Paddlers from capital region make waves at Canada Summer Games

Ottawa-Gatineau paddlers staged their own version of Own the Podium at the Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg on Thursday, combining for 11 medals in nine of 10 finals at the Manitoba Canoe and Kayak Centre.
Women representing Ontario and Quebec scored three gold, two silver and two bronze medals, while men notched four bronze medals.
Rideau Canoe Club’s Rowan Hardy-Kavanagh led the parade to the podium, winning two gold medals in canoe sprints with Toronto’s Jillian Perrone, who had pr