[URBAN NOTE] Winter's here

[rfmcdonald]

I'd seen some people skating on the rink at the Wallace Emerson Community Centre (1260 Dufferin Street) a couple of weeks ago, but Toronto's most unseasonable warmth only ended last Monday the 15th. That day, the sudden arrival of snow and cold caused several hundred vehicle accidents across the Greater Toronto Area and delays and crowding in the TTC's buses. Even now, every morning as I hurry off to work and the cold bites my hands, I have to make sure that I'm at the front of the line-up so I can be assured of not getting left behind on the curb covered with dirty snow.