A 14-year-old boy is in critical condition in hospital after a near drowning at White Pine Beach at Sasamat Lake, Saturday.
A B.C. Emergency Health Services official said four ambulances were dispatched to the beach at 4 p.m.
Bystanders and parks staff pulled the unresponsive boy from the lake and performed CPR until first responders arrived.
The boy was airlifted to hospital.
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Port Moody police said the lake was evacuated during the incident.
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