Mild Winter Reduces Montreal’s 200 Outdoor Ice Rinks to a Handful

Mild Winter Reduces Montreal’s 200 Outdoor Ice Rinks to a Handful
People skate on the Old Port skating rink on New Year's Day in Montreal, on Jan. 1, 2023. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
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A lack of snow is playing havoc with some of Quebec’s traditional winter activities, but there’s hope that Mother Nature will provide a much needed blast in the coming weeks to change that.

Southern Quebec was hit with its first major snowstorm of the season in early December, only to watch rainy, warm weather wash away the more than 30 centimetres that fell. With it went plans to open ice rinks in Montreal, and across a large number of Quebec municipalities.