“Find a lane” is a basic everyday driving skill necessary for winter driving. I think it is ingrained into Canadians that have experienced it since being strapped into their baby car seats. We grow up with it and it just becomes a normal driving experience.
That being said, it's also common within the city to see a car driving with the left tires in one lane and the right ones in the other. Where it DOES come in handy is the parking spots are finally as wide as you need them to be.
The secret that a lot of Canadian drivers won't tell you is that around September/October, we all change the tires on our cars to snow tires. Those tires get better snow traction. Americans don't typically have those and that's why the snowy weather in Southern US tends to end badly
@@dparker4765 They even have 'summer tires'! They use 'all seasons' only during winter (if ever) in a bunch of states. Canadians refer to all seasons as summer tires some times lol
He became angry because you called him a moose. He feels deeply insulted. "I'm an elk, you moron. I'll show you the difference!! I'll gore you with my antlers. All those dumb moose would do is stare you to death"!! 😅
@@ThatGUY-CLAY418 No, it's an Elk. Caribou is Canadian for Reindeer and that's not a reindeer. You can always tell an Elk by looking for the white bum. Besides, Caribou live on the Arctic Tundra, not in the Rockies.
That’s actually a Caribou and as a hunter Moose are not normally aggressive; however, they can become aggressive when they are harassed by people, dogs, and traffic, or when hungry and tired, especially in winter when they must walk through deep snow. Or during mating season when there extremely aggressive towards humans and other bull moose, considering they’ll fight for mating purposes. Moose get upset walking through deep snow. They’ll do the same if not worse
yup, my daughter pass the rituel last winter ! I discovered when I put her summer tires that the 2 front winter tire were down to the steel ! She wondered why the car was so hard to keep on the road when in snow ! And yet, she never went in the ditch !
6:00 Sometimes, there's people with lottery tickets / scratchers, that go to a convenient store to check if they are winning anything and when they have 50 tickets to check, it takes a while. sometimes you're stuck behind these lunatics and you just want to pay your gas and leave. btw, he says : winner / gagnant
Yeah, and the machine actually declares in a pre-recorded voice "Winner! - Gagnant!" so that the cashier can't lie and steal your winning ticket. It's really annoying!
And you have to just stand there, waiting for Grandma Gambling Addiction to finish and then pick out 29 more out of the tray in some weird superstitious pattern. Winner, gagnant!
I wish the lottery tickets buying, checking, and cashing out were on completely separate self serve machines. Few things hold up a store line like bulk lottery ticket buyers, with their very specific and multiple wants.
A friend of mine's family got pulled over driving through Texas because it was snowing when she was a kid, and her dad was driving normally. The trooper was like 'what the hell do you think you are doing?! Oh. Canadians. Never mind, this is not actually unsafe driving. Carry on.' The ditch was full of people who had bailed.
I was on vacation in New Orleans about 7 years ago. It was the first time in 100 years that it snowed. Stores were sold out of space heaters, some roads were closed because of how many car accidents there were, and people were bundled up in thick winter jackets and still shivering. Meanwhile, I'm wearing jeans and a thin sweater. People were looking at me like I was crazy and didn't seem to understand why I wasn't cold, even after I said, "I'm from Canada." 2 women from Florida who were staying in the same hostel I was literally used me as a space heater for a couple hours (I didn't mind).
@@Chapter_1997 There are a lot of families from Hong Kong in my neighbourhood, and all the grandparents start wearing proper winter jackets at like... positive 15C. I always feel so bad for them. ^^;
I "lucked out" flying to Texas in February when they got an ice storm. Oh yeah, roads closed, schools, city hall, etc. I had to walk to a local place, and although there was ice, it had started to melt on the top. Skating motions all the way to and from where I went. I was being watched, open eyes bulging, mouths open. Got back, asked if I drove with this, "Yep!" Boggled him. 🤷
This is so true! I learned so much my first winter driving. I yell at newcomers stuck on ice at a light and they are just flooring the gas pedal. I'm like "let it drift and steer out of it, don't polish the ice up for the rest of us"
@veronicaspencelocke2003 That's really when you know how to drive. Me as well. He took me on the worst snow day... in alberta. I bet now you're glad they did because you're probably a pro! No better driver than one with respect for the road, and learned the hard way!
"Gan-yawn" (gagnant) is french for Winner. "Winner/Gagnant" is the audio played by the lottery kiosk when a winning ticket is scanned. This means the guy was complaining about trying to pay for gas and somebody's up there just playing scratch off tickets holding up the line.
As someone with the last name.. your phonetic spelling/pronunciation is terrible.. but your definition is basically correct.. just variations in spellings with regards to verb usage.
This happened once at a convenience store and the line kept getting longer and longer. I waited ten minutes before leaving. This was during lunchtime and blue collar men were coming in to grab snacks and whatever.
We supply the bulk of electricity to the Great Lake States. In addition, we are the largest supplier of cobalt and uranium needed by the US Defense Dept.
An old meme popped in my head “You know you’re Canadian when it’s tough getting your Halloween costume over your winter jacket and snow pants”, in my childhood we would get snow before Halloween. I would also have to walk to school on those sheets of ice because we had freezing rain the night before, that’s when I learned how to walk on ice. Funnily enough in one of my old jobs I had to teach 2 coworkers how to drive in the snow even though I didn’t have my drivers license at that time….and they were driving for over a decade each. Lastly it’s tough trying to work outside when it’s -38C out, sucks even more when you gotta walk to and from work in that weather.
1) Halloween snowball fights were a thing when I was a kid. 2) I firmly believe those who first learn to drive in Winter conditions make all around better drivers in the long run.
When I worked as a nursing attendant and got off the evening shift, I traveled home many times in a snow storm in the dark. You didn't pick a lane, there only was one lane (sort of a lane). You get behind a big truck and follow tail lights (very carefully).
19:25 Tyler, this bus almost rolled. He saved it from rolling down the hill. He ended up in the wrong lane, but that lane being black most likely had little enough ice to get traction and let him get back to the proper lane. He saved them from a really bad car accident.
Canada supplies electricity to several US states, the states mentioned in the video are just some of the ones that Ontario does business with (other provinces do business with other states) Ontario supplies electricity to: New York, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin Quebec supplies electricity to: New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Maine
Alberta supplies electricity to: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin British Columbia supplies electricity to: Washington, Oregon and occasionally California (during high demand periods) Manitoba supplies electricity to: Minnesota, North Dakota and occasionally Wisconsin (during high demand periods)
New Brunswick supplies electricity to: Maine and Massachusetts Newfoundland & Labrador supply electricity to: Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Yes Manitoba and BC also sells electricity to the US. Manitoba has huge hydroelectric damns that produces a major surplus which they sell to a number of American states. Ontario is egocentric, which is why you hear more about them and not Canada as a whole or other provinces.
It also should be remembered that if Ontario doesn't provide electricity to those states they will get the electricity from other states, so while those are the specific states directly effected, the entire grid will have less electricity to go around since it is all connected.
Its a right of passage when you are out with a parent to go to an empty parking lot and learn to control in a spin or to handle the vehicle when you don't have control
I did that with my driving instructor 😂 there was this considerable storm that lasted for 24h atp, that had started with hours of icy rain that turned into snow, I called to see if the lesson was cancelled but no, they were there, the students were cancelling… so ofc I went. My instructor was so glad to see me 😂 People stayed home, so parking lots were all empty.. lesson turned into 45min of “practicing” losing control 😅 30y later, I’ve never lost control of my vehicle, never had a ‘scare’, and not bc I avoid driving in difficult driving conditions. I do recommend!
Yup. Our car was toast. Unfortunately the moose had a broken leg, so we called the RCMP to dispatch it. I called my brother and said "we're okay. We hit a moose." And he came to pick us up.
I hit a moose with my 98 Ford Taurus and all it did to my car was Bend the license plate and chip the paint on the hood... The moose didn't come out of it quite as well tho
@@barbt. Even in the heaviest snowfall and icy rainfall, Montreal's streets are clean for driving and waking in 3 days. (the 1997 Ice storm was the exception)
@ I had been driving for almost 50 years before I encountered freezing rain for the first time. Scared the beejeezus out of me. Fortunately found a place to pull over and wait it out.
Backyard in Nanaimo is green grass, and a bit soggy. The hill drains into the creek just behind. Coming out West from my decade in the Prairies for my brother's Christmas wedding.... I wasn't ready for rain and green grass! We do get about a week of snow here per winter.
@@heatherlarson8742 one blizzard in Winnipeg, I caught the bus to work on time. Got to work 1.5 hours late, because buses were delayed. That day in November, I think it was the 10th, only 5 of us were there. Only 1 VP. No Prez. He told me to fill out a full day on my time sheet. All the staff that didn't come in were told to take it as a holiday or leave without pay if they were out of holidays. The cafeteria next door had a snow drift that blocked the door and went over the roof. It was wild. Their maintenance man was present and shoveled a passage to the door. I needed a way in as I counted on them to sell me my lunches and sandwiches for breaks.
