CTV News covered the March 2026 camp at Ted Reeve Community Arena, filming the first on-ice session.
CTV News visited Ted Reeve Community Arena during the first on-ice session of the March 2026 Open Ice Camp. The segment followed first-time skaters through their opening drills and spoke to the coaches and organisers about why the cost of the game keeps so many Toronto children off the ice.
The camp ran from 16 to 20 March 2026 for children aged five to ten. Every camper received the equipment they needed, theirs to keep, roughly three hours of ice per day plus dryland training, and professional on-ice coaching. Families paid nothing.
A camp that cuts through by giving kids a chance to play a game that might have been out of reach.
This is our summary. Read or watch the original at CTV News.
Two organisations, one in the classroom and one at the rink, exploring a pathway that carries a student from a school assembly to a pair of skates.
Four days of ice and dryland, free lunch, and a full set of equipment for every camper.
Where the programme stands after its first three cycles, and what the numbers mean.
