Snowmobilers are being warned to stay off of lakes after a pair of accidents in the past few days claimed the life of a local resident. Scott Hartley, age 43, was out snowmobiling on Jan. 1 when his machine went through open water on Redstone Lake sometime after 7 p.m....
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Snowmobiler went through ice near Minden
MINDEN–The Ontario Provincial Police dive team is looking for a snowmobiler after he went through the ice on Redstone Lake in Haliburton County. Const. Peter Leon says shortly after 7 p.m. Friday, a group of snowmobilers were heading out from a cottage near Minden when one of them went out...
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Snowmobiler plunges through ice
GLADSTONE — Authorities have released the name of the snowmobiler who fell through the ice in Little Bay de Noc Monday afternoon. Carl Nyberg, 22, of Gladstone plunged through the ice by the coal docks in about 50 feet of water. He was able to crawl his way out. Nyberg’s brother called...
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Local lakes aren't safe yet
Greater Sudbury police have received reports of snowmobiles and vehicles on area lakes, and want to remind city residents that the ice isn’t safe yet. The latest cold snap has caused ice to form, but a minimum of four inches of ice is needed to support a person, and 12-15...
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Snowmobiler's body recovered
ctvmontreal.ca Quebec’s Snowmobile Association is asking riders to be prudent following the death of a 45-year-old Baie-Comeau man. On Saturday four men rode across a frozen lake to head to a chalet in Godbout, on the North Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. But the lake was not as...
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