We also supply electricity from BC and Nova Scotia down the seaboards. These Tariffs would make it far more expensive for Americans . We are not part of the USA, Canadians have great respect for American citizens, however, it is hard to respect a leader that is willing to bully his allies at what will result I. A higher cost and loss of resources to his country. Canada doesn’t want to pull these resources, but make no mistake, we will not be bullied , nor will we roll over to demands. If Trump wants that border wall built , then he can pay for it, and he can build it on American land! And make no mistake, Canada doesn’t not stand alone
some* Canadians have some* respect for some* u.s citizens. Everything else you said, Im with it. I have zero respect for the country and most of it's culture and influence on the rest of the world and particularly my country but I do have a modicum of respect for it's people. I suspect your opinion is more reflective of Canadians overall but I'm from Toronto, the screw-face capital of Canada.
yes canada supplies america with 60 million barrels fo oil annually 450 gigawatts of electricity, and like 300 000 metric tonns of natural gas annually
Trump in all his wisdom planning on using that word he loves so much. Some quote along the lines of “Tariffs. One of the best words… better than the word love.”
Just a note, Canada imports a lot of US oil products. We export mainly heavy crude oil and import some light crude oil along with different products made from light crude oil like Gasoline, Diesel, jet fuel, etc. We do refine a lot ourselves but there are different types of oil and many many different products, and heavy crude oil isn't the best to make gasoline from. The difference in types of crude oil is also why the US used to be a huge importer while also being a huge exporter at the same time until fairly recently.
Growing up in Winterpeg you learn quickly how to drive in bad weather it becomes second nature and yes we drive without seeing the lanes it’s pure instinct 😊
Some roads even become "safer" because you don't need to drive over the giant potholes that you normally must go through when you need to follow the lanes :)
I can still hear my driving instructor, "Look where you want to go!" Best bad weather driving tip there is, especially if you're losing control. Aim where you want to be, and your body will naturally adjust if you keep calm. Stare at the pole, hit the pole if you panic. Instinct. ;)
Re: falling on ice. A few years ago, I was on my way to work super early (yes dark as night at 7am). Little did I know overnight the freezing rain put a sheet of ice on my front steps. After stepping on the bottom step, I was suddenly looking directly at the stars. Thankfully my super thick winter coat, hat and hood (and bag of stuff I was carrying ) saved my head from a concussion or other serious injury although I was bruised. Re: the best driver bus scenario; yes a component of the driver training I got was learning to get back control when you start to spin. My instructor took me to an empty parking lot and we practiced skidding out of control and how to regain control. I have used that knowledge on several occasions since!! Doing it with a bus on an icy road on a slope is next level though. That driver deserves the award!! And as for pick-a-lane, yes it is something that happens when the plows can’t keep up with the snow on the road. If you are lucky you find tracks that look like they go your direction and hope for the best keeping a wary eye swivelling at 360 degrees to see what is going on all around you. Not fun!
Tyler looks at the icy sidewalk and says have any other Canadians experience this, LOL! Every single Canadian without fail no matter how far south you live has experienced this. Usually once a year. Schools would be closed for ice. But the truth is that the road is not likely as icy as the sidewalk because the trucks will have come around in the night with salt to melt the ice on the road. But the people who own the houses are responsible for salting their sidewalk and likely haven't got around to it yet.
Exactly. As a natural citizen of Canada you learn how to walk on icy sidewalks from a very early age. The video is likely a new Canadian who hasn't experienced a Canadian winter
I saw hardcore cleats for boots on sale at Princess Auto a couple of weeks ago. That guy could have used them! The tool is an ice chopper, not a garden too. Heh!
Yes, based on the African music playing, the guy falling was probably a new Canadian. When I went to university in Quebec, there were a lot of Africans there on scholarship from French African countries. I remember running on the ice to get to class, and an African woman stopped me to ask me how to run on ice. I tried to show her how, but she could only inch along.
The animal is an elk. The winner / gagnant is just the French word for winner. Lottery scratch tickets are in both Canada’s official languages. Ice rain in the Montreal area and if memory serves this was during the month of April a few years back.
I lived in Calgary some 17 or so years ago, and woke up in late June/early July to about 2 inches of snow on the ground. Had melted before noon, but still. Alberta taught me that, no matter where you are, no matter the weather or time of year, to *always* keep warm clothing in my bag. Manitoba taught me that DDT is a bloody godsend if you're gonna be outside for more than 30 seconds.
He's also one of the brightest and most compassionate Americans you could ever hope to meet. I've been following him since his video on that time we burned the White House down. It was his 10th video on this channel.
wow u have low expectations he is crap and beyond weird and hasnt learned a thing about Canada. He is a typical american, arrogant and the usual the world revolves around US and every other country IS weird.. DO BETTER ! U CAN DO BETTER ! is that a thing is this a thing what is that a thing.
That bus is a situation you have to change your pants after! He did awesome, he had his wheels turned the right direction, and then corrected super fast once got some traction! Easily could have been a roll over or hit the ditch otherwise.
OMG. Where do I begin? I am from Brampton Ontario and yes, there are some absolutely horrible things here. But, there are also a lot of amazing things here too. The worst part of being in Brampton, in my humble opinion, is the drivers. It has Canada's highest insurance rates. Stop lights, stop signs are treated as optional but speed bumps are treated like stop signs. Go figure! As for the snow and ice driving... It's something we all get used to. We can't stop life because of a little snow and ice. The majority of us do use winter tires which help amazingly. I drive a pickup truck and instead of winter tires I use All terrain tires that work in all weather and road conditions. Not the same as all season tires (at all). Yes, it gets cold but you just get used to it. It's not like we have much choice. Canada is one of the most beautiful countries in the world and the diversity here shows that global unity is not only possible, but inevitable. Stay toasty my friend from below the border. I really enjoy your videos. I'm curious though.... Do you have more Canadians or Americans in your TH-cam audience? 🥶🥶🥶
And I'm just a typical, average Saskatchewanian.. it was -27C yesterday and we had a blizzard roll through.. dumped about 8 inches of snow.. but was super windy so I've got some nice 18-20 inch or so drifts in front of my door, sidewalk and driveway lol. It's only 4am so just waiting till around 7 (when people start waking up) to fire up the snowblower and start cleaning up this mess!! Classic Canada 🤣
@@dannygjk without the windchill. We're in the middle of a 2-3. day cold snap. Thankfully it'll be back up to around freezing by the weekend and be like that all next week for Christmas!
fun fact in canada if you win the lottory its pre taxed.. so if you iwin 75 million dollars.. 75 million dollars goes into ur acount you dont pay tax on the lottery winning you pay it on the interest u earn annually
The lottery winnings aren't 'pre taxed', they are considered 'windfall' and therefore cannot be taxed. (only the earned interest, as you said) This goes waaaay back to medieval England. I believe it was from rules, that you couldn't charge or tax peasants for gathering/eating windfall apples. If the fruit had fallen off the tree, it wasn't considered part of the harvest, or owned by the farmer/landlord. Lottery winnings and game show prizes are considered 'found money', (ie windfall), hence, not taxable in Canada. (the US doesn't recognise windfall, in law)
@@dougwilson4537 The lotteries in Canada are pre-taxed, because there is a tax component in the price of the $3 or $5 dollar ticket. The winnings from that lottery are tax free.
It isn't so much that lotteries are "pre-taxed" as it is that lotteries ARE a tax. Specifically, lotteries are a tax charged to people who are bad at math.
Winter driving skill: when in a skid, always face the direction you want to travel. If you look at the ditch, you'll end up in the ditch. If you keep your eyes on the road and the direction you want to go, you'll come out of the skid and still be travelling in the right direction. I learned this from experience.
Not only do we supply electricity to America but the amount of natural gas and oil that transfers from Canada we could pretty much grind the country to a halt ,look forward to paying $12 a gallon for gas and not being able to heat your homes.. if I was an American I'd be begging Trump to shut his mouth LOL
@@Wishes890 Its too late for that and a little less than half of the voter put him in charge... again, so they will suffer for four years at minimum for it.
@@andreb.8266 Yeah! I am thinking they are nuts, now the MAGA sheeple are a type of prisoner under Trump. The irony is astounding...they, themselves, are about to go into an energy lock down (unless they fire Trump's ass) and it will be tougher to pay the price ...they hated the covid lock-down, but this one is going to hurt a lot more.
4:54 in rural Ontario (not sure of other provinces) often there are little huts built near the end of driveways so kids can have a bit of shelter while waiting in freezing weather. And -2, while freezing, is nowhere near the -40 that the prairie provinces get! They dont call it "Winterpeg" for nothing!
Southern Ontario here… super mild here. It snowed one day and it was gone by the next day. My prediction is it will hit late, so we’ll likely have snow in March
6:14 winner/Gagne is what the lottery machine does every time there's a winning ticket people like up and scan like 10 at a time, then slowly chooses what tickets they want to buy with all their winnings!
Before you post French words LEARN HOW TO SPELL THEM PROPERLY!!!!! GAGNANT masculine form of winner GAGNANTE feminine form of winner It p*sues me off when people misspell French words properly
@SandraCat22 omg shut up. This is why the majority of canada can't stand quebecois. Did I try? Yes. Do I speak French? Not even a little. So, the appropriate comment should have been "Oh, it looks like you spelled *enter French word here* wrong. Its okay, not everyone knows French. For the future, this is how it is spelled correctly. Have a good day!" But no, as the typical French person, you act holier than thou. Beautiful province, ignorant people.
The bus is NOT doing that on purpose. He is counter steering which is something we know how to do, but this certainly impressive. We all know to watch out and think ahead in winter.
carboginning is when you go out and drive around in treacherous conditions on purpose though. FWD vehicle? lock the e brake and drive around like that. hilarious, good times.
He held it but was basically at the mercy of fate. He also kept braking and…well in a car I know that’s certainly NOT something to do, and I doubt it’s different for buses but idk.
when we had a wood stove, I kept all the ashes, messy, but if you sprinkle them on the ice, it supplies traction, and bonus, because it's black/dark, it melts in a bit.
