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Western Canada sweats in renewed heat wave, rivergoers told to avoid cheap floaties
CALGARY — As Western Canadians sweat under a renewed heat wave, crews in Calgary are scrambling to bail out rivergoers trying to stay cool on dime-store pink flamingo floaties.
The Calgary Fire Department says most of the 50 calls it has responded to this month have been to rescue people stranded on the Bow River because their plastic rafts, designed for pools, are deflating in the swift current.
Fire department spokeswoman Carol Henke says floaters and paddle boarders need to remember to put on life-jackets.
The number of people expecting to seek relief on rivers is expected to rise in the coming days, as temperatures are forecast to spike into the 30 C range.