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Before taking a dip in the lake, Manitobans are being asked to dive into water safety.
Dr. Christopher Love is the Water Smart and Safety Management Coordinator with the LifeSaving Society, an organization dedicated to preventing drownings. The past weeks have seen four drownings, and several reported near-drownings in Manitoba. One of the statistics that we see year after year is that males have a far larger number of drowning fatalities than females.
In 2020, 25 people downed in the province, with 78 per cent of those drownings being men. Love says this is likely because men are risk takers near the water. Most drownings in Manitoba occur between May to September in lakes, ponds, and rivers.