Slush canons, snow bots and possibly heat pumps could help preserve ice on Ottawa’s Rideau Canal as winters shrink.

I’m not good enough to be on the ice with them. They don’t mind, though. They feel the end approaching just as I do. What matters is to be out here. Our rink sits in the lap of the North Cascades.

SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Members of Shaker’s skating community made their case to City Council last week for a new or vastly improved ice rink. They called for the replacement or overhaul of the ...