Despite the below average temperatures the City of Winnipeg is warming that ice on the city's retention ponds is not safe.

We talked to Mark Reshaur, Assistant Chief with the Winnipeg fire and paramedics about the thin ice warning in Winnipeg. "We need to be watching out for all the ice, we need to stay off the creeks, we need to stay off the rivers and we need to stay off the retention ponds." 

As spring approaches it is important to recognize the longer days and sunshine is melting all the ice in around the city.

Reshaur explained the thin ice warning is actually in effect year-round for retention ponds as the ice conditions are not routinely monitored. Reshaur says the city recommends people to stay off of retention ponds year round.

 "We like to get the warning out before the problems start," says Reshaur. This thin ice warning comes out at about the same time every year so that people start avoiding the ice even before it becomes dangerous.