While police were advising residents to stay home because of the slippery conditions outside, one Montrealer decided another approach was in order: he decided to skate along the icy street.
Zachary Trepanier posted a video on Monday evening showing his friend Frederic Girouard—clad in a Montreal Canadiens sweater—using his skates to slide down the ice on the street.
Within five hours of it being posted, the video of his skate had been viewed nearly 50,000 times on Facebook.
Despite saltings, pedestrians reported slippery sidewalks well after the freezing rain had changed over to rain. Mid-evening on Boxing Day, provincial police revealed over 100 accidents had been reported since midday.