Swimming Lessons

• Should swimming lessons be included in B.C.’s school curriculum?

  Questions around water safety are back in the spotlight following a pair of recent drownings, one at Lynn Canyon in North Vancouver and another in Kelowna.

  Education

  Jul 8
  
• Calgary opens up thousands of additional spots for summer swimming lessons

  More than 2,800 additional summer swimming lesson spots will be available at Southland Leisure Centre, Village Square Leisure Centre and Glenmore Aquatic Centre. 

  Features

  Jun 4
  
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• Affordable swimming lessons less and less accessible in B.C.

  Public pools, especially indoor pools, are expensive for municipalities to build and operate and for years there has been a shortage of lifeguards and instructors.

  Lifestyle

  May 30
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• ‘Silent and quick’: Lack of supervision the leading cause of drownings in children

  More than nine in 10 (96 per cent) of drownings among children under the age of five happen because of absent or distracted supervision, according to a report.

  Health

  Aug 6, 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
• Winnipeg parents struggle to get kids into city swimming lessons: ‘Already fully booked’

  This spring the city is offering 29 per cent fewer swimming courses than before the pandemic.

  Education

  Mar 29, 2023
• With swimming season on the horizon, Manitoba scrambling for lifeguards

  The province's dearth of qualified lifeguards is due, in part, to the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Christopher Love of Lifesaving Society Manitoba.

  Health

  Mar 21, 2023
• Registration for Winnipeg’s winter leisure guide activities coming Dec. 13

  Registration for all winter activities kicks off at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13 for residents of the city, and two days later for non-residents. 

  Canada

  Dec 1, 2022
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• Ontario parents frustrated with lack of swimming lessons amid lifeguard shortage

  The situation has left some affected parents frustrated that their children won't be able to participate in city-run swim lessons this fall.

  Canada

  Sep 27, 2022
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• Winnipeg leisure activity registration resumes Tuesday afternoon

  The City of Winnipeg had temporarily suspended its fall Leisure Guide registration due to what it said were technical difficulties.

  Health

  Aug 30, 2022