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This beautiful photo comes courtesy of Alison Fowler , taken today on the Rideau Canal. Hope your fingers didn’t freeze while taking all those beautiful shots Alison! You can send your great photos of the Rideau Canal (or anything else) to us via feedback@ottawastart. ...

Here’s a great photo from Daniel Bach , who was out skating today the Rideau Canal. Today was the first day of skating season for 2012. And also a quote from one of our readers, Maureen : _ " ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/4c813021f04c4a1f85ac4758b5ad85f5_7.jpg) I really liked this pic that Aaron Sadhankar posted to instagr.am last night, looking down on the Rideau Canal. There’s a Jackson Pollock thing going on in this one, nice stuff. ** ** ** Related: ** Ottawa Skating Guide

Jason 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. ...

Rideau Hall sent out a press release last week announcing that the Rideau Hall Skating Rink is open for the season . Several cool (pardon the pun) things about this: 1. How many heads of state around the world a) have a skating rink on their grounds b) open it to the public? ...

Sens player Peter Regin helped launch Canadian Tire’s I Love to Skate program yesterday, with kids from York Street Public School. _ (Video from Sens TV .) _ ** Related: ** Ottawa Hockey Guide

Thanks to Sherry Galey for emailing us these gorgeous photos of skaters on the Rideau Canal during yesterday’s snowfall. I think they really capture what yesterday felt like for anybody who trekked outdoors. Send your pics to feedback@ottawastart.com ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/skating-on-the-rideau-canal.jpg) Ottawa- In an effort to ease congested traffic in the downtown core, the National Capital Commission in conjunction with City Hall, opened a 2.5 km stretch of the now frozen Rideau Canal skate-way to both skaters and commuter vehicle traffic. ...

It’s official - the Rideau Canal Skateway opens on Saturday morning . The section between the Bank Street Bridge and Pretoria Bridge (the east side of the Glebe) will be open for skating at 8 a.m. A great website for tracking current skating conditions is canalconditions. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/skating-rink-map.png) Check out this great map showing the locations of all of Ottawa’s outdoor skating rinks . ** ** Chris Taggart created the map, and says: “I just thought I’d point you to this Google Map of all the outdoor rinks in Ottawa. ...