A man from Sydney, N.S., has died after experiencing medical distress while swimming at Port Hood Beach in Cape Breton on Saturday. Paul D'Eon, the director of the Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service, said the man was swimming with his wife when two lifeguards observed the couple in difficulties. One of the lifeguards went out to bring the man in. She told D'Eon at first the man was kicking and trying to swim but as she was bringing him in he stopped kicking. The lifeguards believed that the man went into medical distress before he could be brought to shore.

Source: CBC News July 23, 2017 19:30 UTC