The Lifesaving Canada is seeking volunteers to apply for two of the Sport Commission's working groups - the Coach & Officials Working Group, and the Technical Working Group. Full descriptions of both groups can be found below! To apply, please submit…
Thank you to everyone who attended the 2025-2026 Sport Season Kickoff Webinar on Wednesday! We had some great conversations, and it's clear that all of the clubs are raring to go! If you couldn't make it to the webinar, no worries! The presentation slides…
The 2025 edition of the ABNWT Competition Manual is now available on our website, and in preparation for the 2025-2026 Lifesaving Sport season, we've made some new updates! These updates were guided by three key principles: Alignment with the current…
Registration is now open for the Camrose Tsunami Mix Masters 2025! You'll find the meet details summarized below, but we encourage those interested in registering to please read the full Meet Package, as well as the Safety Plan. Please understand…
The 2025 Orange Cup will be held from November 23 - December 1 in the Netherlands, and Lifesaving Society Canada has just announced the selection criteria for the National Team! The Orange Cup is an annual pool event that allows athletes from different…
It's that time of the year again! With the 2025-2026 Lifesaving Sport season approaching, we'll be hosting a season start-up webinar on September 24 for our coaches and club admins! Starting in October, we're also going to be bringing back the monthly…
2025/2026 Competition Schedule We're excited to announce that the competition dates and locations for the next sport season have been (tentatively) decided: October 25 (Camrose) November 22 (Hinton) November 29 - 30 (Cochrane) December 6 (Spruce Grove)…
The registration package is now available for the 2025 Canadian Surf Lifesaving Championships! View the full document (including the necessary registration forms), or read on for a summary of the event details, volunteer opportunities, and registration…
2025/2026 Competition Schedule We're excited to announce that the competition dates and locations for the next sport season have been (tentatively) decided: October 26 (Camrose) November 22 (Hinton) November 29 - 30 (Cochrane) December 6 (Spruce Grove)…
AB/NWT Lifesaving Sport Working Group The Lifesaving Society Alberta and Northwest Territories Branch is assembling a Lifesaving Sport Working Group to review and update the ABNWT Competition Manual and relevant Sport policies and procedures. We're…
In case you missed it, the team representing Canada at the 2025 Commonwealth Lifesaving Championships was announced on June 6th! The full team roster can be read here, and we're excited to report that it includes quite a few representatives from Alberta!…
The deadline to apply for the 2025 Lifesaving Sport Scholarship, originally set for June 2, will be extended to August 31. If you plan to compete in any upcoming competitions this year, such as the RLSS Commonwealth Lifesaving Championships, the Canadian…
Don't forget, the Canadian Pool Lifesaving Championships will be held this weekend in Windsor, Ontario! Starting on Saturday morning, you can watch the livestream of the events here! Good luck to our Alberta athletes attending this year: Cochrane Water…
Lifesaving Society Canada is seeking nominations from fellow high-performance athletes for the Canadian Athlete Representative! The athlete representative is selected every two years, and serves as part of the Sport Commission to represent the needs…
Now that another Lifesaving Sport Provincials has come to an end, we'd love to hear some feedback on the event from the athletes, parents/guardians, coaches, and volunteers who attended. As members of the Lifesaving Sport community, we deeply value…
This is a reminder for anyone attending Provincials that hotel rooms are available at a discount through block booking, but please know that we're nearing the deadline! As outlined in the Event Package, rooms are currently available at two Calgary…
This month's Q&A session with our Sport Coordinator, Amy Swedlo, was held on February 18. Although we typically do not distribute summaries or follow-ups for these meetings, this most recent session was just so jam-packed with important discussions that…
In addition to the new Lifesaving Sport Canadian Competition Manuals released last week, an addendum has just been made to the Alberta and Northwest Territories Competition Manual. The addendum outlines changes to sections 3.3 (Manikin Carry) and…
Lifesaving Society Canada has just released two new Sport manuals to replace the 2019 Canadian Competition Manual. The standards outlined in these documents will be used at the upcoming Canadian Pool Lifesaving Championship in May, and the Canadian Surf…
With Provincials just around the corner, our Lifesaving Sport community has been very busy lately! With so many new announcements and so little time, we've bundled together a collection of important headlines that we highly recommend checking out! …
