Ah, the joys and perils of winter.
As great swaths of Canada grapple with temperatures better suited to the North Pole and news stories inform us that Winnipeg is hitting temperatures colder than Siberia, Canadians are bombarded with stories about acts of kindness–by neighbours and strangers alike.
Happens every year.
Snow shovels always look good at a hardware store, just like new cars on a dealer’s lot. But you never really know how good a shovel is until you’ve put it through its paces. (Don Pittis/CBC)
You know the ones.
And, of course, there is the (ahem) long-standing tradition of hoisting those who stumbled and went sprawling on an icy sidewalk.
“OH CANADA,” one thinks. “What a lovely and generous place. They deal with winter so very well.”
Many–most–do.
Others, Not so much.
Turns out when the temperatures dip, some Canadians really do flip. (Weatherperson talk.)
Take the two ladies shovelling snow from their cars in a Guelph, Ontario parking lot on Tuesday.
It may look like a just a lowly shovel, but in the right hands…Well, ask two senior ladies who squared off in a parking lot in Guelph, Ontario this week. (Nick Fabin)
One is 61, the other 10 years older.
We have no video footage so some imagination by the reader is required here
According to the police, here’s what happened.
The 61-year-old woman became upset about where the 71-year-old woman was dumping her snow, the 71-year-old woman wound up with a cut to her cheek and a bruising to her wrists, no medical attention was required.
Police have charged the 61-year-old woman with assault.
(Both women are Canadian. However, there were no reports they joined one another for tea afterwards.)
With files from CBC, CTV, CP, Huffington Post
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