Categories
Health Tips Swimming

Summer is coming – let’s stay safe in the water

For many Canadian families, summer includes activities such as boating and swimming. But each year, tragic and avoidable water-related fatalities occur across Canada. A Canadian Red Cross report examining these fatalities over 10 years revealed many common factors:  Young children ages 1 to 4 and men ages 15 to 44 are at the greatest risk […]

Categories
Exercise Health Tips Swimming

Water Safety in Addition to Skills

Though important, swimming skills alone aren’t always enough to save a life. Many drowning incidents involve other factors that swimming skills alone cannot prepare an individual for. Learning water safety-such as how to prepare for an emergency, and what to do if one should occur-is key to preventing an emergency in or on the water. […]