{"id":11406,"date":"2014-01-02T10:23:50","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T15:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/?p=11406"},"modified":"2014-01-02T10:29:04","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T15:29:04","slug":"image-moment-rideau-canal-skateway-new-years-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2014\/01\/02\/image-moment-rideau-canal-skateway-new-years-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Image of the Moment: Rideau Canal Skateway, New Year&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0The Rideau Canal, Fifth Avenue<br \/>\n<strong>Date of photo:<\/strong>\u00a0January 1, 2014<br \/>\n<strong>Temperature:<\/strong> -19\u00b0C before the windchill<br \/>\n<strong>Photographer: <\/strong>Kristen Gagnon<\/p>\n<p>With The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncc-ccn.gc.ca\/places-to-visit\/rideau-canal-skateway\">Rideau Canal Skateway<\/a> having opened at 2pm on New Year&#8217;s Eve Day, yesterday was the first chance to skate on the Canal, on the first day of the year, since January 1st, 2005. 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