Paddle boarders rescued on Lake Manitoba
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This article was published 26/06/2022 (1581 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Two Winnipeg women had to be rescued while paddle boarding on Lake Manitoba after strong winds pushed them away from shore.
RCMP said on Friday the women weren’t wearing life-jackets last Saturday.
RCMP Staff Sgt. Bob Chabot, the force’s inland water transport co-ordinator, said they weren’t injured, but the incident could have easily ended in tragedy.
“It is very important to wear a life-jacket,” Chabot said.
“Many serious incidents that occur on our waterways are as a result of not wearing a proper fitting life-jacket or personal flotation device. When unexpected incidents occur, and a person ends up in the water, a life-jacket or PFD is your No. 1 piece of safety equipment.”
RCMP warned people it doesn’t matter whether they are out on a body of water using “a boat, paddle board, kayak, canoe, etc., please remember that water temperatures are still cold even though air temperatures are rising.
Kevin Rollason
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Kevin Rollason was a general assignment reporter at the Free Press.
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