Article contentThis time, organizers didn’t wait and hold out hope that the Ottawa Ice Dragon Boat Festival could be held.A news release recently posted on the festival’s website stated that, due to “ongoing challenges related to climate conditions, the required ice thickness cannot be guaranteed for the 2025 season.”As a result, the festival was cancelled for a fifth straight year. Last winter, warm weather caused the event to be called off in the first week of February, only days before races were scheduled to be held on the Rideau Canal…
