Outdoor skating rinks are on thin ice

Climate change is melting away winter, but a new documentary summons the magic of the most Canadian of frozen delights: the outdoor skating rink. For Earth Day, we speak with the filmmaker behind Icemakers about why he was driven to share stories about the people who spend hours each winter making ice for their families and communities – a job that’s getting harder with warmer winters. And we meet a Winnipeg man who turns his backyard rinks into a climate change conversation starter.

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Outdoor skating rinks are on thin ice is an episode from What On Earth by CBC.

This episode is 00:25:58 long.

This episode was published on Apr 18, 2026.

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