The Manitoba government says it will install fencing and other safety measures where two boys drowned earlier this month.
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Environment Minister Mike Moyes says planned updates to the site in Whiteshell Provincial Park also include building a fenced viewing area and updating signage installed in 2023.
The old sign was installed after 12-year-old Usaid Habib drowned at the site.
Moyes says the government’s response comes after a safety assessment on high-risk trails across the province that he ordered be completed after the latest tragedy.
The province says it is still reviewing whether added safety measures are needed at other spots in the province’s more than 90 parks.
Imagine the concept of supervising your children. Easier to blame the government.
Be a lot cheaper and more effective to hold parents accountable for the behavior of their children
It was a horrible tragedy that may have been prevented. I too wonder where the parental supervision was at this horrible time. As a grandparent I could not live with myself if this happened at our lake.
Keeping an eye on our kids seemed to have worked pretty well for them.