Saskatoon Fire Dept. rescues man from river
May 21, 2015 | 8:49 AM
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Tuesday was a busy day on the river for the Saskatoon Fire Department.
Firefighters were called out to the river around 1 p.m. over a report of an empty canoe near the weir. They used their powerboat to retrieve the canoe and as they were towing it back to shore, they came upon a man struggling to swim in the water behind the Delta Bessborough Hotel.
Rescuers used the canoe in tow to transport the man back to land and treat him for hypothermia and exhaustion.
They subsequently found that the man pulled from the river had nothing to do with the canoe. The canoe was then given to Saskatoon police.
