DOURO-DUMMER, Ont. - A Toronto law firm is remembering one of its partners as a "vibrant and wonderful person'' after news that a family of four died in a fire near Peterborough, Ont.
Police said the fire broke out early Christmas Eve in a large cottage on Stoney Lake.
They said four bodies were pulled from the building after the incident, which police are calling a Christmas tragedy.
While police have yet to confirm the the victims' identities, friends and family took to social media to mourn Geoff Taber, his wife Jacquie Gardner, also a lawyer, and their two sons.
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, the firm where Taber was a partner, released a statement Monday confirming the family's death and expressing condolences.
Managing partner Dale Ponder wrote in the statement that the couple were "first and foremost'' loving parents to their two sons.