Water Safety

• RCMP to be patrolling Okanagan Lake this weekend

  According to statistics from the BC Coroner's Service, there were nine drowning deaths in 2017, four in 2018, seven in 2019, seven in 2020 and six in 2021. 

  Crime

  Jun 30
  
• English Bay, 3 other Metro Vancouver beaches closed amid high E. coli levels

  Vancouver Coastal Health has issued water quality advisories for English Bay, along with Locarno Beach, Sandy Beach on Bowen Island, and Trout Lake in John Hendry Park.

  Environment

  Jun 24
  
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• Lifeguards at Edmonton City Hall water fountain generate mixed reaction

  There are new layers of protection in front of Edmonton's city hall. Lifeguards are temporarily on duty to protect people from shallow water.

  Environment

  Jun 22
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• Wave of new pool owners keeps N.B. supply stores busy

  The COVID-19 pandemic has changed a lot of lives in a lot of ways – perhaps the most unexpected has been how many people have become pool owners in the past two-and-a-half years.

  Economy

  Jun 22
• LHSC officials stress importance of water safety in bid to prevent summer drownings

  LHSC officials say three factors play in nearly all documented drowning cases: being alone, being impaired, and not having a personal flotation device.

  Canada

  Jun 22
• Peterborough police arrest 2 men after group jumps from crane at Lock 19 into Otonabee River

  According to Peterborough police, officers received several 911 calls late Wednesday about three people in distress in the Otonabee River near Lock 19 of the Trent-Severn Waterway.

  Crime

  Jun 16
• Water safety experts in Quebec ‘very concerned’ as summer looms

  Quebec health-care and swimming experts are urging caution after a deadly weekend in the province, including where a four-year-old boy died involving a backyard pool.

  Canada

  Jun 15
• Missing canoeist found dead in Georgian Bay, police say

  Ontario Provincial Police say the body of a 29-year-old canoeist has been found in the waters of Georgian Bay.

  Canada

  Jun 14
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• Lifeguard recruitment ramps up in Nova Scotia as summer draws near

  To make up for two years of pandemic-stalled lifeguard training, hiring efforts are ongoing to attract students.

  Features

  Jun 7
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• Winnipeg paramedics pull boy from Red River in Sunday evening rescue

  The rescuers launched a boat from St. Vital Park and caught up to the youth north of Tod Drive, around a kilometre away from where he was first spotted.

  Canada

  Jun 6