Trudeau takes a spill, kisses bride from his kayak

Sunday, August 6, 2017, 12:13 PM - Justin Trudeau has made a few headlines in his time while sitting in his kayak, paddling one of Canada's mighty waterways. They're just usually a bit more flattering.

The prime minister famously spent part of World Environment Day in June paddling on the Niagara River, occasionally stopping to chat with onlookers. This weekend looked to hold a repeat performance, with Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau set to explore Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, but it didn't go quite as planned for Trudeau, as he took a spill into the water while attempting to get into the kayak.

Media photographers were on hand to capture the prime minister's less-than-dignified predicament, though Trudeau laughed it off by joking he was “happy the national media was there to capture that," according to Global News.

It's wasn't all embarrassing. Trudeau did resume his circuit around the shore, and the Times-Colonist reports newlyweds Michelle and Heiner Gruetzner sailed up to him and his party in their boat, with Michelle still in her wedding dress.

The Times-Colonist says the two were nearby for their wedding reception when they heard Trudeau was nearby, and the prime minister gave the new bride two kisses on the cheek.

"It’s a good addition to the photo album, for sure," Heiner Gruetzner told the newspaper.

Photo ops apart, Trudeau has spent the last few days in B.C., visiting Williams Lake, one of the communities forced to be evacuated by B.C.'s ongoing wildfire crisis, and meeting with First Nations leaders on Saturday in Tofino, according to CBC.

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SOURCES: Global News | Times-Colonist | CBC News