By Chris Hofley, Ottawa Sun, December 28, 2013

When Barb Speel heard the Rideau Canal Skateway might be ready to go before Jan.
1, she took it with a serious grain of salt. "If you\'ve lived here long enough
then you know better to get to excited about that kind of thing,\" she said,
looking across Dow\'s Lake on an unseasonably warm Saturday. \"It\'s definitely
not looking great now." via
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