Police probe possible poisoning after man dies, woman hospitalized north of Montreal / The Toronto Star
Saturday, June 7, 2025, 12:21 pm
Authorities are investigating an incident in Sainte-Thérèse in which a man died and a woman was hospitalized after becoming ill while working near an empty in-ground pool. Police are probing potential poisoning in a case that raises questions over safety protocols during construction or maintenance work.
Local police opened an investigation after being called to a home in the lower Laurentians town.
SAINTE-THÉRÈSE - A man is dead and a woman is in hospital after falling ill while working in an empty in-ground pool in Ste-Thérèse on Montreal's north shore.
Un homme est mort et une femme a été hospitalisée à la suite de travaux effectués dans une piscine creusée, vidée de son eau, à Sainte-Thérèse, sur la couronne nord de Montréal.
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