Two Canadian students drown when van plunges through ice

Published: 2008-02-08

OTTAWA (CNS) -- Two students at a private Catholic college in Barry's Bay, Ontario, died when the minivan in which they were riding plunged through the ice of Lake Kamaniskeg. Paul Sanders, 24, of Mitchell, Ontario, and Janine Lieu, 22, of Vancouver, British Columbia, died in the Feb. 2 accident. Two other passengers swam to safety. John Paul Meenan, a professor at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy, where all four were students, described Sanders as "a very talented young man who loved the truth, loved to learn" and was considering the priesthood. He described Lieu as "one of the purest, most prayerful people I've ever met." Sanders' funeral was scheduled for Feb. 9 in Kinkora, Ontario. Lieu's funeral was scheduled for Feb. 12 in Vancouver.

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