Nah. Three pairs of boots that have embedded cleats, and they've been VERY helpful recently in Calgary where it's negative 16 this morning (- 24 with windchill), but it is Calgary, so -6 by this afternoon. The cleats come in handy when it melts during the day, and freezes overnight.
11:31 personally, and this will have varying valid opinions, I think that if a company wants to end a strike, they should come to the terms of the workers. The company has plenty of money to spare. The issue is that Canada Post is a crown corporation, meaning its owned by the government. Because of that, there is a massive power imbalance as the boss is also the legislator. I think that if the employer cant just cancel a strike, neither should the government when they are acting as an employer. My mail can wait, and there are alternative carriers availible. It should be impossible to legislate workers back during a strike, and I know for certain who isnt getting my vote in 2025. Made the choice easier.
I thought Canada post was no longer a crown corporation..in any case..screwing over small businesses and people who rely on their services was a jerk move
You are correct, Canada Post is NOT a crown corporation I would truly like to see the letter carriers actually work an 8 hour day BEFORE asking for more money
There are a lot of foreign students on my street. They have know idea how to drive in snow. They try to drive over 6 inches of heavy snow at the end of their driveway, in a low profile car and of course, they get stuck. Then I teach them the “rock it” way to get out. And I suggest they get a shovel while they are out. 😊
It's very common to see what looks like an outhouse near the road of a country driveway. They are for the kids to shelter in while waiting for the school bus. I've even seen one with a tiny wood stove in it.
The bus driver has done that before. It'll have Winter chains on the tires, probably, or at least very good Winter tires. The key is, look where you want to go. Driver is focused on the road and what needs to be done to stay on the road. If you keep calm, your body will naturally help you adjust to where your eyes focus, but it's also a matter of knowing what to do to control a slide like that, when and how to apply the breaks, etc. What you see here is experience making it look easy.
The bus sliding sideways was impressive! I've done that, but it was in a sedan not a tour bus lol. You stay calm and take your foot off the gas but don't slam on the brakes. Hitting the brakes is what can cause people to spin out into the ditch. Push gently on the brakes any time you need to slow down a bit but don't hold them too long. Turn your tires one way or the other to control the direction of your slide and the angle of your vehicle, you can kind of feel out which turns are making your vehicle go which direction. Don't bother trying to straighten out if your wheels can't keep traction or you will likely start spinning or end up in the ditch, and being sideways helps slow your slide. Let gravity pull you down the hill until your tires can gain traction again. It's a bit like skiing, but you weigh 2 tons and your skis are little rubber tires lol.
😅 If you think that winter highway driving clip with something wait until it's half slushy and about 8 inches deep, and you have to pass a logging truck. It's awesome!
Winner gagnant (gagnant being french cause legally anything government has to be french and English) is what the lottery thing says when you win something! It's so annoying when you're just tryna put 20 on pump 4 but you're stuck behind someone with a million lottery tickets and scratchers! I also just came across that tiktok like an hour ago 🤣🤣
Exactly. I have no issues when someone has a few tickets to check but some people are scratchaholics and have like 50 tickets at a time to check and you end up waiting at least 5 minutes, sometimes close to 10 for the clerk to check them all.
Great video Tyler. Just a heads up people. Plow driver since 2004. When you see the plow coming, and it looks like we are crowding you over, REMEMBER, I want to clear the center line, and salt it . Please, slow down. A week ago, they closed the 401, between London and Ingersol. Hundreds of trucks and cars re routed onto my plough route on a rural county road. I came upon at least 6 tractor trailers in the ditch or across my path, with inches to spare for the plow truck to squeeze by. Sorry guys, no time to pull you out, got to keep plowing. Maybe 8 or 9 cars ditched. So, ya slow down and keep cool. It was an interesting evening. These truck drivers did not look very experienced in winter travel. Thanks for letting me pass that on Tyler.
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As a former taxi driver, I refuse to drive on the first few days of snow and ice, because I have witnessed way too many amateur hour accidents caused by people who are too stupid to slow down and leave some extra room between themselves and the vehicle ahead of them when the roads are cold, wet, and slippery. I stay home, drink a few beers, watch a few movies, read a book, and after all the idiots have smashed up their cars, and the rest of the city has finally realized that winter has arrived, I will start driving again.
Noting that you're a plow driver, I had to share this with you. I don't know if you're old enough to remember it or even know if you live in Ontario. But this PSA from the early 70s always pops in my head after the first big snowfall in Southern Ontario. ;-) th-cam.com/video/C1F_PY0v8Yw/w-d-xo.html
@@dcbradt7752 we live in Northern Ontario and, first storm of the winter, don't drive unless absolutely necessary. Newbies think they know how to drive in snow and find out really quickly they don't. Had a car written off last winter thanks to parents of a newly licensed 17 year old who thought it was a good idea to let him drive at night in a snowstorm and he lost control. Climbed the snowbank but still couldn't get out of his way. Sheesh.
Comment @ 18.59. We Roll'n.... ') Controlled drift. KEEP FRONT TIRES ON THE PAVMENT for the SNAP! ;) Let's RIDE!!!!!! Love your Vid's, put a smile on my face after a long day! Cheers Keep up the Great work! ;)
Here in Nova Scotia I have fond memories of driving on the 100 series highways in blizzards, watching the edge of the ditches to make sure we weren’t about to run off the road. Following another driver isn’t a guarantee.
@@TinaP1234No they didn’t but they need to some serious restructuring. They’ve been operating at a huge loss for many years and can’t continue as if the mail system is still in the 90s or early 2000s
The strike was hurting, among others, rural areas, and charitable organisations, some of these organisations rely on the mail to receive donnations and December is their best time of the year
@@TinaP1234 It's terrible for postal workers to go on strike - & should be a VERY, VERY last resort. In the first place, businesses & individuals lose trust in Canada Post & just start sending their packages & post through OTHER delivery companies - meaning the strikes PERMANENTLY cost Canada Post workers some jobs - & the more strikes happen the more jobs are lost. 2nd - Canada Post workers are paid WELL. That is why so many people want to get a Canada Post job. Unions try to get higher wages as they get a % of a worker's salary. The higher the salary, the more money they get for the union & their union position salaries. 3rd - they should NEVER strike near Christmas! They hurt businesses (incl. STRUGGLING businesses - & the owners & employees there), when those businesses have to pay more for shipping items out of their own profits (which may be small) OR add the cost to purchasers - who may then decide NOT to purchase as they were near their spending threshold as it was. It also hurts people who can't then send out gifts to friends & family members who live far away - if they can't afford the higher costs of a delivery company. 4th - it is VERY BAD for the Canada Post employees too. In the first place, they are required to be OUT ON A PICKET LINE - IN DECEMBER - for full (or even 1/2 days.) This is a GREAT way to get a cold just in time for the holidays & also while you are trying to GET READY for the holidays! Lastly, remember that WHILE the workers are on strike - they are NOT GETTING PAID! - RIGHT before the holidays - which is a time when people need & spend a LOT MORE than at any other time of year between food, decorations, dinner wear, special clothes & presents. They would be entitled to strike pay, which can be around $25 - $50 a day AND they DON'T EVEN GET THIS STRIKE MONEY RIGHT AWAY! - usually not until well after the strike has been resolved or they have already been forced back to work. This means that THE WORKERS & THEIR FAMILIES SUFFER OVER THE HOLIDAYS TOO - because their union officials want them to go on strike & pressure workers to vote for a strike if even given that much choice. Forcing the workers back is in EVERYBODY'S INTEREST - EVEN THE INTEREST OF THE WORKERS' THEMSELVES (MANY/MOST of whom will silently be very thankful for this forced return to work.)
@@LoveCats9220 Mail has decreased over the years due to the electronic age. However, important mail like gov't forms, id and bills and checks are still mailed ( if not set up for these electronically ) . Flyer's and junk mail have grown, which Canada Post makes a revenue off of. I believe the letter carriers should get more of this added revenue.
17:44 one time I was trying to go home from school and the pavement was like an ice rink outside the doors since there hadn’t been enough time after the storm to clear the ice around the school and I was sliding all over until I got to the bike rack and I had to ride my bicycle home in that weather but I had ice spike tires on my bike for the winter so it was okay once I got to my bike, the little carbide spikes made a huge difference to how manageable biking in the winter is, freezing rain still absolutely sucks though.
The best part of winter is driving in a storm with the radio and hearing they just closed the highway you're on and you still got a couple of hours to go to get home or the city and highway snow removal is two different companies so they stop plowing at the bottom of the offramp.
No, the best thing is getting to work only to find out the office is closed. And if you are familiar with St. John's, NL you know that the drive to Water Street is downhill all the way
First large animal is an Elk, or Wapiti and they only behave that way during the rut. Brampton is near Toronto. And I have slipped on the ice, landing on my back, and breaking my ribs!
Lately our winters have been easy too. But this year has started with a bang. We got 140 centimeters (that's 4 and a half feet to the Americans 😊) of snow in just one storm, just recently. Then just a few days later another foot or so. Gravenhurst (Ontario) only just canceled its state of emergency. It was crazy for a week or so.
Whereas here in BC we have had virtually no snow, at least in southern BC. It’s almost Christmas and there is only a few very small pockets of snow here and there. It’s going to suck next summer with all the forest fires we will have.
