A well known Quebec entrepreneur and philanthropist and his companion are believed to have been discovered lifeless within the Caribbean, the place they owned a luxurious resort, native studies have confirmed.
In accordance with a number of French language information networks in Quebec, movie business entrepreneur Daniel Langlois and his companion Dominique Marchand have been discovered inside a burned automobile on Friday after having gone lacking for a number of days on the island of Dominica, the place they opened up the off-grid resort in 2022.
International Affairs Canada (GAC) confirmed on Sunday that it had been made conscious of the presumed deaths of two Canadians on the island, however didn’t present any additional particulars.
“Our hearts are with the households and family members of the Canadian residents concerned,” stated GAC media relations officer Marilyne Guèvremont in a press release despatched to International Information.
She added that Canadian officers are persevering with to observe the scenario and are working with native authorities. Native police say they’ve arrested three suspects in relation to the deaths, in keeping with native media Dominica Information On-line and Dom767.
In accordance with Quebec media studies, Langlois revamped $200 million again in 1994 on the sale of his 3D animation software program firm Softimage, which he based in 1986. The software program was utilized in motion pictures like Jurassic Park, Titanic, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean. It was bought by Microsoft, however the firm remained in Montreal.
He then based Ex-Centris cinema in 1999, co-founded the Pageant du nouveau cinéma, and arrange a basis in his identify to assist technology-related initiatives within the arts and sciences.
A number of figures in politics and Quebec’s cultural business reacted to the information on Sunday, together with federal minister of Canadian Heritage, Pascale St-Onge, who known as Langlois a visionary in digital applied sciences and cinema who left an enduring influence.
“His legacy displays his revolutionary spirit,” she wrote in a press release.
Langlois and his companion had reportedly lived on the Caribbean island between Guadeloupe and Martinique for a few years. They opened their self-sustaining luxurious Coulibri Ridge Eco-resort only a 12 months in the past. It received a design award shortly thereafter.
In accordance with the island’s native media, the couple had been reported lacking and the burned automobile matched the one they have been driving. The our bodies have been discovered after authorities have been alerted a few automobile engulfed in flames.
The extent of the fireplace rendered the our bodies unidentifiable, Dominica Information On-line stated, including that authorities have been in a position to hyperlink the Quebecers to the incident resulting from circumstantial proof.
Langlois, who has in his mid-60s, beforehand owned a personal membership in Montreal, membership 357c, which closed in 2019. The institution was implicated in Quebec’s main political scandal, the Charbonneau Fee, over ten years in the past.
He additionally based a hurricane support group to assist rebuild island communities after Hurricane Maria in 2017, and bought the summit of Mount Pinnacle in Coaticook, Que. within the Japanese Townships close to the U.S. border to guard the summit’s natural world.
Langlois has been honoured as a Knight of the Ordre nationwide du Québec in 1999 and Officer of the Order of Canada in 2000, and holds honorary doctorates from the colleges of McGill, Ottawa, Concordia, Sherbrooke, and Québec à Montréal.