{"id":786860,"date":"2026-07-07T21:13:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/786860\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T21:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T21:13:18","slug":"river-safety-advisory-lifted-for-bow-elbow-rivers-in-calgary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/786860\/","title":{"rendered":"River safety advisory lifted for Bow, Elbow rivers in Calgary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A river safety advisory has been lifted for the Bow and Elbow Rivers in Calgary. <\/p>\n<p>The Calgary Fire Department (CFD) says people can resume normal river activities but should stay cautious, as conditions can change quickly during storms.<\/p>\n<p>CFD issued the warning on June 29 after <a href=\"https:\/\/calgary.citynews.ca\/2026\/06\/29\/flood-warnings-calgary-rivers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">consecutive days of rainfall<\/a> pushed water levels well above safe levels.<\/p>\n<p>The fire department says conditions are improving, though the water remains cold and some debris and reduced visibility may persist. <\/p>\n<p>The Aquatic Rescue Team will continue monitoring the waterways. <\/p>\n<p>People are reminded to supervise children closely, choose appropriate watercraft, avoid tying vessels together or using ankle leashes, and ensure everyone wears a properly fitted lifejacket.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Calgary as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=calgary.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782746833_947_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A river safety advisory has been lifted for the Bow and Elbow Rivers in Calgary. The Calgary Fire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-786860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786860","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=786860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}