Drowning

• Winnipeg woman who saved drowning child, father did what ‘anybody should do’

  Winnipeg police said the child entered the Red River first and started to drown, prompting their father to follow her. A bystander saved both.

  Canada

  Sep 2
  
• 8-year-old found dead in the water at Saskatchewan beach

  Officers said they were called to the scene shortly before 4 p.m. on Friday after receiving a report of a 'water-related emergency.'

  Canada

  Aug 24
  
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• RCMP investigating after two toddlers drown in lake in Manitoba community

  Police say the two boys, ages one and two, were brought to the nursing station in Garden Hill Anisininew Nation on Wednesday afternoon.

  Canada

  Aug 13
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• Body of missing 13-year-old pulled from Cultus Lake after medical emergency

  Chilliwack RCMP said that on Aug. 10, just before 2 p.m., the RCMP Underwater Recovery Team found the girl's body and the investigation has been turned over.

  Canada

  Aug 11
• 1 dead, 1 rescued after canoe capsizes in Ontario lake

  According to police, two individuals were canoeing on Stewart Lake in Georgian Bay Township Saturday when the craft overturned approximately 40 feet from shore.

  Canada

  Aug 9
• Manitoba RCMP respond to possible drowning of Alberta man in Nelson River

  Manitoba RCMP and a private diving company are searching a portion of the Nelson River near the Kelsey Generating Station for James Redmond, a 60-year-old from Alberta.

  Canada

  Aug 4
• Man drowns at Kelowna beach as B.C. sees sharp increase in water fatalities

  The BC Coroners Service has confirmed it is investigating the death, however, the circumstances surrounding the drowning have not been released.

  Canada

  Jul 30
• Manitoba to install fencing at provincial park following recent drownings

  The provincial government says it will install fencing at Whiteshell Provincial Park, after two brothers drowned near Nutimik Lake earlier this month.

  Canada

  Jul 28
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• Child pulled from backyard pool in Mississauga, taken to hospital

  Peel Regional Police say officers were called to the area of Dundas Street West and Erin Mills Parkway at about 11:30 a.m. for a reported drowning.

  Canada

  Jul 28
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• ‘A tragedy’: Family of boy who drowned in Manitoba park in 2023 speaks out

  The Manitoba government says it is acting "really quickly" to implement new safeguards after two young brothers were swept into a lake at Whiteshell Provincial Park late last week.

  Canada

  Jul 24