Boating Accident

• Man arrested after deadly boating accident leaves woman decapitated, police say

  'This man was a ticking time-bomb and that bomb went off this past Saturday on the Fox River,' Deputy Chief Brian Miller said during the hearing.

  U.S. News

  Jul 29
  
• Family recall receiving news son had died in Lake Ontario incident, boat operator charged

  Toronto police have charged a 35-year-old Mississauga man with criminal negligence causing death after a months-long police investigation.

  Crime

  Oct 8, 2025
  
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• 2 children dead after barge strikes, sinks sailboat off Miami Beach

  A total of six people — one adult and five kids — were inside the sailboat when it was hit by a barge near Hibiscus Island, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

  U.S. News

  Jul 29, 2025
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• Remembering a 1954 drowning tragedy that claimed the lives of 12 Quebec children

  Seventy years after 12 children drowned in a boating accident, a plaque has been installed at the site of the tragedy to honour the victims.

  Canada

  Jul 13, 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
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• 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
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• 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