Several weeks after warm weather forced it to close, the Rideau Canal Skateway has reopened just in time for the final days of Winterlude — but there’s a catch.
A stretch of the canal between Bank Street and the Pretoria Bridge was set to open Sunday at noon, the National Capital Commission (NCC) said in a Saturday evening post on social media.
But in a update on Sunday morning, the NCC said that an overnight snowfall blocked crews from flooding the skateway.
While the ice is “thick enough to make it safe” to use, it’s also in “very poor condition,” the NCC said.
Because of that, they’re recommending people
