Winnipeg Free Press By: Cody Sellar THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES A recent cluster of drownings and life-threatening incidents on the province's waterways has a lifesaving expert warning Manitoban's to use extra caution when out on the water this summer. A lifesaving expert is calling for extra caution in and around Manitoba’s waters, after a recent cluster of drownings and life-threatening incidents. A lifesaving expert is calling for extra caution in and around Manitoba’s waters, after a recent cluster of drownings and life-threatening incidents. Three people drowned within roughly four hours June 4: a 17-year-old male near the Portage Diversion at Portage la Prairie, a 39-year-old man in the Whitemouth River, and a 24-year-old man in Reynolds Ponds.