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Death investigation in Omemee

KAWARTHA LAKES-The OPP is investigating a possible drowning in Omemee.

Approximately 6:50pm on Wednesday emergency services personnel, including officers from the City of Kawartha Lakes detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police were called to the Omemee Beach area for a possible drowning.

A 63 year old man from Denmark, who was visiting family in the area, was recovered from the water, near a partially submerged kayak according to police. The man was taken to hospital but pronounced dead.

The investigation is continuing.

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Pamela Vanmeer
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Pamela VanMeer is a two time winner of the prestigious Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Award. Her investigative reports on abuse in Long Term Care Homes garnered international attention for the issue and won the Ron Laidlaw Award. She is a former reporter and anchor at CHEX News, now Global Peterborough and helped launch the New CHEX Daily, a daily half hour talk show. While at CHCH News in Hamilton she covered some of the biggest news stories of the day.

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