Boating Accident

• Sheen dissipates but sunken U.S. fish boat still in orca habitat east of Victoria

  No oil residue has been found on Vancouver Island and measures are being used to deter any whales from venturing near the wreck in a key feeding ground for southern resident orcas.

  Environment

  Aug 17, 2022
  
• Boating accident in northwestern Ontario claims life of Goderich, Ont. Mayor John Grace

  'John was a bright light.... Our sincere condolences go out to John’s wife Wendy, their three boys, daughter-in-law, and grandson,' a statement from town officials said.

  Canada

  Aug 10, 2022
  
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• 1 seriously injured after power boat collides with yacht on Lake Ontario near Brighton: OPP

  On Saturday afternoon, emergency crews from Brighton responded to a two-vessel collision on Lake Ontario south of Brighton.

  Traffic

  Jul 17, 2022
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• Lifeboat accident in Vancouver’s English Bay linked to failed hardware, sling: TSB

  Two crew members from the bulk carrier Blue Bosporus were in the lifeboat as part of a free-fall lifeboat drill conducted in December 2020.

  Canada

  Jun 21, 2022
• Mississauga father dies, daughter injured in weekend boating incident: police

  Ontario Provincial Police said its Wellington County detachment responded to a possible drowning in the Rockwood area at around 6:20 p.m. on Saturday.

  Canada

  Jun 5, 2022
• Crews search waters for man who fell off sailboat near Nanaimo, B.C.

  Police were called to a report that a woman had fallen overboard and a vessel from the Nanaimo Port Authority found her clinging to a rope tied to an anchored sailboat.

  Apr 12, 2022
• Boating accident claims life of 24-year-old Whitney Pier, N.S. man

  The boat overturned in Lake Bras D'or on Saturday afternoon, and the victim was recovered on Sunday morning.

  Canada

  Aug 1, 2021
• Lockstation staff, public credited with helping distressed boaters caught in Hastings, Ont. dam

  Six people aboard a 20-foot pleasure craft ended up caught in the dam after their boat engine lost power on Sunday. Two people were treated for minor injuries.

  News

  Jul 27, 2021
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• Boater dies after watercraft hits bridge pillar in Montreal river

  The 69-year-old man was ejected from the boat after it crashed into a pillar of the Highway 25 bridge linking Montreal to Laval. 

  Canada

  Jun 18, 2021
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• 1 dead after canoe capsizes on White Lake in Douro-Dummer: Peterborough County OPP

  OPP say one person has died after a canoe capsized on White Lake in Douro-Dummer Township on Friday.

  Canada

  Nov 6, 2020