{"id":567002,"date":"2026-03-28T17:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T17:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/567002\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T17:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T17:40:08","slug":"2-snowmobilers-rescued-after-falling-through-ice-in-georgian-bay-opp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/567002\/","title":{"rendered":"2 snowmobilers rescued after falling through ice in Georgian Bay: OPP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>Ontario Provincial Police are warning about the dangers of spring ice conditions after two snowmobilers fell through the ice in the Georgian Bay Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded shortly before 10 p.m. near Robin\u2019s Point Road in township of Tay, Ont. for reports of a snowmobile that had gone through the ice.<\/p>\n<p>Two individuals had been riding separate snowmobiles when one of the machines \u201cbroke through thinning ice,\u201d said the OPP.<\/p>\n<p>Both riders fell into the water, but were wearing survival flotation suits, said police.<\/p>\n<p>Tay Township Fire crews were able to rescue both individuals, who were taken to hospital by paramedics as a precaution for cold exposure. The second snowmobile was safely brought back to shore.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Emergency personnel on residential road.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774719608_438_default.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7777777777777777\" data-cy=\"image-img\"\/>Emergency crews helped rescue and take two snowmobilers to hospital after they fell through thinning ice. (Submitted by Ontario Provincial Police)<\/p>\n<p>The OPP reminds residents and visitors in the area to be wary of unpredictable and unsafe ice conditions, especially as temperatures increase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAreas that may appear solid, can quickly deteriorate,\u201d said police.<\/p>\n<p>They strongly advised people to stay off the ice entirely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567003,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-567002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}