A couple of guest posts have come in. This is the first, from Jackie Evans in St. John’s. It’s a story without words so you can draw your own conclusions. Stay tuned for the next one, by Sonja Boon reporting from Halifax!
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Road Rage 
Wow!
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Give me a break. It snows in winter. Grow up.
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I thought about treating this comment as trolling but decided to approve it because it’s a widespread attitude that should be discussed. My question for the author and others who think this way is: If streets were impassable on a regular basis, would you say to drivers who protested, “Give me a break. It snows in winter. Grow up.”? If not, why not? Are people who don’t have a car or aren’t able to drive second class citizens who have no right to go out to get groceries, go to work, to school or to the doctor? Many of them are seniors, young people, mothers with small children and people living with disabilities. Is it acceptable that they have to put their lives and safety, and their children’s safety, on the line every time they need to go somewhere? Do they not have the right of access to their own city? Because that seems to be what you are saying.
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Also, @calrnsj383, these photos are not about “it snows in winter” — they are about plow drivers deliberately dumping snow from the streets onto the sidewalks so car drivers can get around at the expense of pedestrians. I don’t necessarily blame the plow drivers — for all I know, they may be told to do that — but we need to change the way we think about who has the right to get around.
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Yes they do have a right to be able to be safe when walking in the winter time. The problem is it takes time to get the snow cleared. Most people who make comments about it to the media or on social media want it done “right now”! That’s not acceptable because it does take time.
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Well said, Elizabeth on both points. Walkers’ rights are badly infringed upon in this city during Winter. Angela says it take times. I can only respond with: why are my rights any less a priority than those with cars? How much time is reasonable? I pay taxes like everyone else.
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