snow

Despite local media showering us with severe weather alerts and extreme cold, winter is behaving, well, like winter. Snow in all forms is what is supposed to happen. It is also what unites us as Canadians as the definitive experience that shapes our national character. Bitching about the weather should be an extra verse in our anthem. We have true grit, a toolbox essential, from sheer endurance of the winter marathon. It informs everything we see, do, read and create. Forget hockey. We are the cuddle champions of the world because winter is our civic glue.

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