I’m in Alberta, the other day it was -26 (feels like -35 with the wind chill factor), today is supposed to be -12 (-18). And by monday… +4 so just a slight scale jump… its good times all around 😂
I'm in North Western Ontario and we've seen some extreme shifts this year. Last Thursday it hit -39 and by Saturday it was up to -6. Since then it's evened out at around -25 or so. It's currently -23.
“In Canada, although winter officially begins in December, snow can arrive as early as October and can last until April. In January and February, the coldest months, the temperature typically ranges between -2°C and -10°C with an average of -6°C, but with wind it can often feel like -20°C.”
OMG. I lived in Brampton once. Highest auto insurance rate in the country for a reason! When we moved to Calgary, our auto insurance rates dropped to less than half.
I moved back to NL from Brampton a couple of years ago. Given Brampton's rep as the highest insurance, I was expecting a significant drop in insurance rates. Nope! Barely noticeable. Probably partly because I couldn't get a group rate here, but still... I was shocked.
-I live in northern BC. We have had snow on the ground since mid Nov. and that first video is a quarter of the snow we have right now. -The animal attacking is a elk or caribou -winter driving is the same a summer driving, you just guess where the lanes are, drive slower, and have good winter tires.
We get ice like that here in NB all the time. Can go from clean to that overnight with one good freezing rain storm. All the trees and bushes look pretty cool with an ice coating at least tho. As for driving in it, winter tires are surprisingly effective. Also studded tires are very popular here.
As an American who moved to PEI the winter tires with AWD makes it actually fun to drive in the snow. Im from New England so im familiar with snow anyway but it's different up here
The Edmonton driving clip is so funny to me, solely because of how you reacted. I live in a residential area, so they don't plow the streets (sask) so not only can you not see the road, but the road is higher than the sidewalk would be in the summer. The roads are so rough, we have to hang on to something and tense our bodies so we don't hit our heads on the windows and stuff. It's worse when it's blizzarding though.
RE: Electricity from Canada to the US....Hdro-Quebec supplies the entire East Coast of the US from the James Bay Hydro-electric project....and Labrador Falls. BC-Hydro supplies the West Coast of the US, and Ontario's combination of Nuclear and Hydro-Electric supplies NY State and Michigan. Hey, Donald: you SURE you want to FAFO?
@@SherryLynnMadcat I used to go skating at my local rec center and it was basically all a down hill walk, so the Friday after the storm my brother and I put one foot in front of the other and basically slid our whole way down there 😂
Can’t be sure, but as a French Canadian here (Montréal) I believe he’s saying “A winner gagnant”; gagnant does mean winner in French. A bit like most clerks in downtown Montréal would greet you “Bonjour, hi!”, basically stating they are fluent in both languages while greeting you efficiently.
2:47 that is not a moose, that is an elk. They’re a bigger cousin of the caribou which are on our quarters and those are related to reindeers, main difference is Caribou are taller and less sedentary. A moose would be taller than the car and would have wider, thicker antlers.
One of the first things I was taught when learning to drive was when you lose control and start to slide, turn into it until you regain traction and, therefore, control. Props to the bus driver at the end, that was impressive use of steering and brake pumps.
The scratch ticket thing is real, you are trying to buy milk and someone in front of you is cashing in a bunch of winning lottery tickets and then buying a bunch more. There are a dozen people in line all trying to buy one or two things and someone spends 15 minutes cashing in and buying lottery tickets. There are a machine announces “winner/gagnon” every time a winning ticket is scanned, gagnon is french for winner.
@@guardianbob Yes, they come down and basically take over cities for 2-3 weeks during rut (mating season) and then disappear in the mountains again. Ive seen it and its quite impressive (for a tourist) to be surrounded by wild animals in the middle of a major city but annoying and somewhat dangerous for locals since it's not unusual for a buck to come after a kid waiting for the bus to school or whatever.
The December 12 video is light snow. I've got three feet of snow in my yard. This year is the least snow we've had in years. I do live in the middle of BC. Who's lane is it anyway, is another fun game we play. If someone gets it wrong there is a good chance that a car gets taken out by a logging truck or a chip truck. You can tell who can't drive in the snow because they are parked in the ditch. The south coast of BC has the worst drivers and roads despite only getting a couple of inches of snow. The worst drivers in BC. Albertamericans are good on straight flat multi-lane highways but the minute you introduce corners and single lane roads shite goes bad fast. The majority of vehicles I tow up here, in the winter, are Albertamericans. I lived there for a year and every time it snowed it looked like an apocalypse movie with cars and trucks overturned in the ditch or stuck on the road.
5:48 our provincial lottery system has automatic scanners at gas stations and convenience stores. If your ticket is a winner in any way, the scanner will play a chime and exclaim WINNER-GAGNON(winner in french). It is VERY common for people to come in with like 20 tickets and scan them all, and you have to hear that jingle for like 10 minutes straight
Got my first mail delivery this morning. It was a bill of course. Yes, the Government can make striking workers go back to work. They can even force a contract on both parties, but this doesn't happen very often.
@@stratvids Yes I agree. I was in a union and the exact same thing happen to us while we were on strike. We were forced back to work and a contract was forced on us. The next election that Government was soundly defeated.
@@2727rogers problem is that all our viable parties will do this to you. As much as I can't stand the Libs the Cons will do far far more to undermine workers and even less to help them.
@@2727rogers Sadly I don’t think we have a pro-worker party to vote for. Well… _maybe_ a fair share of NDP MPs. Maybe. The Conservatives sure as hell won’t help, they’re just gonna do what the republicans do and bow-down to robber barons. :/ We’re so cooked.
I'm in the Yukon and we've had tons of snow already. This afternoon my brother's had his truck warming up for a while because it was -30 C, not much less F. What state do you live in? You must have cold and snowy weather too. Those idiots at the postal strike always do this at Christmas time. They feel the pressure from the rest of us. Yes, it was finished on Tuesday. Yes, apparently we send lots of power to the states. I didn't even know that. Just learned along with you. If it snows it's usually not that cold. In the Yukon, we don't change the time anymore. Wish everyone did. Ice is just part of our weather. I've fallen a few times. We are all used to it you know. You Americans are so funny. Lol. Love this.
They are trying to deunionize the post office, cut their benefits, and take their pensions. Of course, they're fighting for it. The government is going to collapse all their jobs.
Weather here is real and can cause tremendous damage and even loss of life, most of the time it's because the local government was lax in preparing for approaching storms and many people who did not grow up here have no real appreciation of how real things get when it gets real cold or a lot of snow falls very fast. I wanna say that Gen-X and previous generations who did not have as many luxuries were better mentally equipped to handle the reality of a Canadian winter, but younger generations are too dependent on technology and don't have as much of a preventative reflex... Still, sometimes it's too harsh for even the most forward-thinking individual, like the ice storm or '98 in Quebec (that was crazy!) where a ton of ice fell in very little time and took out a very big portion of the electric grid in the dead of winter (something all you electric car enthusiasts might want to learn from...). It can be a very harsh country to live in but it also comes with great beauty.
The government approved a 5% increase in wages for the postal workers retroactive to the start date of the existing contract. That is to appease them until the negotiations are finished in May.
@@liesdamnlies3372 They should just separate the Parcel Service from the Main Post office.....and ditch the letters. I couldn't believe that people still use 'snail-mail' for anything. I send my Christmas cards around the world via e-mail, receive and pay my bills online, and I don't even look in my apartment mailbox, except to clean out the jammed up 3rd class mail advertising junk. TIME TO GET INTO THE 21st CENTURY.
@@airborne63 I still need to file my taxes by paper. :( Even Estonia has a postal service, and they're the most digitized county in the world. There are just a bunch of things that have to be done by paper and that's not liable to change for a looooooooooooooooooong while.
@@liesdamnlies3372 Why do you file your taxes by mail? I file mine online in Canada, including the business taxes.??? Even then, if I had a pile of documents to submit, I do it online on the CRA website....or, I would send it by courier.....so I'm confused.🤯
Been a highway winter commuter for 35 plus years...some of these videos are just a regular Tuesday going to work. I've seen foxes, wild turkeys, moose, coyotes and snowy owls on my way to grab my double double at the drive thru to warm up after scraping a foot of snow and ice off my windshield. Love our 4 seasons though! ❤️🇨🇦❤️
Not me yelling at the screen "IT'S AN ELK!" Haha!
We dont have these in Quebec and I’m yelling ELK! 😂
THAT'S RICHARD THE ELK!!!
And it would be rutting (mating) season. They are pretty chill otherwise
Looks like a young one. Driver is lucky and happy it wasn't a moose.
lol i just simply sighed and every time he got it wrong I just shook my head and said no, its an elk, no, no its an elk
“Find a lane” is a basic everyday driving skill necessary for winter driving. I think it is ingrained into Canadians that have experienced it since being strapped into their baby car seats. We grow up with it and it just becomes a normal driving experience.
That being said, it's also common within the city to see a car driving with the left tires in one lane and the right ones in the other. Where it DOES come in handy is the parking spots are finally as wide as you need them to be.
‘Pick a Lane’ is level one. ‘Am I On The Road?’ is level two.
Follow the tail lights a head of you if they disappear stop
Trumps just jealous his wife likes Trudeau wonder if she knows he is single
No, you have to settle into the biggest ruts and be prepared to stay there for blocks…
Canadians, like this message to make Tyler an honorary Canadian! 🍁
It's so funny how you're like "I couldn't drive in this" while watching a video of a nicely plowed road.
