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Canadian Safe Boating Awards (CASBA) Dinner is Held

 Boating Safety Award Winners Announced at Sheraton Centre Hotel Dinner

 Toronto, January 18, 2010.

Over 100 boating safety experts, marine industry representatives, government officials and boaters gathered on January 10th, 2010 to honour those boaters who put their lives at risk to save other boaters, the best boating safety initiatives, programs promoting safety and environmental programs directed at keeping Canadian waters clean for 2009.

The CASBA dinner is an annual event of the Canadian Safe Boating Council and is designed to honour those individuals, organizations and companies who excel in saving lives, promoting boating safety and environmentally sound boating practices.

Hosts this year were Barb Byers of The Lifesaving Society and Ted Rankine of PlaySafe Productions. They presented the following awards:

Rescue of the Year was awarded to The Crew of The Pacific Faith - Peter Drake Jr., Roger Grimard, Steff Lebel, Robert Perrault, Harold Sewid, Jimmy Sewid, Norman Sewid recognizing their heroic efforts of a rescue executed on the water in Canada.

Marine Professional of the Year was awarded to Jack Kruger for his outstanding act of boating safety by a marine organization professional.

OPG Top Volunteer Dedicated to Safe Boating was awarded to Roy Eaton recognizing his consist practices and promotions of safe boating in Canada.

Best Boating Safety Initiative was awarded to The Muskoka Lakes Cottage Association honouring a successful safe boating initiative that was conducted in Canada in 2009.

Safeguarding the Environment was awarded to Environmental Marine Response Products Inc. for introducing a boating product or campaign that reduces marine pollution and makes the sport of boating more environmentally friendly.

Green Marine Environmental was awarded to Mariner's Cove Marina - Vanessa & Peter Hintze honouring their efforts at their marina where they demonstrate best environmental practices.

Special Recognition was awarded to Irwin Doxsee honouring his ongoing contributions to the Canadian Safe Boating Council and the boating industry.

The Canadian Safe Boating Council is in the business of promoting safe and responsible boating throughout Canada. Our web site is located at www.csbc.ca.

For more information on the CASBA Dinner and the award winners please contact CASBCA Chairperson, Ms. Cyndi Hodgson at: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

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