High spring runoff makes for good surfing on Ottawa River

This fall’s Ontario municipal elections are shaping up as the most compelling in years, thanks to stark left-right battles. Much of the conversation has centred around Toronto, where Councillor Brad Bradford is challenging NDP stalwart Olivia Chow over what he says is a city in quick decline. But TVO’s Steve Paikin has declared that Hamilton, Ontario’s fifth biggest city, may have the province’s best race. Like in Toronto, the incumbent is a prominent New Democrat – former provincial leader Andrea Horwath – who is facing accusations of allowing rampant crime, homelessness, waste and...