The secret that a lot of Canadian drivers won't tell you is that around September/October, we all change the tires on our cars to snow tires. Those tires get better snow traction. Americans don't typically have those and that's why the snowy weather in Southern US tends to end badly
@@dparker4765studded tires in Northern Ontario but don't go across the border cause they are illegal.
@@dparker4765 They even have 'summer tires'! They use 'all seasons' only during winter (if ever) in a bunch of states. Canadians refer to all seasons as summer tires some times lol
I was waiting for a video a Canadian whiteout. That was nothing
@@tristanridley1601 "All weather" tires, lmao. Maybe in California, where the two types of weather are warm and pleasantly warm.
He became angry because you called him a moose. He feels deeply insulted. "I'm an elk, you moron. I'll show you the difference!! I'll gore you with my antlers. All those dumb moose would do is stare you to death"!! 😅
Definitely an elk aka wapiti.
@@t.a.k.palfrey3882 it's a caribou wow people for southern Ontario!
@@ThatGUY-CLAY418 people have some crazy ideas about animals
@@ThatGUY-CLAY418 No, it's an Elk. Caribou is Canadian for Reindeer and that's not a reindeer. You can always tell an Elk by looking for the white bum. Besides, Caribou live on the Arctic Tundra, not in the Rockies.
That’s actually a Caribou and as a hunter Moose are not normally aggressive; however, they can become aggressive when they are harassed by people, dogs, and traffic, or when hungry and tired, especially in winter when they must walk through deep snow. Or during mating season when there extremely aggressive towards humans and other bull moose, considering they’ll fight for mating purposes. Moose get upset walking through deep snow. They’ll do the same if not worse
If you can't drive on ice, with almost-bald summer tires and do doughnuts in the Canadian Tire parking lot, surrender your license
Yep, that's how we old folks learned to drive......
😂 been there done that 😂
yup, my daughter pass the rituel last winter ! I discovered when I put her summer tires that the 2 front winter tire were down to the steel ! She wondered why the car was so hard to keep on the road when in snow ! And yet, she never went in the ditch !
Lol I learned to drift in a snowy CT parking lot spot on!
That Edmonton bit was perfect example…now try it in the middle of a blizzard.
6:00 Sometimes, there's people with lottery tickets / scratchers, that go to a convenient store to check if they are winning anything and when they have 50 tickets to check, it takes a while. sometimes you're stuck behind these lunatics and you just want to pay your gas and leave.
btw, he says : winner / gagnant
I was going to say that lol but you beat me 😂
Use the self check for your tickets.
Yeah, and the machine actually declares in a pre-recorded voice "Winner! - Gagnant!" so that the cashier can't lie and steal your winning ticket. It's really annoying!
And you have to just stand there, waiting for Grandma Gambling Addiction to finish and then pick out 29 more out of the tray in some weird superstitious pattern. Winner, gagnant!
I wish the lottery tickets buying, checking, and cashing out were on completely separate self serve machines. Few things hold up a store line like bulk lottery ticket buyers, with their very specific and multiple wants.
A friend of mine's family got pulled over driving through Texas because it was snowing when she was a kid, and her dad was driving normally. The trooper was like 'what the hell do you think you are doing?! Oh. Canadians. Never mind, this is not actually unsafe driving. Carry on.' The ditch was full of people who had bailed.
😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂
I was on vacation in New Orleans about 7 years ago. It was the first time in 100 years that it snowed. Stores were sold out of space heaters, some roads were closed because of how many car accidents there were, and people were bundled up in thick winter jackets and still shivering. Meanwhile, I'm wearing jeans and a thin sweater. People were looking at me like I was crazy and didn't seem to understand why I wasn't cold, even after I said, "I'm from Canada."
2 women from Florida who were staying in the same hostel I was literally used me as a space heater for a couple hours (I didn't mind).
@@Chapter_1997 There are a lot of families from Hong Kong in my neighbourhood, and all the grandparents start wearing proper winter jackets at like... positive 15C. I always feel so bad for them. ^^;
I "lucked out" flying to Texas in February when they got an ice storm. Oh yeah, roads closed, schools, city hall, etc. I had to walk to a local place, and although there was ice, it had started to melt on the top.
Skating motions all the way to and from where I went. I was being watched, open eyes bulging, mouths open.
Got back, asked if I drove with this, "Yep!"
Boggled him. 🤷
As a Canadian, I totally enjoy watching your reactions.
I love how he's flabbergasted by relatively normal and common winter weather.
The Toronto clip of winter was laughable that’s barley anything
Yeah! dude is in Indiana. It’s going to be below freezing tonight and yeah they get snow.
For Canada yes. Some parts of the US never ,ever experience such weather.
@ bro, we know !!! but he lives in Indiana
Makes me feel badass lol 🇨🇦
In Canada, you never truly learn how to drive until you drive in winter. Then you can claim you know how to drive. 😆
True😂😂
Bingo! New drivers are a liability.
This is so true! I learned so much my first winter driving.
I yell at newcomers stuck on ice at a light and they are just flooring the gas pedal. I'm like "let it drift and steer out of it, don't polish the ice up for the rest of us"
I had to do the driving part of my license (in Newfoundland) during one of the worst snowstorm of that year...and passed!❄ 😂
@veronicaspencelocke2003 That's really when you know how to drive.
Me as well. He took me on the worst snow day... in alberta.
I bet now you're glad they did because you're probably a pro! No better driver than one with respect for the road, and learned the hard way!
Anyone who drives has at one time or another slid , crawled or shuffled to their car only to discover we cant get in because its frozen shut 😂
Yeah, one memorable year I gave up and used a crowbar.
The one who does the gentle "tug, tug, tug" gets the door open. The other rips their door handle off.
@@AprilK-w5m😂😅 You have to love those Ford F150's Aluminum body😢 wtf..😅😂🇨🇦
I started using a rubber reconditioner on the door seals in the fall and haven't had my doors freeze up (yet).
@@Minsc a gentle tug doesn’t work when the car has a half inch of ice encasing it after a winter freezing rain.
"Gan-yawn" (gagnant) is french for Winner. "Winner/Gagnant" is the audio played by the lottery kiosk when a winning ticket is scanned. This means the guy was complaining about trying to pay for gas and somebody's up there just playing scratch off tickets holding up the line.
As someone with the last name.. your phonetic spelling/pronunciation is terrible.. but your definition is basically correct.. just variations in spellings with regards to verb usage.
This happened once at a convenience store and the line kept getting longer and longer. I waited ten minutes before leaving. This was during lunchtime and blue collar men were coming in to grab snacks and whatever.
Ugh, then the music 😂
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I’d say drop the second n
We supply the bulk of electricity to the Great Lake States. In addition, we are the largest supplier of cobalt and uranium needed by the US Defense Dept.
dont forget the Aliminium
And aluminum
plus aluminum...its not like martin or michele will say aluminum
Guys don't for gas but the most important one is wood . We are Canadians not Americans and will not be pushed around
We should immediately cut and start trading with Russia.
Albertian here! The people watching the Elk ARE TOURISTS!!!! Keep moving do not stop on the HIGHWAY
It’s NOT ALBERTIAN IT IS ALBERTAN… if you call yourself an ALBERTIAN, then you’re not a real Albertan
The ice thing. Answer: Everywhere, often. There's a reason children are taught the penguin walk.
Also, that wasn't a garden tool. It was an ice chipper.
U guys prefer the "the floor is ice" weather or the "icy roads with nasty slush and hail" weather more?
I was just going to say, he needed to do the penguin walk.
Yup! Slipping even while trying to stand still
The guy in that video had the wrong shoes on, no traction, probably leather soles. It doesn't help the sidewalk is a sheet of ice either.
An old meme popped in my head “You know you’re Canadian when it’s tough getting your Halloween costume over your winter jacket and snow pants”, in my childhood we would get snow before Halloween. I would also have to walk to school on those sheets of ice because we had freezing rain the night before, that’s when I learned how to walk on ice. Funnily enough in one of my old jobs I had to teach 2 coworkers how to drive in the snow even though I didn’t have my drivers license at that time….and they were driving for over a decade each. Lastly it’s tough trying to work outside when it’s -38C out, sucks even more when you gotta walk to and from work in that weather.
Invest in cleats for icy sidewalks.
1) Halloween snowball fights were a thing when I was a kid.
2) I firmly believe those who first learn to drive in Winter conditions make all around better drivers in the long run.
Ice/ snow grippers over your boots are the way to go
My mom made costumes for my sister and I, and she always made 2 of them, one to wear to school and the other for trick or treating
When I worked as a nursing attendant and got off the evening
shift, I traveled home many times in a snow storm in the dark. You didn't pick a lane, there only was one lane (sort of a lane). You get behind a big truck and follow tail lights (very carefully).
19:25 Tyler, this bus almost rolled. He saved it from rolling down the hill. He ended up in the wrong lane, but that lane being black most likely had little enough ice to get traction and let him get back to the proper lane. He saved them from a really bad car accident.
Canada supplies electricity to several US states, the states mentioned in the video are just some of the ones that Ontario does business with (other provinces do business with other states)
Ontario supplies electricity to:
New York, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin
Quebec supplies electricity to:
New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Maine
Alberta supplies electricity to:
Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin
British Columbia supplies electricity to:
Washington, Oregon and occasionally California (during high demand periods)
Manitoba supplies electricity to:
Minnesota, North Dakota and occasionally Wisconsin (during high demand periods)
New Brunswick supplies electricity to:
Maine and Massachusetts
Newfoundland & Labrador supply electricity to:
Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Yes Manitoba and BC also sells electricity to the US.
