There is some truth to the perception – the City of Winnipeg’s Water and Waste Department has recorded nearly 200 million litres of raw sewage leaking into the river in the past decade.

When Olympic swimmers hit the Seine River in Paris for triathlon competition Wednesday morning, they were swimming in water with a bacteria level that would be considered unacceptable in Ottawa.

Unquestionably, dumping more than 300 million litres of sewage-tinged water into the Ottawa River stinks. But it’s hard to imagine what that much sewage overflow actually does to a waterway. So ...

The Sturgeon River between Big Lake and downtown St. Albert is a popular spot for kayakers and paddleboarders, but they are being advised to avoid the waterway due to bacteria.