Boaters

• RCMP to be patrolling Okanagan Lake this weekend

  According to statistics from the BC Coroner's Service, there were nine drowning deaths in 2017, four in 2018, seven in 2019, seven in 2020 and six in 2021. 

  Crime

  Jun 30, 2022
  
• Parks Canada to reopen Trent-Severn Waterway locks for navigation on June 24

  After a precautionary closure, the reopening of locks on the Trent-Severn Waterway means daytime navigation will begin at 9 a.m. on Friday, June 24.

  Environment

  Jun 22, 2022
  
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• 4 rescued after 3 boats capsize on Balsam Lake in City of Kawartha Lakes: OPP

  OPP say in one incident, a boater swam for an hour and a half prior to being located on an island in Balsam Lake.

  Canada

  Jun 17, 2022
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• RDCO reminder to boaters: Slow down near shores, reduce wakes during spring runoff

  With spring melt underway, lake levels are continuing to rise throughout the Okanagan, leading to concerns of high waves from boats.

  Canada

  Jun 11, 2022
• Duck hunters swim back to shore after boat takes on water in Lake Erie: OPP

  The incident happened Saturday when the pair's boat was blown into Long Point Bay and began to take on water, police said in a statement on Tuesday.

  Canada

  Dec 14, 2021
• Entire Trent-Severn Waterway to reopen for Thanksgiving weekend: Parks Canada

  The waterway was temporarily closed between Lock 1 in Trenton to Lock 27 in Young's Point north of Peterborough due to recent rising water levels.

  Environment

  Oct 5, 2021
• Province asks boaters to help prevent spread of zebra mussels in Lake Manitoba

  The province is urging Manitoba boaters to follow decontamination steps to prevent the spread of zebra mussels, after the invasive species was detected at Lake Manitoba Narrows.

  Environment

  Aug 17, 2021
• Mounties tackle swamps, beaver dams to rescue stranded boaters in northern Manitoba

  RCMP have rescued two stranded boaters in northern Manitoba in what they say turned out to be a very Canadian rescue involving canoes, a beaver dam and a snowmobile trail.

  News

  Jul 13, 2021
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• COVID-19: Parks Canada delays opening of Trent-Severn Waterway, most visitor services in Ontario

  Parks Canada is delaying the opening of the Trent-Severn Waterway and other visitor services in Ontario as a result of the province's extended stay-at-home order.

  Health

  May 19, 2021
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• 1 victim identified, search continues for missing boater on Chemong Lake near Curve Lake First Nation

  Four people from the GTA were on a fishing boat on Chemong Lake when it capsized on Sunday morning.

  Canada

  Oct 20, 2020