Manitoba has huge hydroelectric damns that produces a major surplus which they sell to a number of American states.
Ontario is egocentric, which is why you hear more about them and not Canada as a whole or other provinces.
It also should be remembered that if Ontario doesn't provide electricity to those states they will get the electricity from other states, so while those are the specific states directly effected, the entire grid will have less electricity to go around since it is all connected.
Quebec
@@IdaKnotta yes that too, thank you for mentioning Quebec, as I unintentionally failed to mention Quebec in my list.
@AmandaHugandKiss411 And because it has NUCLEAR power, as well as Hydro-Electric?
Its a right of passage when you are out with a parent to go to an empty parking lot and learn to control in a spin or to handle the vehicle when you don't have control
@@Burke17 I remember those days fondly
I taught my daughter to drive in a church parking lot
My Mom taught me to drive on the cemetary roads. To quote her, "You can't hurt anyone here!" Uncrowded roads and a slow speed. It was perfect.😢
I did that with my driving instructor 😂 there was this considerable storm that lasted for 24h atp, that had started with hours of icy rain that turned into snow, I called to see if the lesson was cancelled but no, they were there, the students were cancelling… so ofc I went. My instructor was so glad to see me 😂 People stayed home, so parking lots were all empty.. lesson turned into 45min of “practicing” losing control 😅
30y later, I’ve never lost control of my vehicle, never had a ‘scare’, and not bc I avoid driving in difficult driving conditions.
I do recommend!
@@a.b.2850well done❤️🇨🇦❤️
Not only your electricity but petroleum, gas, crude oil, minerals, steel, lumber. Glad to see you are getting educated about Canadians.
That is only an Elk. Moose are much bigger. If a Moos hits your car, your car is totaled.
I can attest to this. The moose walked away, we called CAA.
Yup. Our car was toast. Unfortunately the moose had a broken leg, so we called the RCMP to dispatch it. I called my brother and said "we're okay. We hit a moose." And he came to pick us up.
True, my son's car was totaled, police said my son was lucky he's still alive
lol i was gonna say. you don't stop the car to protect a moose, you stop the car to protect the car
I hit a moose with my 98 Ford Taurus and all it did to my car was Bend the license plate and chip the paint on the hood... The moose didn't come out of it quite as well tho
The parts where the guy falls trying to get in his car and the driver of the year, is why we prefer snow to freezing rain. 🇨🇦
If you live in southern Alberta this is the day after a Chinook 😂
@@barbt. Even in the heaviest snowfall and icy rainfall, Montreal's streets are clean for driving and waking in 3 days. (the 1997 Ice storm was the exception)
Or the snow gets compacted and then you’re just like…welp, guess it’s slippy-slide time.
Freezing rain is the absolute worst thing ever
@ I had been driving for almost 50 years before I encountered freezing rain for the first time. Scared the beejeezus out of me. Fortunately found a place to pull over and wait it out.
I’m in Saskatchewan and we just had a 2 foot snow drop. I have 7 foot drifts in my yard 😂
Backyard in Nanaimo is green grass, and a bit soggy. The hill drains into the creek just behind.
Coming out West from my decade in the Prairies for my brother's Christmas wedding.... I wasn't ready for rain and green grass!
We do get about a week of snow here per winter.
@@redelfshotthefood8213 my front door was frozen shut this morning 🥶
@@heatherlarson8742 one blizzard in Winnipeg, I caught the bus to work on time. Got to work 1.5 hours late, because buses were delayed.
That day in November, I think it was the 10th, only 5 of us were there. Only 1 VP. No Prez. He told me to fill out a full day on my time sheet. All the staff that didn't come in were told to take it as a holiday or leave without pay if they were out of holidays.
The cafeteria next door had a snow drift that blocked the door and went over the roof. It was wild. Their maintenance man was present and shoveled a passage to the door. I needed a way in as I counted on them to sell me my lunches and sandwiches for breaks.
two feet of snow after the 3-4 feet of snow we got late november. It's Great. (For the non-Canadians that last bit is sarcasm.
Lol yuuup. We still haven't got our road plowed after that first dump.
We also supply electricity from BC and Nova Scotia down the seaboards. These Tariffs would make it far more expensive for Americans . We are not part of the USA, Canadians have great respect for American citizens, however, it is hard to respect a leader that is willing to bully his allies at what will result I. A higher cost and loss of resources to his country. Canada doesn’t want to pull these resources, but make no mistake, we will not be bullied , nor will
we roll over to demands. If Trump wants that border wall built , then he can pay for it, and he can build it on American land! And make no mistake, Canada doesn’t not stand alone
further to your point all on canada that got knocked out by the black out of 03 provides power to the us so most on Ontario and southern quebec
Nova Scotia does not send power to the US. BC, Que, Ont., do.
some* Canadians have some* respect for some* u.s citizens. Everything else you said, Im with it. I have zero respect for the country and most of it's culture and influence on the rest of the world and particularly my country but I do have a modicum of respect for it's people. I suspect your opinion is more reflective of Canadians overall but I'm from Toronto, the screw-face capital of Canada.
Some electricity from Québec but don't forget Canada also sends oil from out west.
to paraphrase Ralph Klein ''Let those damn Americans freeze in the dark""
yes canada supplies america with 60 million barrels fo oil annually 450 gigawatts of electricity, and like 300 000 metric tonns of natural gas
annually
Trump in all his wisdom planning on using that word he loves so much. Some quote along the lines of “Tariffs. One of the best words… better than the word love.”
4 million barrels of oil daily is what Doug Ford said this week. Am curious where you got your figure of 60 million annually
Just a note, Canada imports a lot of US oil products. We export mainly heavy crude oil and import some light crude oil along with different products made from light crude oil like Gasoline, Diesel, jet fuel, etc. We do refine a lot ourselves but there are different types of oil and many many different products, and heavy crude oil isn't the best to make gasoline from.
The difference in types of crude oil is also why the US used to be a huge importer while also being a huge exporter at the same time until fairly recently.
@@LoveCats9220 i had heard 60 million i dont know where im sorry ahaha
@@Dean-xj9wwwhat wisdom ?????? Like drinking lysol,,,,,
Comment @ 17.56. This is when we lace up our skates and skate to work. Happens all the time, light rain then freeze! ;)
Elk in rut. Their brains basically fall out during the rut, to be replaced by what can really only be described as drunken rage.
That’s not what that means…
Drunken amorous rage
lol I read that as “Elk in a rut” not “Elk in rut”
slight correction, horny drunken rage
In a rut means that he is looking to mate and will attack anything that he perceives is in the way.
Growing up in Winterpeg you learn quickly how to drive in bad weather it becomes second nature and yes we drive without seeing the lanes it’s pure instinct 😊
Some roads even become "safer" because you don't need to drive over the giant potholes that you normally must go through when you need to follow the lanes :)
Lol same here in Newfoundland @predarek
Yet everyone forgets over the summer and the first day of snow is always a circus.
I can still hear my driving instructor, "Look where you want to go!" Best bad weather driving tip there is, especially if you're losing control. Aim where you want to be, and your body will naturally adjust if you keep calm. Stare at the pole, hit the pole if you panic. Instinct. ;)
Like a pillow @ predarek😊
Re: falling on ice. A few years ago, I was on my way to work super early (yes dark as night at 7am). Little did I know overnight the freezing rain put a sheet of ice on my front steps. After stepping on the bottom step, I was suddenly looking directly at the stars. Thankfully my super thick winter coat, hat and hood (and bag of stuff I was carrying ) saved my head from a concussion or other serious injury although I was bruised. Re: the best driver bus scenario; yes a component of the driver training I got was learning to get back control when you start to spin. My instructor took me to an empty parking lot and we practiced skidding out of control and how to regain control. I have used that knowledge on several occasions since!! Doing it with a bus on an icy road on a slope is next level though. That driver deserves the award!! And as for pick-a-lane, yes it is something that happens when the plows can’t keep up with the snow on the road. If you are lucky you find tracks that look like they go your direction and hope for the best keeping a wary eye swivelling at 360 degrees to see what is going on all around you. Not fun!
Tyler looks at the icy sidewalk and says have any other Canadians experience this, LOL! Every single Canadian without fail no matter how far south you live has experienced this. Usually once a year. Schools would be closed for ice. But the truth is that the road is not likely as icy as the sidewalk because the trucks will have come around in the night with salt to melt the ice on the road. But the people who own the houses are responsible for salting their sidewalk and likely haven't got around to it yet.
Exactly. As a natural citizen of Canada you learn how to walk on icy sidewalks from a very early age. The video is likely a new Canadian who hasn't experienced a Canadian winter
I saw hardcore cleats for boots on sale at Princess Auto a couple of weeks ago. That guy could have used them!
The tool is an ice chopper, not a garden too. Heh!
You also get very good at identifying the rough ice by sight alone, which you can walk on with significantly less chance of going flying.
Yes, based on the African music playing, the guy falling was probably a new Canadian. When I went to university in Quebec, there were a lot of Africans there on scholarship from French African countries. I remember running on the ice to get to class, and an African woman stopped me to ask me how to run on ice. I tried to show her how, but she could only inch along.
Depending on the city. Not sure if it’s still the case but last I visited Calgary they didn’t bother salting the side streets.
Every time I see Tyler trying to figure out what a moose is I want to run to the toy store and buy him a "See 'n Say"!
