Trudeau keeps getting caught shirtless
Canadian Press
First posted: Sunday, August 07, 2016 11:04 AM EDT | Updated: Sunday, August 07, 2016 11:54 AM EDT
Sightings of a shirtless Justin Trudeau are causing something of a stir across Canada and internationally this summer.
The prime minister was most recently photographed shirtless while taking a break from surfing and simultaneously photobombing a couple getting married on a Tofino, B.C., beach.
The Vancouver Island wedding photographer, Marnie Recker, tweeted the photo of Trudeau on Saturday with his surf board standing several metres away from the bride, generating plenty of retweets and fanfare online.
It wasn't clear exactly when the photo was taken, but Trudeau has been in British Columbia for the past week.
A previous sighting of Canada's shirtless prime minister gained international attention.
Peterborough mother Arlene Godby, her husband Jim and their two kids Alexander, 13, and Charlotte, 10, ran into the Trudeaus while camping in Quebec's Gatineau Park.
When Alexander got a selfie with the Prime Minister, the family posted it to Facebook.
The website PTBO Canada published the story soon after; Neil Morton, the publisher, is a friend of the family on Facebook.
After that, national newspapers and broadcasters picked up the story too. Even The BBC and Time magazine.
Reporting on the same Quebec encounter, American online news provider Mic called shirtless Trudeau "one of Canada's most prized national treasures."
The satirical news website the Syrup Trap poked fun at the online obsession over the prime minister's physique with a story headlined: "Family on camping trip doesn't know how to tell shirtless Justin Trudeau to leave them alone."
The Godbys were on a hiking trail at the entrance of Lusk Cave when they heard a man speaking to his children inside the cave.
"When he first started talking, both Jim and I thought, that sounds like the prime minister," Arlene said.
Trudeau was speaking to his children, telling them that this was the "moment of truth" when they'd have to decide whether to come out from the cave or not.
A moment later, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau emerged.
"She was like a burst of energy," Arlene said. "She said to us, 'You've got to do this! It's so much fun!'"
Then the prime minister followed with two of his children.
"They looked like they were having so much fun," Arlene said. "They were out on a family outing, and so were we. It's not something you see every day."
The park near Ottawa had other families hiking that day, but Arlene said nobody else seemed to notice their prime minister among them.
Yet there were RCMP officers nearby, wearing earpieces and watching from a short distance.
"Jim jokingly said to one of them, 'This is not a bad gig for today,'" Arlene said.
Alexander then asked to borrow his father's phone to get a selfie with the prime minister. When he fumbled a bit with the phone, the prime minister waited.
"He was really patient," Arlene said.
- With files from Postmedia Network
Trudeau keeps getting caught shirtless | Canada | News | Toronto Sun
Canadian Press
First posted: Sunday, August 07, 2016 11:04 AM EDT | Updated: Sunday, August 07, 2016 11:54 AM EDT
Sightings of a shirtless Justin Trudeau are causing something of a stir across Canada and internationally this summer.
The prime minister was most recently photographed shirtless while taking a break from surfing and simultaneously photobombing a couple getting married on a Tofino, B.C., beach.
The Vancouver Island wedding photographer, Marnie Recker, tweeted the photo of Trudeau on Saturday with his surf board standing several metres away from the bride, generating plenty of retweets and fanfare online.
It wasn't clear exactly when the photo was taken, but Trudeau has been in British Columbia for the past week.
A previous sighting of Canada's shirtless prime minister gained international attention.
Peterborough mother Arlene Godby, her husband Jim and their two kids Alexander, 13, and Charlotte, 10, ran into the Trudeaus while camping in Quebec's Gatineau Park.
When Alexander got a selfie with the Prime Minister, the family posted it to Facebook.
The website PTBO Canada published the story soon after; Neil Morton, the publisher, is a friend of the family on Facebook.
After that, national newspapers and broadcasters picked up the story too. Even The BBC and Time magazine.
Reporting on the same Quebec encounter, American online news provider Mic called shirtless Trudeau "one of Canada's most prized national treasures."
The satirical news website the Syrup Trap poked fun at the online obsession over the prime minister's physique with a story headlined: "Family on camping trip doesn't know how to tell shirtless Justin Trudeau to leave them alone."
The Godbys were on a hiking trail at the entrance of Lusk Cave when they heard a man speaking to his children inside the cave.
"When he first started talking, both Jim and I thought, that sounds like the prime minister," Arlene said.
Trudeau was speaking to his children, telling them that this was the "moment of truth" when they'd have to decide whether to come out from the cave or not.
A moment later, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau emerged.
"She was like a burst of energy," Arlene said. "She said to us, 'You've got to do this! It's so much fun!'"
Then the prime minister followed with two of his children.
"They looked like they were having so much fun," Arlene said. "They were out on a family outing, and so were we. It's not something you see every day."
The park near Ottawa had other families hiking that day, but Arlene said nobody else seemed to notice their prime minister among them.
Yet there were RCMP officers nearby, wearing earpieces and watching from a short distance.
"Jim jokingly said to one of them, 'This is not a bad gig for today,'" Arlene said.
Alexander then asked to borrow his father's phone to get a selfie with the prime minister. When he fumbled a bit with the phone, the prime minister waited.
"He was really patient," Arlene said.
- With files from Postmedia Network
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