I like to walk the trail on Mt. Royal for fitness reasons in the winter, but am disappointed to find it a sheet of ice most of the winter. The city ploughs the snow but never salts that path after rain or ice storms.

Spills come with the territory of living in a city with winters that no human should have to endure and a lazy blue collar work force that acts like it doesn’t know that a substance called salt exists. The sand and pebbles they throw down are useless. It just slides under my feet. This winter the city is doing just as miserable a job of clearing snow. With another storm raging outside, I wonder how long they will take this time around to clear the streets and sidewalks. I doubt that they included more timely snow removal in their lists of New Year’s resolutions.

-Marla Comm