Except it wasn't a moose it was an elk
Lolll yes
😂 he is worried about the moose too lol it’s the unanimous who’s like is in danger if not careful
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The animal is an elk. The winner / gagnant is just the French word for winner. Lottery scratch tickets are in both Canada’s official languages. Ice rain in the Montreal area and if memory serves this was during the month of April a few years back.
April 2023. I was stuck at work since the road home was closed
I lived in Calgary some 17 or so years ago, and woke up in late June/early July to about 2 inches of snow on the ground. Had melted before noon, but still.
Alberta taught me that, no matter where you are, no matter the weather or time of year, to *always* keep warm clothing in my bag.
Manitoba taught me that DDT is a bloody godsend if you're gonna be outside for more than 30 seconds.
I can't edit, so to specify... DDT is a godsend during mosquito season.
This Canadian just discovered your channel Tyler. Love the content friend and you are one nice American.
Thank you and welcome! 🙂
Edmonton is more north than think!
@@TylerBucketTH-camWhat state are you in Tyler?
He's also one of the brightest and most compassionate Americans you could ever hope to meet.
I've been following him since his video on that time we burned the White House down. It was his 10th video on this channel.
wow u have low expectations he is crap and beyond weird and hasnt learned a thing about Canada. He is a typical american, arrogant and the usual the world revolves around US and every other country IS weird.. DO BETTER ! U CAN DO BETTER ! is that a thing is this a thing what is that a thing.
That bus is a situation you have to change your pants after! He did awesome, he had his wheels turned the right direction, and then corrected super fast once got some traction! Easily could have been a roll over or hit the ditch otherwise.
yes he ended in the wrong lane... but, he was still on the road. That's a win Tyler.
The gravel at the edge of the road gives you traction & allows you to catch it .
OMG. Where do I begin? I am from Brampton Ontario and yes, there are some absolutely horrible things here. But, there are also a lot of amazing things here too. The worst part of being in Brampton, in my humble opinion, is the drivers. It has Canada's highest insurance rates. Stop lights, stop signs are treated as optional but speed bumps are treated like stop signs. Go figure! As for the snow and ice driving... It's something we all get used to. We can't stop life because of a little snow and ice. The majority of us do use winter tires which help amazingly. I drive a pickup truck and instead of winter tires I use All terrain tires that work in all weather and road conditions. Not the same as all season tires (at all). Yes, it gets cold but you just get used to it. It's not like we have much choice. Canada is one of the most beautiful countries in the world and the diversity here shows that global unity is not only possible, but inevitable. Stay toasty my friend from below the border. I really enjoy your videos. I'm curious though.... Do you have more Canadians or Americans in your TH-cam audience? 🥶🥶🥶
And I'm just a typical, average Saskatchewanian.. it was -27C yesterday and we had a blizzard roll through.. dumped about 8 inches of snow.. but was super windy so I've got some nice 18-20 inch or so drifts in front of my door, sidewalk and driveway lol. It's only 4am so just waiting till around 7 (when people start waking up) to fire up the snowblower and start cleaning up this mess!! Classic Canada 🤣
Im getting your leftovers as we speak in manitoba
with or without the wind chill?
@@Vanaun67 lol yeeeeah sorry about that.. in our defense it came from Alberta first
@@dannygjk without the windchill. We're in the middle of a 2-3. day cold snap. Thankfully it'll be back up to around freezing by the weekend and be like that all next week for Christmas!
@@Canadian_Guy_82 born in 82? Bryan, Matt, or Chris? Let's see if I get a hit.
fun fact in canada if you win the lottory its pre taxed.. so if you iwin 75 million dollars.. 75 million dollars goes into ur acount you dont pay tax on the lottery winning you pay it on the interest u earn annually
Inheritance is also tax free
@@RosiecatsTo be clear, any taxes owed by the estate of the deceased is paid BEFORE estate disbursement.
The lottery winnings aren't 'pre taxed', they are considered 'windfall' and therefore cannot be taxed. (only the earned interest, as you said) This goes waaaay back to medieval England.
I believe it was from rules, that you couldn't charge or tax peasants for gathering/eating windfall apples. If the fruit had fallen off the tree, it wasn't considered part of the harvest, or owned by the farmer/landlord. Lottery winnings and game show prizes are considered 'found money', (ie windfall), hence, not taxable in Canada. (the US doesn't recognise windfall, in law)
@@dougwilson4537 The lotteries in Canada are pre-taxed, because there is a tax component in the price of the $3 or $5 dollar ticket. The winnings from that lottery are tax free.
It isn't so much that lotteries are "pre-taxed" as it is that lotteries ARE a tax. Specifically, lotteries are a tax charged to people who are bad at math.
Winter driving skill: when in a skid, always face the direction you want to travel. If you look at the ditch, you'll end up in the ditch. If you keep your eyes on the road and the direction you want to go, you'll come out of the skid and still be travelling in the right direction. I learned this from experience.
That’s not a garden tool. It’s actually an icebreaker. 😂
Not only do we supply electricity to America but the amount of natural gas and oil that transfers from Canada we could pretty much grind the country to a halt ,look forward to paying $12 a gallon for gas and not being able to heat your homes.. if I was an American I'd be begging Trump to shut his mouth LOL
You mean put him in prison!
@@Wishes890 Its too late for that and a little less than half of the voter put him in charge... again, so they will suffer for four years at minimum for it.
@@andreb.8266 Yeah! I am thinking they are nuts, now the MAGA sheeple are a type of prisoner under Trump. The irony is astounding...they, themselves, are about to go into an energy lock down (unless they fire Trump's ass) and it will be tougher to pay the price ...they hated the covid lock-down, but this one is going to hurt a lot more.
If we were American we wouldn’t have voted for a criminal like Trump!…………………..oops, we voted Trudeau in🤦🏻♂️
@@piddmrTrudeau is only a poor PM but not a convicted felon and rapist.
4:54 in rural Ontario (not sure of other provinces) often there are little huts built near the end of driveways so kids can have a bit of shelter while waiting in freezing weather.
And -2, while freezing, is nowhere near the -40 that the prairie provinces get! They dont call it "Winterpeg" for nothing!
3:45 that’s an Elk
Definitely an elk.
And it's during the rut I believe
Yep. Elk. A moose would be near 2x the size.
Caribou would be similar size but mostly white - and I don’t know that they live this part of Alberta?
I was about to say the same thing
“Everyone in Canada this week.”
Everyone in Vancouver: Don’t drag us into your problems!
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Yup. No snow here. None in the forecast.
And over on the Island. Lots of rain, but fairly warm too.
And no snow in Toronto right now, either, although it's coming.
Southern Ontario here… super mild here. It snowed one day and it was gone by the next day. My prediction is it will hit late, so we’ll likely have snow in March
It's been snowing off and on in Newfoundland, not a lot though. It's all gone again but hopefully we'll have a white Christmas!
6:14 winner/Gagne is what the lottery machine does every time there's a winning ticket people like up and scan like 10 at a time, then slowly chooses what tickets they want to buy with all their winnings!
Before you post French words LEARN HOW TO SPELL THEM PROPERLY!!!!!
GAGNANT masculine form of winner
GAGNANTE feminine form of winner
It p*sues me off when people misspell French words properly
@SandraCat22 omg shut up. This is why the majority of canada can't stand quebecois. Did I try? Yes. Do I speak French? Not even a little. So, the appropriate comment should have been
"Oh, it looks like you spelled *enter French word here* wrong. Its okay, not everyone knows French. For the future, this is how it is spelled correctly. Have a good day!"
But no, as the typical French person, you act holier than thou. Beautiful province, ignorant people.
@SandraCat22 also, learn English grammar. You can't mispell French words properly. That makes zero sense. Goes both ways!
The bus is NOT doing that on purpose. He is counter steering which is something we know how to do, but this certainly impressive. We all know to watch out and think ahead in winter.
For sure. You can see the glare ice on the highway. I would be willing to wager that his heart was pounding so hard he couldn’t hear anything
carboginning is when you go out and drive around in treacherous conditions on purpose though. FWD vehicle? lock the e brake and drive around like that. hilarious, good times.
He held it but was basically at the mercy of fate. He also kept braking and…well in a car I know that’s certainly NOT something to do, and I doubt it’s different for buses but idk.
Best trick for walking on ice. Slight bend in knees, lock ankles, walk flat feet, keep center of gravity centered
when we had a wood stove, I kept all the ashes, messy, but if you sprinkle them on the ice, it supplies traction, and bonus, because it's black/dark, it melts in a bit.
growing up my mom used to say walk like a penguin lol
Shuffle like a penguin.
Nah. Three pairs of boots that have embedded cleats, and they've been VERY helpful recently in Calgary where it's negative 16 this morning (- 24 with windchill), but it is Calgary, so -6 by this afternoon. The cleats come in handy when it melts during the day, and freezes overnight.
A cheap fix is to glue some bottle caps to the bottom, can remove those after the ice and snow is gone.
11:31 personally, and this will have varying valid opinions, I think that if a company wants to end a strike, they should come to the terms of the workers. The company has plenty of money to spare. The issue is that Canada Post is a crown corporation, meaning its owned by the government. Because of that, there is a massive power imbalance as the boss is also the legislator. I think that if the employer cant just cancel a strike, neither should the government when they are acting as an employer. My mail can wait, and there are alternative carriers availible. It should be impossible to legislate workers back during a strike, and I know for certain who isnt getting my vote in 2025. Made the choice easier.
Can always get another job, and NOT work for the government....right?
@@airborne63why should government employees have fewer rights that other workers?
