Ice ‘Extremely Unsafe,’ Hamilton Police Say After Six End up in Water

People walk along the semi-frozen water by Sunnyside beach in Toronto, on Jan. 1, 2026. The Canadian Press/Sammy Kogan

Police in Hamilton are warning of extremely unsafe ice conditions after two youths fell into the city’s harbour and four more jumped in to save them.

Police say they were called Saturday after two people fell through the ice near the Pier 7 Boardwalk at the western edge of Lake Ontario.