{"id":41603,"date":"2025-08-02T10:33:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T10:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/41603\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T10:33:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T10:33:12","slug":"boy-15-and-girl-12-drowned-in-northwestern-ontario-river-provincial-police-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/41603\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy, 15, and girl, 12, drowned in northwestern Ontario river: provincial police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Staff<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted August 1, 2025 5:47 pm<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUpdated August 1, 2025 5:49 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Provincial police say a 15-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl drowned in northwestern\u00a0Ontario\u00a0on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753129028_943_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Police say they responded to reports of two children entering the Wabigoon River in the city of Dryden shortly after 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753128969_722_national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>They say neither child resurfaced and both were located and recovered from the water by emergency crews.<\/p>\n<p>Ontario\u00a0Provincial Police say 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src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754130792_260_a8e598dfcd263bdb076fce16c9fd36e16003776937219fc2466160027b5089da_b348f1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tAustralia announces YouTube account ban for children under 16\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The victims\u2019 identities have not been released.<\/p>\n<p>OPP say the investigation is ongoing and they are asking anyone with information to contact them.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Toronto<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 1, 2025 5:47 pm Updated August 1, 2025 5:49 pm 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