People in Portage la Prairie can take the time to enjoy outdoor skating with this week's nice weather.

Portage City Councillor Ryan Espey has an update on an outdoor rink that is up and running.

"Prosvita Rink, a couple of us put up the boards a couple of weeks ago. Ed Thurston, one of our community volunteers, probably doesn't want any kudos for it, but he sure does deserve it. He's looked after the flooding of that rink and it is good to go."

Espey says it's been too cold to get to the North Memorial Park Rink, but he's hoping they can get it built this week. He says they need to get something up in the North End so people can skate for the rest of the winter.