The rink is closed today because of the warm temperature. Please stay off the ice today.
The forecast calls for lower temperatures overnight and into Thursday. It is likely we will be able re-open the rink on Thursday.
The weather is a bit better than was forecast, and some lovely individuals and families have worked hard today to shovel the rink. It is currently in good shape to skate. If anyone wants to skate this evening, feel free to do so. Just make sure to help shovel if there is any shoveling left to do, and shovel again when you are finished skating. Thank you!
The rink is in amazing shape! Regular rink supervision hours are in effect today and tomorrow.
Unfortunately, Tuesday/tomorrow comes with a forecast of +6C during the day and +1C overnight (Tuesday to Wednesday overnight). The rink will be closed Tuesday/tomorrow unless the weather is significantly colder than the forecast, and will likely not open again for skating until Thursday.
Volunteers are needed on Wednesday evening to shovel forecasted snow off the ice rink surfaces. We do not want the freezing rain and snow to freeze on the rinks overnight on Wednesday – that would take longer to fix on Thursday (and maybe Friday too).
We can officially open the rink at Kingsmere Park at 3pm today!
A lot of work has gone into creating the ice over the last 2 weeks. Thank you to all the community volunteers that came out.
We will be flooding both ice surfaces again starting around 7pm-8pm tonight.
Edit: the ice surface is a bit rough, so please be careful!
The Kingsmere Rink page has been updated. Please visit it here for current information about the ice rinks.