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Quebec diving company details how diver was bitten by great white shark

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Morris, E. (2026, September 19). Quebec diving company details how diver was bitten by great white shark. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/quebec/quebec-diving-company-details-how-diver-was-bitten-by-great-white-shark/article_4661495f-40f9-5e2c-b5b0-6fcf36fce3d4.html

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Jean-François Vézina, vice-chair of Plongée Percé’s board of directors in Quebec, reported that a diver from their centre remains hospitalized after being bitten by a great white shark earlier in the week. The diver suffered multiple lacerations but is currently stable. Vézina provided an update on Saturday morning, declining to give further details about the injuries.

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On Wednesday, a diver was injured by a great white shark off the coast of Percé in Quebec's Gaspé region and was transported to hospital. The incident occurred around 10:30 a.m., prompting Plongée Percé, a local diving company, to immediately suspend all its diving activities for the remainder of the season. Emergency services were quickly involved, providing on-site first aid before rushing the diver to the hospital for further evaluation; their life is not in danger.

Recent years have seen an increase in great white shark sightings off Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula and other parts of Atlantic Canada. The Canadian Shark Attack Registry, which dates back over three centuries with only 15 confirmed incidents, considers such attacks exceptionally rare. Plongée Percé's vice-chair Jean-François Vézina reported on Saturday that the diver sustained multiple lacerations but is currently in stable condition at the hospital.

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A diver who was bitten by a shark earlier this week in Quebec is still in hospital but in stable condition, according to his colleague at the local diving centre. uncertain

who → bite → centre

“I just spoke with him about half an hour ago,” said Jean-François Vézina, vice-chair of Plongée Percé’s board of directors, over the phone on Saturday. asserted

Vézina → speak → Saturday

“I don’t want to go into too much detail about the nature of the injuries, but we’re talking about multiple lacerations.” asserted

we → want → lacerations

Quebec diving company details how diver was bitten by great white shark

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