"Hortense Morris always wanted to go kayaking, so Sunday she got her chance to try it for the first time. She figured it was as good a way as any to celebrate her 99th birthday..."

"A celebration of the culture of canoeing in Peterborough and the Kawarthas took place over the weekend. "About 500 came out to participate in the Saturday segment of National Canoe Day, organized by the Canadian Canoe Museum.

"Founded by the museum, the day was filled with a variety of activities for newcomers, better known as canewbies, and for the more experienced who have been involved in it for a while..."

"Most people think we're nuts," said Lindsay Bean, as she hauled gear down the beach to pack into a 17-foot canoe.

"She and fellow outdoor enthusiast Jess Laxo, both of Marquette, recently conducted a practice-run paddle from Founders Landing to the Sand River to make any last minute changes to their canoeing travel plans.

"The two are setting out (according to their research) to be the first pair of women to circumnavigate Lake Superior in an open canoe. Soon, they will embark on their 1,400 mile journey..."

"If you’re going to get drunk in a dinghy, you may get dinged.

“Alcohol and water craft don’t mix,” Wellington OPP Const. Mark Cloes said Tuesday.

"He was commenting a few days after a 31-year-old Waterloo man was charged with impaired operation of a canoe on Lake Belwood on Saturday..."

"I hope the gentleman charged with impaired operation of a canoe on Belwood Lake two weekends ago has sufficient legal counsel and resources to challenge his case. A canoe is not a motorized vehicle and Belwood Lake is not a highway.

"You do not need a licence to operate a canoe, so why does it impact your right to have a driver’s licence?

"A canoeist who blows over the legal limit designated for someone driving a “motorized vehicle” on a public roadway poses virtually no danger to the public..."

"A tragedy was averted Monday evening thanks to quick thinking by recreational paddlers out on the North Saskatchewan.

"Prince Albert Police Service responded to calls about a woman waist-deep in the fast-flowing water near the south shore of the river. According to police, the 40-year-old Prince Albert resident was attempting suicide.

"Two citizens in a canoe and one in a kayak were paddling in the area as the situation escalated. They quickly paddled to the area and assisted the rescue by blocking the woman into the shore area. 

"She attempted to avoid rescue by diving under the canoe and was taken downstream by the current. When she resurfaced, the paddlers calmly grabbed on to her and slowly brought her to the officers at the shore..."

"Two Guinness World Records were broken simultaneously on June 26th when Carter Johnson of San Francisco, and Robyn Benincasa of San Diego, paddled a combined 511 miles in 24 hours on Canada's Yukon River. Johnson paddled 280 miles to break the previous men's record, while Benincasa paddled 231 miles, bettering the women's record..."

"Following a series of moderate earthquakes that struck Costa Rica Tuesday, residents around the Guacalito River in Costa Rica discovered that the river had disappeared. Earthquake-report.com reported that sometime after the earthquakes, villagers living near the river, discovered that the river was dry..."