The event was also cancelled due to poor ice conditions in 2023, when the Skateway, for the first time in more than 50 years, did not open at all. The festival was cancelled in both 2022 and 2021 ...

This time, organizers didn’t wait and hold out hope that the Ottawa Ice Dragon Boat Festival could be held. A news release recently posted on the festival’s website stated that, due to ...

Richard Martin can’t recall exactly when he and his team, Chinatown Showboat, last competed in Ottawa’s Ice Dragon Boat Festival. The 2024 and 2023 events were cancelled within days of ...

OTTAWA—The celebratory Canada 150 ice rink on Parliament Hill comes with a $5.6-million price tag, 26-day lifespan (weather permitting) and a list of rules that prohibit hockey pucks, ...