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South Okanagan Photos

Play it safe – risky business around water causes death

  • A 19-year-old Keremeos man who drowned in the Similkameen River after falling from his raft and being swept away by strong currents
  • A 21-year-old international student who died after suddenly finding himself over his head while swimming in Thetis Lake, northwest of Victoria
  • A 24-year-old man who was pulled out of Sasamat Lake in Port Moody on Sunday afternoon.
  • A 45-year-old Keremeos man who drowned when his boat capsized at Heart Lake, north of Hedley, also on Saturday, according to Princeton RCMP
  • A 70-year-old man from Peachland who drowned while snorkelling in Okanagan Lake on Saturday