ALBERTA REFERENDUM RESULTS

Alberta man drowns in Shuswap

Posted Aug 1, 2010 8:34 am.

This article is more than 5 years old.

It has been a tragic long weekend for an Alberta family vacationing at B.C.’s Shuswap Lake.

They were forced to watch helplessly as a 26-year-old man, who’d been working on a boat, fell into the water and drowned.

RCMP tell The Calgary Sun he’d been conducting maintenance Friday morning on a speedboat moored about nine or ten metres offshore near Magna Bay in Chase, B.C.

Witnesses say he appeared to be in medical distress before he fell into the water.

Bystanders dove in to try to find him but it was too late.

Police haven’t released yet where he was from in Alberta.

Keep it Factual

Add CityNews Calgary as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.

Submit a Correction

Accessibility Feedback

Top Stories

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith makes it clear separation now dead issue

Danielle Smith says that Albertans have spoken in Monday's referendum and that as long as she is premier, separation is a dead issue. Smith, in a TV address to the province, says there will be no more...

4h ago

One dead after crash on Deerfoot Trail; road closure in SE Calgary

One person is dead after a crash on Deerfoot Trail in southeast Calgary that prompted the closure of all northbound lanes in the area for several hours. Emergency crews were called to northbound Deerfoot...

11h ago

Alberta referendum results for all 10 questions

Albertans headed to the polls Monday to vote on 10 referendum questions, including whether the province should move toward a separation vote. The separation question, listed as Question 10 on the ballot,...

15h ago

Alberta NDP says referendum could leave Premier Smith battling internal divisions

Alberta Opposition NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi says Premier Danielle Smith will be looking to rebuild trust with Albertans — and an angry political base — after foisting a divisive separatism debate upon...

8h ago