#cold #fake friday #winter #winterludeFake Friday: Canal Skater Survives Cold By Slicing Open, Crawling Inside IceHog Mascot[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/icehog.jpg) _ Ottawa _ A near-frozen skater on the Rideau Canal survived the icy temperatures by slicing open a nearby IceHog mascot with a skate blade and crawling inside it’s warm innards this morning. With temperatures in Ottawa around the -31degree range with windchill, some ill-prepared skaters on the newly opened Rideau Canal ice surface suffered frostbite and in this case, near death. ...
#beaches #cold #new year's eve #snow #summerPHOTO: Batman does the Polar Bear Dip, yesterday at Britannia BeachBatman at yesterday’s Sears Great Canadian Chill (New Year’s Day Polar Bear Dip) at Britannia Beach in Ottawa. Photographer Mr. Casual says: “Fingers were frozen just taking the photo”. (Does anyone know the identity of this masked ice crusader? ...
#cold #rideau canal #skating #winterStrange tales from frozen Ottawa: Frozen eyeballsJason White , a reporter with 1310News in Ottawa, just tweeted about a woman who was treated for ** _ frozen eyeballs _ ** while on the Rideau Canal. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/frozen-2Beyeballs.png) ** Related: ** [ Ottawa Weather Guide ](http://ottawastart. ...