RCMP say girl’s death in Alberta lake could be criminal

WABAMUN, Alta. — Mounties say they’re treating the death of a five-year-old girl pulled from an Alberta lake as a criminal matter.

RCMP said Sunday that two people had been found after a canoe overturned on Wabamun Lake west of Edmonton.

They said bystanders recovered the girl from the lake and, despite life-saving efforts, paramedics declared her dead at the scene.

A 35-year-old woman was also pulled from the water by other watercraft in the area.