Pool

• Campaign underway to save the University of Victoria’s only pool

  Users of UVic's McKinnon Pool were caught off guard last month when the university suddenly announced the 50-year-old facility would be shuttered permanently in September.

  Education

  Aug 20, 2024
  
• Downtown Montreal opens its first outdoor public pool

  A new public outdoor pool is now available to citizens in downtown Montreal. Made out of a shipping container, it offers relief to an area plagued by the heat island effect.

  Canada

  Jul 19, 2024
  
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• Newly-renovated Lakeview Wading Pool reopens in Vernon

  The Lakeview Wading Pool has been a part of the Vernon community since 1958. It was recently re-opened with modern changerooms, a spray park and many more additions

  Features

  Jul 14, 2024
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• Family demands answers in teen’s drowning at city pool

  A family who has just lost their energetic son in a drowning is looking for answers - believing he should still be with them today.

  Health

  Jun 5, 2024
• Happyland Pool in Winnipeg may not make it to summer; community disappointed

  Happyland Pool is set to close after the city's Standing Policy Committee for Community Services voted not to pass along a motion to executive council.

  Money

  May 13, 2024
• ‘Water is unpredictable’: Lifesaving Society stresses long weekend water safety

  “A big message right now that we need parents to hear is that you cannot take your eyes of your kids even for a split-second."

  Canada

  Aug 4, 2023
• Fatal Sunday on Quebec water: 2 drown in separate incidents and 1 person missing

  A man in his 50s and a 91-year-old woman drowned in separate incidents on Sunday, and authorities are searching for a man in his 30s who disappeared after jumping into a river.

  Canada

  Jul 30, 2023
• Alberta swim instructor opens pool in refurbished Swiss Chalet building

  A new pool in Airdrie has sprung up in an unusual location. A swim school focusing on private lessons is operating out of a former Swiss Chalet restaurant.

  Features

  Jul 26, 2023
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• Rockwood pool prodigy set to represent Canada at world championships

  16-year-old Bryzen Ace Manipula recently won the 2023 Canadian Billiard and Snooker Association's Canadian Junior Championship in the boys under 19 category.

  Canada

  Jul 21, 2023
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• Saskatoon’s Harry Bailey Aquatic Centre upgrades hit rocky waters with high costs

  The city had said the project would take up to two years to complete with a price tag between $18 and $24 million, but tenders for the project came in higher than anticipated.

  Canada

  Jul 10, 2023