Canada’s latest marine news. Read all MIN‘s articles about boating in Canada including the RV group which entered the marine market, marina renovations, details of boat manufacturers and Canadian marine partnerships.
Luxury cruise line Cunard has announced a new partnership with the nonprofit Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS). Experts from the RCGS will now be featured on select 2023 voyages as part of Cunard’s Insights onboard enrichment program. From June to August, the RCGS headliners will be on every Cunard voyage in the 2023 Alaska season on Queen Elizabeth […]
Brunswick Product Protection, the extended marine protection division of Brunswick Corporation, will now offer its Passport and Passport Premier extended engine and accessory protection plans for recreational power boats to Canadian channel partners. Brunswick Passport Premier covers new and pre-owned boats and offers the programme’s most comprehensive engine component coverage, including unique, non-defective mechanical breakdown […]
Canada’s new Select Luxury Items Tax Act has received parliamentary approval and will go into force from 1 September 2022. The levy will add a 10 per cent tax on the full value of any Canadian purchases of boats that exceed CA$250,000 (US$172,96), and aircraft and cars that exceed CA$100,000 (US$77,770). The Canadian government argues […]
A ‘zombie apocalypse’ has descended on Clear Lake in Wainwright, Canada, with the survivors earning an officially recognised diving qualification. The zombie dive training session, which took place in mid-June, was organised by Alberta Adventure Divers and was officially certified by the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI). The event saw every diver pass by ‘surviving […]
Comox Marina, near Vancouver, Canada was recently visited by five orcas. Nicky Smiley took video footage of T049A1, T049B, T049B2, T049B3 and T049B4 (all of whom are related) and posted the video to the Comox Valley Wildlife Facebook page.
Holiday boat rental company Le Boat has expanded its network and added six new Horizon Plus boats to its fleet on the Unesco World Heritage Rideau Canal in Ontario, Canada. The addition of the new boats brings Le Boat’s fleet to 30 boats for the 2022 season, set to open on 20 May. Managing director […]
Ontario and Quebec will be the first provinces in Canada to receive new Aqua superPower DC fast chargers. The news comes following a new partnership between the marine fast-charging network operator and Canadian boat distributor BCI Marine. BCI Marine announced that Aqua superPower will install rapid chargers at “selected BCI partner locations,” with details of the locations […]
Residents along the banks of the Rideau River were credited for thinking fast after they used a kayak to save a driver whose vehicle went through the ice in Manotick on Sunday afternoon, according to Canada’s National Post. As the driver stood on the back window of her car waiting for assistance, she was took […]
The Limestone Boat Company – owner and builder of Aquasport Boats, Limestone Boats and Boca Bay Boats – has added four dealers to its network: one for Limestone Boats and three dealers for Aquasport Boats. Mark Zeigler Yacht Sales in Jacksonville, Florida, will be on board for Limestone Boats, while Aquasport Boats adds Tiki Water Sports […]
Rescuers saved all 31 crew members from the Atlantic Destiny trawler, before she sank off Nova Scotia’s coast. The ship was in distress and taking on water after a fire which knocked out the vessel’s power. The 43m scallop vessel was about 220km off the coast and high winds and six to eight metre seas […]
Sustainable Marine says it is forging ahead with plans to deliver the world’s first floating tidal energy array after unveiling its next-generation platform in Nova Scotia, Canada. Construction of the new 420kW PLAT-I 6.40 platform was recently completed at A.F. Theriault & Son Ltd. in Meteghan, Nova Scotia and launched in the Bay of Fundy […]