north of Quebec City.
A man suspected of impaired driving collided with another vehicle and attempted to flee on foot across a frozen river in Boischatel, Que. Wednesday morning.
A firefighter lost his life after responding to a call in Lac-Saint-Jean, Que. Thursday evening, according to the Quebec Firefighters Union. The victim, 51-year-old Dominic Jean was among firefighters called to fight a fire at a dairy farm housing 70 cows in Saint-Edmond-les-Plaines.