Source Feed: CBC News - Ottawa
Publication Date: August 13, 2026 - 07:46
Stay informed
Ottawa-Gatineau hammered again by strong thunderstorms
August 13, 2026
Thousands of customers are without power Thursday morning after the latest in what's been a series of strong summer thunderstorms to hit Ottawa-Gatineau.
Unpublished Newswire
A marina on Lake Muskoka thrums with activity on a recent summer morning. A major sportswear retailer is pouring Aperol spritzes for ladies in yoga wear at a popup brand event. At the docks, a salesman is waiting to hand over a half-million-dollar wakeboarding boat to the customer who has bought it sight unseen, with its custom Italian sound system. “If you hate your neighbours,” he says to the oglers, “these are the speakers for you.” Noise is a big deal these days in Muskoka, eastern Canada’s most stereotypically Canadian holiday spot. Big, exuberant, luxurious, expensive, brash...
August 22, 2026 - 07:00 | Joseph Brean | National Post
OTTAWA — The owner of a small Canadian business that imports electric golf carts from China says his company is now in jeopardy because the federal government has billed him for more than $178,000 after placing his three-wheeled buggies in the same import category as electric vehicles (EVs). Joseph McLuckie, who founded JPSMGolf in 2006 in his Toronto basement, said Friday that he has exhausted his appeals with Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) after the federal department confirmed its ruling that his company’s golf carts are considered sport vehicles because they “are conveyances...
August 22, 2026 - 06:00 | Simon Tuck | National Post
MORE CHARGED-UP CONVERSATIONS COMING? Read More
August 22, 2026 - 05:00 | Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Sun
Comments
Be the first to comment