Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates

Long commute got you down? In Ottawa the solution is a slick one—don your skates and glide to work. For two and a half months of the year, an old canal in the Canadian capitol becomes one of the world’s largest skating rinks, complete with on-ice cafes serving up sizzling, hot beaver tails. Bob Carty manages to stay upright in this reporter’s notebook.