File - An employee with the City of Regina floods an outdoor rink. None of Regina's 60 outdoor rinks are open for the season yet.
A Thunder Bay city councillor is asking for ideas to keep outdoor rinks usable in the face of climate change.Posted: Jun 03, 2024 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 21 minutes ago
In the memo, Johnsen states he'd like the report to include the "costs, potential benefits, and improvements gained to service levels" for:Concrete pads, to allow the rinks to be used for roller blades instead of skates, andIn an interview with CBC News on Friday, Johnsen said he hopes the city never has to actually implement any of those options.
"I think it's good governance to think outside the box and have a few plans in place in case we need them." "So we operated that through the winter and part of that decision process to change the overall program requested administration to report back in June with statistics on usage over the the previous winter."increase in usage of outdoor rinks last winter when compared to previous yearsFor example, rinks supervised by city staff saw 7.1 users per hour last winter, up from 5.6 and 4.7 the previous two winters, respectively.
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