City of Sault Ste. Marie operated outdoor boarded skating rinks and ice pads – Anna McCrea, Merrifield and Esposito rinks and the Clergue Park Skating Trail…
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The city moves to yellow-protect Tuesday, which allows various facilities to re-open with public health and workplace safety measures in place.
Service modifications include the following:
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Outdoor skating rinks and ice pads
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Art Jennings Speed Skating Oval and Clergue Park Skating Trail are open, but Mother Nature needs to cooperate a little more before three city-operated skating rinks will host hockey games.
Director of community services Brent Lamming is hopeful the Esposito, Merrifield and Anna McCrea sites will start welcoming the public in the next few days.
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While the oval and trail have “more of a constant flow of traffic” the boarded rinks feature “a lot of stop and go” that’s more demanding on ice. As a result, city crews want “a little bit more hardier” ice with “a bit of a thicker base” at those sites, said Lamming on Wednesday.