The city of Calgary says a shortage of lifeguards means city-owned pools aren't operating at full capacity, but one of the city's biggest swim clubs says more pools are needed.
WATCH: The City of Calgary says it is still struggling to return some pools to pre-pandemic capacity. As Meghan Cobb reports, the delays are frustrating swimmers eager to dive in.The City of Calgary says a lack of qualified lifeguards is keeping city-owned pools from recovering to full pre-pandemic operations, but the manager of one of the city’s biggest swim clubs says a shortage of aquatic facilities is a bigger reason behind the long waiting list for swimming lessons .
During question period at city council on Tuesday, it was revealed that city-owned aquatic facilities have only been able to recover to about 90 per cent of pre-pandemic operation levels. General manager of community services, Katie Black, said the city is having trouble recruiting and training enough staff — the situation so acute at the Southland and Village Square Leisure Centre’s that there’s only enough for one shift of qualified lifeguards.
“We are continuing to run public qualification training programs so we can have people ready to be lifeguards – but in fact many of those programs are also running at less than full capacity,” said Black.The city of Calgary says a shortage of lifeguards means city-owned pools are only able to operate at about 90 per cent capacity.But because so many of the lifeguards working for the city are relatively new, those senior positions have been especially difficult to fill.
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