Lifesaving Society Manitoba is a non-profit registered charity working to prevent drownings in Manitoba as well as the prevention of water related injuries. While in Flin Flon their Water Smart and Safety Management Coordinator Dr. Christopher Love explained part of that is the Northern Water Smart Program….
“This past summer was our 18th season where we sent instructors up to northern and remote locations to provide basic swim instruction, boating safety information and first aid training to those communities and to try to get the drowning death rate down and people safe and get education out there where it may not be usually accessible.”
The organization operates aquatic programs in pools and waterfronts across the province, trains all National Lifeguards and through the Manitoba Coalition of Safer Waters offers a Lifejacket Loaner Program and Community Water Safety Grants.
