Body pulled from Bow River near Centre Street Bridge

Calgary firefighters pulled a body from the Bow River on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026.

Calgary firefighters pulled a body from the Bow River on Thursday afternoon.

The Calgary Fire Department was called to the river west of the Centre Street Bridge at 1:20 p.m. for reports somebody was in the water.

“Any time we get a call that there’s somebody in the water, we treat it as a rescue,” CFD spokesperson Alex Kwan explained, saying the full aquatic rescue team was sent as well as a fire truck.

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Kwan said it appears the body had been in the water “for some time.”

“We did have a similar incident with a similar description from a few days ago,” Kwan said.

“We had our crews searching for somebody in the water – a bystander had called it in. So that’s part of the [investigation], to verify if this is part of that or not.”

Kwan is urged anyone who spots someone in the water to call 911.

A medical examiner was called to the scene.

On Thursday evening, police said the death “is not believed to be suspicious or criminal.”