Up until this summer, Maxime Boily would only head to Quebec City's Beauport Bay about once a year. He'd get together with a group of his friends, and have them carry his wheelchair across the sand, ...

Don't report that lifeguard for goofing off. He's actually doing his job. This summer, the city of Sherbrooke, Que., is equipping its public beach workers with small remote-controlled boats to whiz ...

In 1847, all but 48 Irish immigrant passengers fleeing famine aboard the ship known as the Carricks drowned offshore from Cap-des-Rosiers. Getty Images In 2011, a grim discovery was made on a beach in ...

After torrential rainfall and floods followed by blistering heat, some Montrealers slapped on their swimming trunks and hit the waters at the city's beaches. But those planning to take a dip at ...