A cold snap is affecting Ottawa this weekend and while above-average temperatures will be back soon, the frigid temperatures are directly affecting some of the city's most vulnerable residents. ottnews
Ottawa claimed the dubious title of world's coldest national capital for several hours Saturday morning, when it was colder than competitors such as Astana, Kazakhstan, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and Nuuk, Greenland.
"We have been at full capacity for the last few nights," he tells CTV News. "We are putting mats down on the chapel room floor. We are doing everything we can to accommodate the overflow on days like this.""We know a lot of people are sleeping rough. They think they can make it through nights like this, but they can’t; they have to be careful.
The forecast for next week reveals why the skateway never opened, as it's typical of what we've seen all winter.
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