Man drowns in Banff hotel swimming pool

By Mike Tarasko

Posted Apr 29, 2016 7:25 am.

This article is more than 5 years old.

A 45-year old man is dead after a swimming pool accident Tuesday in Banff.

Police say the man dove into the shallow end of a pool at the Rundlestone Lodge.

He was in town from Saskatchewan for a wedding.

Investigators believe alcohol was a factor.

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