Calgary’s renegade river rafters beware — the city’s cracking down this weekend on water-borne mayhem.
Following a spate of drownings and injuries on the Bow River often carried on a tide of a miscreant behaviour, it’ll be all hands on deck among city police, fire and bylaw officers, said city spokesman Bill Bruce.
Fines for not wearing a lifejacket is $150, for open alcohol, $230 and littering penalties range from $100 to $300.
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/...9/4352762.html
Ok the Bow I can see, but the elbow? Come on. You have a better chance of drowning in your bath tub than that river. This city is great at taking something that is fun and throwing security, safety measures, and fines at it to make it go away.
If you think the city is bluffing. The police stopped by friend from going in the river a couple weeks ago because she didn't have a life jacket and had beer with her. But it sounds like now they will just write you a ticket, instead of giving you a warning.