Skating time! Rideau Canal Skateway gets green flag from NCC

You complained and the National Capital Commission heard.
After a couple of weeks of public impatience that the record-setting low temperatures weren’t enough to get the world’s largest skating rink in shape, dignitaries gathered at the Fifth Avenue entrance Friday morning to post the green flag on five kilometres of skating between the Bronson rest area and the Pretoria Bridge (Hawthorne Avenue), including Dows Lake.
The NCC’s Skateway team will open the remaining 2.8 kil