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Skating rinks have been in the news lately!

Skating on 10 rinks in one day
Globe and Mail reporter Marcus Gee recently took a break from covering the antics of Toronto City Hall to explore the city's rinks. In one day he skated on 10 rinks from one end of the city to the other. (The Great Skate Project has been to six of them - and this reminds me that I need to skate in the west end.)

Fun fact I learned from the article: it costs the city about $6 million a year to operate its rinks.

Read Marcus Gee's article about his city skating adventure here.

Watch this short video featuring his top 5 rinks

Toronto's outdoor rinks bring communities together
For some reason, an article about skating rinks in the "teeming metropolis of Toronto" ran recently in the Regina Leader-Post.  Read the article here

Toronto's Barbara Ann Scott rink is no more
I was sad to learn that site of the very first Great Skate is no longer open.
Read the National Post article about the closure of Barbara Ann Scott rink

One of the world's top 10 skating rinks is in Mexico?
Now I know where to go if the Great Skate Project ever gets a travel budget.
See the list of top outdoor skating rinks on Canoe.ca

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