Slush canons, snow bots and possibly heat pumps could help preserve ice on Ottawa’s Rideau Canal as winters shrink.

The Rideau Canal Skateway is closing for the season, the National Capital Commission (NCC) announced Monday. The NCC closed ...

The National Capital Commission has declared the end of the skating season on the Rideau Canal , describing it as a ...

The National Capital Commission says a warm, wet forecast will close the Rideau Canal Skateway again, but it's leaving the ...

The iconic Ottawa skateway is closed for the season with spring-like temperatures on the horizon. The National Capital ...

The Rideau Canal is free to enjoy. If you're visiting in the winter and have your own equipment, you don't have to pay to skate either. You can also rent equipment from one of the several rest ...

The skateway shut down on Feb. 24 in order to preserve the ice surface through a few days of warmer weather. The National ...

After two years of not being able to fully open, the skateway on Ottawa's Rideau Canal is again the centre of celebrations for Ottawa's Winterlude festival.

Winter isn’t over just yet, at least not according to the National Capital Commission which is set to reopen the Rideau Canal ...

There is no imitation Rideau Canal Skateway. It requires a winter city in a winter country where parents enrol their children from a young age in skating lessons. It requires a population who ...

OTTAWA - David Wilson and Jackie Eckholm dreamt of attending Winterlude and skating on the Rideau Canal after their last visit to Ottawa nine years ago. When the Chicago couple saw on the news in ...