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“It’s a really great resource for people in Ottawa to stay active and get out,” said University of Ottawa student and skate patroller Matthew Goldsmith.
Despite COVID-19, the Rideau Canal Skateway will be open this year, offering the skaters the chance to partake in winter exercise.
Most of the Rideau Canal Skateway opened on Wednesday morning, with seven kilometres of ice now stretching from Hartwell Locks at Carleton University to Somerset Street on the edge of the University of Ottawa campus.
The Fulcrum sat down with Bruce Devine, senior manager of the Rideau Canal Skateway, to talk all things ice and Beavertails.
