Outdoor Rinks

Things are pretty much cleaned up after last week's heavy snow fall! The following rinks have been cleared and received floods today:

Heritage Heights Park

Knights of Columbus Park

Silver Heights Park

Ukrainian Pioneer Park

Work is continuing on Weinmaster Rink and the Patrick Park Skating Path:

Weinmaster rink has been cleared and flooding with the water truck continues.

Work to establish the skating pathway at Patrick Park will begin once all walking paths and trails have been cleared.

There will be no clearing or flooding of the ODRs between December 25th and 28th. Maintenance will resume on Monday December 29th.

❄️ Outdoor Rink Snow Removal Update ❄️

Our crews have been working hard to clear snow following the recent snowfall. Here’s the latest update on outdoor rinks and pathways:

✅ Silver Heights and Knights of Columbus outdoor rinks have been cleared of snow
🚶‍♂️ Pathways on the south side of Logan Green toward Silver Heights have been cleared
🏒 UPP Outdoor Rink access is currently being completed

⏳ Heritage Heights received the heaviest snowfall and the outdoor rink will remain closed until tomorrow

➡️ Pathway snow removal will resume tomorrow as weather conditions allow.

Thank you for your patience as crews continue working to restore safe access across our facilities.

Flooding has started at Weinmaster rink! Although we are still waiting on specific parts to get the hydrant repaired right at the rink, staff from Public Works helped us out with a water truck, and the first few layers have been put down on the rink. This will continue until replacement parts for the hydrant arrive and get installed.

Weinmaster rink is not ready for skating yet. Please stay off until the rink can be fully flooded and is safe for use.

All other outdoor rinks are flooded and ready for use!

December 9, 2025 – Outdoor Rink Progress Update

Here’s where things stand today:

Good to go!

• UPP is safe for use.
• Silver Heights is safe for use.
• Heritage Heights is safe for use.
• Knights of Columbus is safe for use.

Work in Progress

• Weinmaster remains on hold. We’ll provide an update as soon as repairs are complete and flooding can begin.

December 4, 2025 – Outdoor Rink Progress Update

We continue to make steady progress across all outdoor rinks. Here’s where things stand today:

• Good to go!
  • UPP received multiple floods and is ready for use.
  • Silver Heights received multiple floods and is ready for use.

• Work in Progress
  • Heritage is being scraped and receiving base flooding to build up the ice.
  • Knight’s has been snow packed along the boards and is receiving the first few floods.
  • Weinmaster is ready for flooding, and we are working with the Water & Sewer crews to make some repairs to the water line. Flooding will start as soon as things are up and running.

Stay tuned to find out when the next rink is ready for use!

UPP UPP Silver Heights

Heritage Heights

Heritage Heights

Knights of Columbus

Knights of Columbus

December 2, 2025 – Outdoor Rink Progress Update

Work continues across our outdoor rinks as we build on last week’s developments.

Here’s where things are at today:

• Silver Heights and UPP have been scraped and will receive floods throughout the day.

• Heritage is also scheduled for flooding today.

• Knight’s rink has had its surface edges packed and will be cleaned today, with flooding set to begin shortly after.

We’ll continue taking advantage of favourable temperatures and steady conditions to build strong, safe ice surfaces.

Stay tuned for updates on when the rinks will be safe and ready to use!

Silver Heights UPP

Heritage Heights

Knights of Columbus

Knights of Columbus

Knights of Columbus

November 27, 2025 - UPP Outdoor Rink and Silver Heights

Outdoor rinks are still being established. Please stay off if posted "closed".

Our team has officially started work on this season’s outdoor rinks! With the mild weather and lack of snow, we’re taking a careful, tactical approach to build a solid ice base.

This year, crews are:

• Using slush products to seal and build the base
• Closing gaps around the boards
• Applying leftover white paint from last year’s crokicurl setup as an experiment — and with the sunny days we’ve had, it proved helpful in holding the thin layers of ice to the asphalt
• Taking advantage of early-morning temperatures below –8°C by adding light mist layers daily to slowly build ice

It’s a slower process than usual, but everything is progressing well.

Stay tuned for updates — more development is set to begin next week!