Drowning Prevention Week kicks off amid Manitoba heat wave
Water safety experts are asking you to take extra caution cooling off at the lake or pool, as National Drowning Prevention Week begins and a sweltering week settles in Manitoba.
“We’re in extremely high demand right now. We’re just starting to get over a little bit of our backlog from the pandemic, but there’s still way more to go,’ H2O Academy’s general manager Kayla McMurchy told Global News on Sunday. A problem Christopher Love with Lifesaving Society Manitoba says isn’t being helped by instructor and lifeguard shortages, as certification courses were put on hold during the last two years and workers found jobs in other fields.“You may see reduced hours. You may see a reduced number of courses offered in terms of swimming lessons,” the Water Smart and Safety Management Co-ordinator said.
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