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Water Safety Lessons Save Lives | Winnipeg News
This weekend, volunteers rallied across Canada to teach life-saving water safety skills during National Drowning Prevention Week—showing kids how to tread water, throw rescue lines, and even running through water to simulate how fast a child can drown. It’s all happening amid recent tragedies: two boys vanished in fast-moving water, a man drowned while fleeing police, and another died during a canoe race. One mom, Ashley Shepherd, shared her terrifying near-miss with her son, warning that complacency is deadly. Volunteers say hands-on training with kids not only saves lives but empowers…
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