Even if you’re a strong swimmer, when you’re engaged in any activity on the water, you need to be wearing a life jacket. Unfortunately, many people don’t wear their foam-filled life jacket. Studies ...

"Wear It" is the message for this year's Safe Boating Week, a national campaign to educate boaters, starting Saturday and running through May 22. The "It" refers to life jackets, and, heeding those ...

Recreational time on the water is meant to be relaxing and fun. Bulky life jackets that are cast aside to avoid discomfort aren’t likely to save anyone in a true emergency, but forcing people to wear ...

Brenton King took off work on a Friday last month and kayaked onto the Susquehanna River in Harrisburg for a day of fishing. King, 44, was an experienced fisherman and kayaker who always let his ...

Sign up for our Metro US email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! About a dozen Haligonians joined a North American ...