The search is ongoing for a Ukrainian refugee who went missing Wednesday evening after swimming in a Quebec river.
Quebec provincial police say the man in his early 20s went missing after going into the Etchemin River near St-Anselme, Que., southeast of Quebec City.
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Rescue teams are working to find him via divers and a helicopter surveying the water and river banks.
The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) officers say that due to strong currents, the divers have had a hard time in the water and have had to suspend some of their searches.
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Authorities say the young man’s mother called police about her son after he went missing on Wednesday.
The Quebec chapter of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress says the man has a mother and two brothers also in Canada.
— with files from The Canadian Press
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