Pool

• St. Boniface residents raise concerns over proposed aquatic centre

  Some St. Boniface residents are concerned the new aquatic park in the Provencher Park area will bring parking and road safety challenges as more people head to the pool.

  Canada

  Sep 9
  
• 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
  
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• 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
• 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
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• 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