Rideau Canal

• Rideau Canal opening for Family Day skating amid bitter cold in Ottawa

  Families will be able to lace up for another rare session on the Rideau Canal skateway for Family Day on Monday amid frigid overnight temperatures.

  Weather

  Feb 19
  
• As Ottawa warms up, Rideau Canal to close for skaters just four days after opening

  Ottawa's Rideau Canal is set to close for skating at 10 p.m. this evening, just four days after a section of the skateway was first opened for the season.

  Canada

  Jan 24
  
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• Ottawa skaters take advantage of Rideau Canal’s partial opening while they can

  Heavy snow blanketed some of the views and the ice was in rough shape, but that didn't stop skaters from gliding down the partially opened Rideau Canal Skateway on Monday..

  Canada

  Jan 22
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• Ottawa’s Rideau Canal Skateway reopens after almost 2-year closure

  The Rideau Canal skateway's return comes after last year's unseasonal warmth kept it closed for the entire winter for the first time in its history.

  Canada

  Jan 21
• Thin ice: Ottawa’s Rideau Canal still isn’t open for skating, despite cold weather

  Ottawa is looking at another weekend without skating on the Rideau Canal, even with below-normal winter temperatures on the horizon for the weekend.

  Weather

  Jan 19
• Rideau Canal still closed to skating as temperatures not in ‘sweet spot’

  The Rideau Canal did not open for ice skating in 2023, a historic first, due to milder temperatures. But officials are still holding out hope for 2024.

  Canada

  Jan 18
• What the Rideau Canal’s ice woes tell us for Canada’s winter sport future

  As crews work to ensure the reopening of the Rideau Canal Skateway in Ottawa, experts say it is a symbol of how climate change will affect winter sports across Canada.

  Canada

  Dec 7, 2023
• Styrofoam from turbidity curtains in Cataraqui River raises concern

  The City of Kingston continues to try to clean up the Styrofoam but Carl Hanna worries the municipality's efforts fall short of what is needed.

  Environment

  Apr 25, 2023
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• Iconic Rideau Canal Skateway will not open this year in historic first

  After weeks of anticipation, the National Capital Commission said its efforts to open the iconic skating rink had come to an end. Here's why

  Canada

  Feb 24, 2023
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• ‘Race against time’: Rideau Canal skating rink faces 1st year without opening

  The opening of Canada’s iconic Rideau Canal Skateway in Ottawa has been pushed this year as much of Ontario basks in an unusually 'mild' winter season, meteorologists say.

  Canada

  Feb 13, 2023