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Do you own a drone? These are the new regulations for drone operators in 2025 and how cottagers... could benefit
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Boat moving along on Lake Muskoka lined with cottages and boathouses
Transport Canada wants to hear from you about plans to speed up waterway restriction applications
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Cottagers weigh in on proposed mandatory lifejacket law
Outdoors
family in a canoe wearing a life jacket
Water safety advocates renew call for Canada-wide mandatory lifejacket law
Outdoors
No wake safety buoy on lake alerting boaters to idle speed restriction.
Are cottagers responsible for placing and maintaining buoys on their lakes?
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Autumn in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories of Canada. View to the House Boats in the Yellowknife Bay of the Great Slave Lake.
Transport Canada seeks public feedback as it considers tightening restrictions on floating... accommodations
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The S.S. Bigwin docked in front of a mountain landscape
S.S. Bigwin: The history of a legendary Muskoka ship
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an overhead shot of a motorboat going across a waterbody, boat noise
Transport Canada releases public comments on proposed regulation changes to boat noise levels
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engine cut-off switch
Transport Canada proposes making engine cut-off switches mandatory in recreational boats
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Polaris issues snowmobile recall due to fuel tanks catching fire
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Two lifejackets suspended
Transport Canada considers making lifejackets mandatory on recreational boats
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Luxury motor boat speeds through blue water making wake.
Find out how these proposed changes to boat noise emissions could affect you
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Bird's eye view of white speedboat driving along the blue lake water, creating waves.
Changes could be coming to pleasure craft licensing in Canada
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Landing float plane hits canoe, sends couple jumping to safety
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Transport Canada seeks public input on pleasure craft licence changes
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