coronavirus pandemic has forced many more Quebecers to spend their time off in the province. The weather has been hot, and well-supervised public pools are running at reduced capacity, pushing people to swim in lakes and rivers instead.“People might be tempted to find some places to go swim and to freshen up, and they can go to places that are dangerous,” she said.Monday morning, all was quiet in the area of Cap-Saint-Jacques where a 51-year-old Pincourt man drowned in front of his family on Saturday afternoon.
It was a very different scene Sunday afternoon, as police boats and divers combed the waters for the man’s body. Sunday evening, the search was called off.