Two-year-old Alaina Bailey flashed a big grin when she spotted Winterlude’s Ice Hog family of mascots at Snowflake Kingdom in Jacques Cartier Park on Saturday morning. The little girl made a ...

The four furry members of the Ice Hog family are the superstar ambassadors of Winterlude. No matter where they go during the Ottawa-Gatineau celebration of winter, children follow, smiling and ...

Inuvialuit artists Eli Nasogaluak and Derrald Taylor are attending Winterlude this year to celebrate their culture with an ice sculpture called 'The Happy Dance.' It depicts a drum dancer ...

The ice sculptures were not insulated under tarps to keep them from melting, and most did not make it through the entire Winterlude festival. But Mother Nature in 2025 has delivered what the city ...