You’ve heard of competitive swimming, and you’ve probably heard of speed-skating. But what about ‘ice swimming’? Believe it or not, it’s a real thing, and there’s a worldwide competition to back it up. In fact, we have an ice swimmer right here in Canada’s Capital! His name is Tom Heyerdahl, and we get to know his story on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.

You’ve heard of competitive swimming, and you’ve probably heard of speed-skating. But what about ‘ice swimming’? Believe it or not, it’s a real thing, and there’s a worldwide competition to back it up. In fact, we have an ice swimmer right here in Canada’s Capital! His name is Tom Heyerdahl, and we get to know his story on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.

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Ottawa Now – Ottawa-based ‘ice swimmer’ making plenty of worldwide waves

Ottawa Fire is trying to crack down on a disturbing trend in our city, as lithium ion batteries were responsible for sparking a pair of house fires in Richmond. That’s coming up in the first segment of today’s CTV Your Morning Ottawa Podcast. Meantime, the wintery weather is slowly passing us by, which means gardening season is just around the corner. We offer some tips and tricks. And finally, we catch up with Emma Miskew of Team Homan, as Ottawa’s own soaks up the Olympic glory and her Bronze Medal win.

Ottawa Fire is trying to crack down on a disturbing trend in our city, as lithium ion batteries were responsible for sparking a pair of house fires in Richmond. That&rsquo;s coming up in the first segment of today&rsquo;s CTV Your Morning Ottawa Podcast. Meantime, the wintery weather is slowly passing us by, which means gardening season is just around the corner. We offer some tips and tricks. And finally, we catch up with Emma Miskew of Team Homan, as Ottawa&rsquo;s own soaks up the Olympic glory and her Bronze Medal win.

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Patricia Boal speak with music expert and publicist Eric Alper about the push from the Ontario government to limit ticket prices to original values and what that can or can't fix for event costs.

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Patricia Boal is joined by Ottawa Citizen sports reporter Callum Fraser to discuss his story about organizational frustration in the Ottawa Senators about away fans dominating rivalry game crowds and ideas on how to handle it.

Patricia Boal is joined by Ottawa Citizen sports reporter Callum Fraser to discuss his story about organizational frustration in the Ottawa Senators about away fans dominating rivalry game crowds and ideas on how to handle it.

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