As the city grapples with the reality that the capital’s most beloved ice rink, best commute, and favourite tourist attraction might not open at all this year,…
The first iteration of the Rideau Canal Skateway is two years older than I am — 1971 versus 1973 — and it was a fixture of growing up in the Glebe and later Old Ottawa South.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter.
We somehow tumbled together on the ice — it was dark, perhaps a rut? — and my skate blade sliced open his shin. He picked up me, carried me over his shoulder and swiftly skated home to Fourth Avenue.He needed stitches, and had to walk home from a clinic on Main Street because he didn’t have enough for a second taxi, but we skated together on the canal many more times. I think of that night almost every time I lace up my skates.
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