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3 year old boy drowns in backyard pool in the Janetville area

KAWARTHA LAKES-A 3 year old boy has died after being pulled from a backyard swimming pool in the Janetville area in the City of Kawartha Lakes.

Police say it happened at approximately 8pm on Thursday at a home on Fleetwood Road. Emergency crews attempted to revive the boy but were unsuccessful. He was taken to Ross Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

Police are investigating the incident.

 

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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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