For the first time in two years, the Adventure Bay Family Water Park in Windsor, Ont., is open, but it is facing some new challenges.
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Headlines from various news outlets across Canada and the U.S. this year have summed up what this author heard from aquatic facility operators on a weekly basis—a shortage of lifeguards exists within the aquatics industry. However, is this really the case?
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In a response to drowning incidents that occurred in 2012 at two separate aquatic facilities in Edmonton, the city is now looking into the use of underwater cameras in public pools.
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The City of Edmonton is recommending that children under the age of 8 who have not passed a swim test wear life jackets at its public pool facilities.
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The idea to implement hand signal communication in the aquatic environment was first introduced by Greg and Evelyn Keyes, master trainers in various aquatic fields, and operators of the Gain Glow Aquatics in Victoria, Australia, at the International Aquatic Fitness Conference (IAFC) in Orlando, Fla., May, 2012. Before this, however, Evelyn Keyes first used emergency hand signals when…
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New standards from the National Lifesaving Society, which lowers the acceptable ratio of swimmers to lifeguards from 75-1 to 40-1, will see cities such as Edmonton start to hire more staff to meet the guidelines.
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