A pedestrian has died after she was struck by a vehicle in Quebec City on Christmas Eve.
Quebec City police say they received a call for the collision on Tuesday at around 4:20 p.m.
A 27-year-old pedestrian was found unconscious and attempts were made to resuscitate her.
Police say she was later taken to hospital and pronounced dead.
The driver of the vehicle was also taken to hospital and treated for shock.
Police say the investigation continues.
In a post on Truth Social early Wednesday, Donald Trump claimed his country is financially supporting its northern neighbour. The U.S. president-elect wrote that “we subsidize Canada to the tune of $100,000,000 a year" — an apparent reference to a previous claim about a $100-billion trade gap — and said the imbalance “makes no sense.”
Officers responded to a call right after 8:30 p.m. on December 16th at Carmel Drive where two people came into a gas station, asking for money and cigarettes, and fled the scene in a truck which they stole from Fort St. James.
Mounties say a body has been discovered in a forested area in Shawnigan Lake. Police say the B-C Coroners Services is also looking into this case.
Colwood Mayor Ken Kobayashi says in a statement that it has initiated a first-in-Canada pilot project where it recruits family doctors and puts them on the city payroll, offering full medical benefits, vacation and a pension.
Canada Post says letters destined for the North Pole will arrive by Christmas Eve as its operations resume, but Santa Claus "won't have time to respond" this year. The Santa letters program is back on after a month-long strike of more than 55,000 postal workers, and Canada Post says the mailed wish lists will be handled with "special care."
Mounties in Richmond are looking for witnesses or dashcam footage of a crash involving an alleged impaired driver. They say it happened last Thursday just after 8 p.m. on Sea Island Way at Great Canadian Way.