Ice

On the Rideau Canal. (Photo by Matthew Fournier via Unsplash) Ottawa, City of Rinks: Our city is a great place to skate, with dozens of indoor rinks and arenas, and countless volunteers who maintain community rinks in parks and backyards. And of course, there’s the Rideau Canal, the world’s longest skating rink. ...

When there’s heavy snowfall like what we’ve been having lately in Ottawa, it’s a common reminder that you should add your home exhaust and intake pipes to the snow clearing checklist. I guess it’s appropriate to tweet this again. #Shoveling checklist: ...

Pierre Jeaurond, a survey technologist with the National Capital Commission, explains how they measure the thickness of the ice on the Rideau Canal Skateway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrfZ1I8LMak _ This post was originally published Feb. 28, 2015. _

_ (press release) _ ** Canada’s Capital Region – ** The public is asked to remain off the Rideau Canal surface, as the ice is still dangerously thin. Although it may appear that a layer of ice has formed on the canal’s surface, the ice is still thin. ...

_ (press release) _ Ice breaking operations on the Rideau River started today between Rideau Falls and Hog’s Back. Blasting will follow starting on March 12. The City, in partnership with the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority, undertakes ice breaking operations each year to alleviate possible spring flooding in flood-prone areas. ...

_ (via NCC) _ The public is asked to remain off the Rideau Canal surface, as the ice is still dangerously thin.  Although it may appear that a layer of ice has formed on some parts of the canal’s surface, the ice is still too thin. ...

_ (via Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority) _ With the recent cold weather and snowfall, lakes, rivers and creeks are beginning to freeze over. Although Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority (MVCA) does not monitor ice thickness, it is likely that ice cover on the majority of the waterbodies within the watershed is not sufficient to support any type of recreational activity at this time. With temperatures returning to above freezing in the long range forecast, ice conditions are not expected to improve. ...

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This is what happened to Sandra Plegakis this morning on the Queensway. Ice flew off of a truck in front of her and smashed into her windshield. Other than some shards of glass in her hands she was unhurt, thankfully. Plegakis is the morning show co-host on 105. ...

The public is asked to remain off the Rideau Canal surface, as the ice is still dangerously thin.  Although it may appear that a layer of ice has formed on some parts of the canal’s surface, the ice is still too thin. ...