Mild temperatures in Ottawa make it too dangerous to open Rideau Canal Skateway, the capital’s 7.8km long ‘blockbuster’ attraction
Pedestrians walk along the the Rideau Canal in Ottawa, Canada. Unseasonably warm weather raises the prospect that the Rideau Canal Skateway – the longest in the world – will not open this season for the first time due to lack of ice.Pedestrians walk along the the Rideau Canal in Ottawa, Canada. Unseasonably warm weather raises the prospect that the Rideau Canal Skateway – the longest in the world – will not open this season for the first time due to lack of ice.
A brief cold spell is forecast to be coming. “The weather will be more conducive [for skating] next week,” according to meteorologist Peter Kimbell. “But will it be enough, I don’t know.” “It’s really too bad for all the businesses and all the people who find joy” in skating, said student Clara Harman-Denhoed, 22. But the situation highlights “the impact that climate change has on us here”.
Local businesses, after suffering through pandemic lockdowns and a disruptive trucker-led protest last year, are taking a big hit.
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