Fears pool prospects will dry up amid panic buying, hoarding of chlorine tablets
Suppliers are feeling the pinch of a continent-wide shortage of chlorine tablets, coupled with unprecedented demand for pool products, as people look to create a backyard oasis during yet another pandemic summer.
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An Ontario pool supplier says this year s start to the season has been like no other
Posted: May 13, 2021 5:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 13
Swimming pools have long been a suburban oasis in the midst of a sweltering Ontario summer, but suppliers worry an unstable supply chain might mean a chlorine shortage later this summer. (Colin Butler/CBC News)