Safety officials urge caution as warm weather willl make going on frozen lakes and rivers more risky
LOWER SACKVILLE, N.S. -- Some of the lakes that have been frozen enough for fishing shacks and skating might not be for much longer with a spell of warmer weather this week. Doug Marlow has been ice fishing at Albro Lake in Dartmouth for more than 35 years and he never gets started without checking the ice first. Not far from shore, the ice is 19 centimetres -- or seven and a half inches – thick, which is considered safe for walking. Further out, not so much. "It's been going down to about three, four, and then re-growing again, so it's been more sporadic with the weather right," M...
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