winterlude

OTTAWA, ON – The Winter Design Festival announced today Montreal architect Sylvain Bilodeau as the winner of Ottawa’s first ever Winter Design and Build Competition. Bilodeau’s proposal was selected by a panel of design industry experts and community activists coming from the educational and professional stream of Architecture and Urban Planning. ...

The National Capital Commission (NCC) announces that as of tomorrow, January 13 at 8 am, 4.6 kilometres of the Rideau Canal Skateway, between the Queen Street entry points (National Arts Centre) and the Bank Street Bridge will be open. Skaters will be able to access the Skateway by using all the entrances along the opened section ...

The Honourable Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, today unveiled the official program for Winterlude 2015. Winterlude will run from January 30 to February 16, 2015, with festivities taking place at three official sites: Jacques-Cartier Park in Gatineau and the Rideau Canal Skateway and Confederation Park in Ottawa. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lolProfile.jpg) Every week we publish a link to the Lunch Out Loud podcast, a weekly show produced by Nick Bachusky and co-hosted by Andrew Miller. This week, we meet up with Denise Leblanc, the Winterlude spokesperson to talk all about the event that runs Jan 31st to Feb 17th! ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/20130210_141545.jpg) Rideau Canal Skateway at Mackenzie King Bridge. Photo by [ Glen Gower ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ottawastart) . _ Rose Simpson's column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at [ Rose's Cantina ](http://rosalita55. ...

Earlier this month Samsung sent OttawaStart a Samsung Galaxy Camera . Ours to keep, as long as we snap some photos at Winterlude and share them with our readers. Here are some of my pics from a visit to Jacques Cartier Park this afternoon. ...

[  ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/derekmellon/8465901689/) ** Beaver Cup pond hockey at Dow's Lake. ** Photo by [ Derek Mellon ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/derekmellon/8465901689/in/pool-ottawastart) , from the [ OttawaStart Flickr Group ](http://www.flickr.com/groups/ottawastart/pool/with/8465901689/) . ...

Earlier this month Samsung sent OttawaStart a Samsung Galaxy Camera . Ours to keep, as long as we snap some photos at Winterlude and share them with our readers. Here are some of my pics from a quick one-hour visit to Winterlude downtown today. ...

[ ](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. ...

Here are some beautiful photos of Winterlude from Luciana Nechita via the OttawaStart Flickr Group . If you have a great photo of Winterlude, add it to the Flickr group or email feedback@ottawastart.com [ ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/luciana_nechita/8441412078/) [ ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/luciana_nechita/8441409494/) ...