Because most Québec cities might have had enough of the snow, but here in the Ottawa region, we are fucking sick of the freaking ice that is everywhere we try to walk.

So I'm shopping for traction devices. And it has lead me to my quote du Jour, found in a answer to a question on the MEC website -

Q. Will this work with the snow Vancouver has been having?
A. Yaktrax will provide traction in snow regardless of the city in which it fell.