‘It Really Has Rocked Us’: Two Teens From Same School Dead After Fall Through Ice on Rideau River

Members of the Ottawa Police Service Underwater Search and Recovery Unit conduct an underwater search on Dec. 28, 2023. The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby

A provincial coroner is investigating after two 17-year-old boys who fell through ice on the Rideau River in Ottawa’s south end on Dec. 27 were found dead.

Ontario’s Eastern Region Supervising Coroner’s Office confirmed on Dec. 29 that it is probing the deaths of Ahmed Ahmed and Riley Cotter.