CALGARY – A man’s body was pulled from The Bow River Saturday night around midnight.
Police responding to a report from a passerby about the body.
A search was conducted and the body of an adult male was recovered from the river in the Bowness area.
An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday.
Meantime, the Calgary Fire Department rescued a woman from the Bow River Saturday afternoon.
Crews were called to the scene around 4:15pm for reports of an overturned raft.
A group of four was rafting down the river in two separate rafts tethered together, when one raft hit a tree and flipped over, forcing two women in the water.
One woman was able to swim to shore, but the other grabbed on to a tree and was unable to get to the riverbank.
A rescuer, attached to a safety line, climbed on to the tree and secured the woman.
They were both then pulled to the shore by the Aquatic Rescue Team.
The fire department is warning Calgarians that while the Bow River is open for recreational activity, conditions remain dangerous and unstable.
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