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The Canadian Press
Posted February 16, 2026 12:09 pm
Updated February 16, 2026 12:52 pm
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A 13-year-old Ottawa girl who was seriously injured on a Quebec ski lift last week has died.
The girl was injured Feb. 11 during a school outing to Centre Vorlage, a ski hill located in Wakefield, Que., about 30 kilometres northwest of Ottawa.
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Officials have said her clothing got caught in the chairlift as it was raising her off the ground.
On Sunday, the girl’s family confirmed her death in a statement released by the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario — CHEO — in Ottawa.
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The Centre Vorlage ski hill has been closed since the incident and said in a statement on Sunday it was “deeply saddened by this loss.”
The local police service and the body that oversees Quebec’s construction industry are investigating her death.
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