I thought Canada post was no longer a crown corporation..in any case..screwing over small businesses and people who rely on their services was a jerk move
You are correct, Canada Post is NOT a crown corporation
I would truly like to see the letter carriers actually work an 8 hour day BEFORE asking for more money
Tip. Don't try to walk on ice when it's slanted.
Also, keep your eyes down and look for spots that have bumpy or spiky areas, so you'll have better grip than the slick surfaces.
...and don't eat the yellow snow!
Something to consider, a storm that would drop 1" of rain, if it is a bit colder would drop 10" of snow.
We get freezing rain at temps as cold as -30
You do know that when it snows it really ISN'T that cold? It's the bright, white, crisp days that will chill you to the bone.
🎯 absolutely 💯 %. ❄❄❄❄❄❄
Snowy days are the best days
There are a lot of foreign students on my street. They have know idea how to drive in snow. They try to drive over 6 inches of heavy snow at the end of their driveway, in a low profile car and of course, they get stuck. Then I teach them the “rock it” way to get out. And I suggest they get a shovel while they are out. 😊
Canadians have snow shovels in their trunks, along with cat litter and other stuff for traction.....that's NORMAL.
It's very common to see what looks like an outhouse near the road of a country driveway. They are for the kids to shelter in while waiting for the school bus.
I've even seen one with a tiny wood stove in it.
He saved it by keeping his tires straight, hold the steering wheel tight, gently let your foot off the gas and do NOT slam on the brakes 😂
The bus driver has done that before. It'll have Winter chains on the tires, probably, or at least very good Winter tires. The key is, look where you want to go. Driver is focused on the road and what needs to be done to stay on the road. If you keep calm, your body will naturally help you adjust to where your eyes focus, but it's also a matter of knowing what to do to control a slide like that, when and how to apply the breaks, etc. What you see here is experience making it look easy.
It’s a elk ticked off at a car and yes it’s normal and yes we try very hard to protect our wildlife. ❤
Not a caribou? Or are they same?
@@stephaniec9539 That is an elk or Wapiti.
@@stephaniec9539they are not the same. That is an elk . Caribou are smaller and with thicker antlers
An elk, a deer, a caribou, and a moose are all separate different species.
Reign Deer are domesticated caribou.
@@fionnloach no it isnt....
The bus sliding sideways was impressive! I've done that, but it was in a sedan not a tour bus lol. You stay calm and take your foot off the gas but don't slam on the brakes. Hitting the brakes is what can cause people to spin out into the ditch. Push gently on the brakes any time you need to slow down a bit but don't hold them too long. Turn your tires one way or the other to control the direction of your slide and the angle of your vehicle, you can kind of feel out which turns are making your vehicle go which direction. Don't bother trying to straighten out if your wheels can't keep traction or you will likely start spinning or end up in the ditch, and being sideways helps slow your slide. Let gravity pull you down the hill until your tires can gain traction again. It's a bit like skiing, but you weigh 2 tons and your skis are little rubber tires lol.
😅 If you think that winter highway driving clip with something wait until it's half slushy and about 8 inches deep, and you have to pass a logging truck. It's awesome!
Yup, Vancouver Island, one day of snow per year and, by law, it must melt by the next day!! 😁🤣😂
Make no mistake, though...the river is still cold
I just left Yellowknife and it was -41 degrees Celsius 🤦♂️
Yeah so? It’s like 4C here in Calgary.
How do you get a one handed Newfie out of a tree? Wave
@ typical mainlander lol 😆
Winner gagnant (gagnant being french cause legally anything government has to be french and English) is what the lottery thing says when you win something! It's so annoying when you're just tryna put 20 on pump 4 but you're stuck behind someone with a million lottery tickets and scratchers!
I also just came across that tiktok like an hour ago 🤣🤣
So annoying
I agree! Or at the grocery store, and your frozen food is melt in, and then they want a mittful of new tickets.
Annoying AF😊
Exactly. I have no issues when someone has a few tickets to check but some people are scratchaholics and have like 50 tickets at a time to check and you end up waiting at least 5 minutes, sometimes close to 10 for the clerk to check them all.
Learn how to spell. Gagnant?? Try gagnon.
Great video Tyler. Just a heads up people. Plow driver since 2004. When you see the plow coming, and it looks like we are crowding you over, REMEMBER, I want to clear the center line, and salt it . Please, slow down. A week ago, they closed the 401, between London and Ingersol. Hundreds of trucks and cars re routed onto my plough route on a rural county road. I came upon at least 6 tractor trailers in the ditch or across my path, with inches to spare for the plow truck to squeeze by. Sorry guys, no time to pull you out, got to keep plowing. Maybe 8 or 9 cars ditched. So, ya slow down and keep cool. It was an interesting evening. These truck drivers did not look very experienced in winter travel. Thanks for letting me pass that on Tyler.
As a former taxi driver, I refuse to drive on the first few days of snow and ice, because I have witnessed way too many amateur hour accidents caused by people who are too stupid to slow down and leave some extra room between themselves and the vehicle ahead of them when the roads are cold, wet, and slippery. I stay home, drink a few beers, watch a few movies, read a book, and after all the idiots have smashed up their cars, and the rest of the city has finally realized that winter has arrived, I will start driving again.
Noting that you're a plow driver, I had to share this with you. I don't know if you're old enough to remember it or even know if you live in Ontario. But this PSA from the early 70s always pops in my head after the first big snowfall in Southern Ontario. ;-) th-cam.com/video/C1F_PY0v8Yw/w-d-xo.html
@@dcbradt7752 we live in Northern Ontario and, first storm of the winter, don't drive unless absolutely necessary. Newbies think they know how to drive in snow and find out really quickly they don't. Had a car written off last winter thanks to parents of a newly licensed 17 year old who thought it was a good idea to let him drive at night in a snowstorm and he lost control. Climbed the snowbank but still couldn't get out of his way. Sheesh.
Comment @ 18.59. We Roll'n.... ') Controlled drift. KEEP FRONT TIRES ON THE PAVMENT for the SNAP! ;) Let's RIDE!!!!!! Love your Vid's, put a smile on my face after a long day! Cheers Keep up the Great work! ;)
l love the game of folowing the imaginary lane on the highway with a snow storm raging in the dark of the night
Ahh, such a nostalgic feeling 😂
Here in Nova Scotia I have fond memories of driving on the 100 series highways in blizzards, watching the edge of the ditches to make sure we weren’t about to run off the road. Following another driver isn’t a guarantee.
@dwarfgrumpy yep.... I know that all too well, I have ended up in the ditch twice myself trying to follow another car
The lane is where the last guy drove.
I played that game last night! The road is now closed…..
For essential services, workers can be ordered back to work
Still sad, the postal workers couldn't get a fair contract.
@@TinaP1234No they didn’t but they need to some serious restructuring. They’ve been operating at a huge loss for many years and can’t continue as if the mail system is still in the 90s or early 2000s
The strike was hurting, among others, rural areas, and charitable organisations, some of these organisations rely on the mail to receive donnations and December is their best time of the year
@@TinaP1234 It's terrible for postal workers to go on strike - & should be a VERY, VERY last resort. In the first place, businesses & individuals lose trust in Canada Post & just start sending their packages & post through OTHER delivery companies - meaning the strikes PERMANENTLY cost Canada Post workers some jobs - & the more strikes happen the more jobs are lost.
2nd - Canada Post workers are paid WELL. That is why so many people want to get a Canada Post job. Unions try to get higher wages as they get a % of a worker's salary. The higher the salary, the more money they get for the union & their union position salaries.
3rd - they should NEVER strike near Christmas! They hurt businesses (incl. STRUGGLING businesses - & the owners & employees there), when those businesses have to pay more for shipping items out of their own profits (which may be small) OR add the cost to purchasers - who may then decide NOT to purchase as they were near their spending threshold as it was. It also hurts people who can't then send out gifts to friends & family members who live far away - if they can't afford the higher costs of a delivery company.
4th - it is VERY BAD for the Canada Post employees too. In the first place, they are required to be OUT ON A PICKET LINE - IN DECEMBER - for full (or even 1/2 days.) This is a GREAT way to get a cold just in time for the holidays & also while you are trying to GET READY for the holidays! Lastly, remember that WHILE the workers are on strike - they are NOT GETTING PAID! - RIGHT before the holidays - which is a time when people need & spend a LOT MORE than at any other time of year between food, decorations, dinner wear, special clothes & presents. They would be entitled to strike pay, which can be around $25 - $50 a day AND they DON'T EVEN GET THIS STRIKE MONEY RIGHT AWAY! - usually not until well after the strike has been resolved or they have already been forced back to work. This means that THE WORKERS & THEIR FAMILIES SUFFER OVER THE HOLIDAYS TOO - because their union officials want them to go on strike & pressure workers to vote for a strike if even given that much choice.
Forcing the workers back is in EVERYBODY'S INTEREST - EVEN THE INTEREST OF THE WORKERS' THEMSELVES (MANY/MOST of whom will silently be very thankful for this forced return to work.)
@@LoveCats9220 Mail has decreased over the years due to the electronic age. However, important mail like gov't forms, id and bills and checks are still mailed ( if not set up for these electronically ) . Flyer's and junk mail have grown, which Canada Post makes a revenue off of. I believe the letter carriers should get more of this added revenue.
17:44 one time I was trying to go home from school and the pavement was like an ice rink outside the doors since there hadn’t been enough time after the storm to clear the ice around the school and I was sliding all over until I got to the bike rack and I had to ride my bicycle home in that weather but I had ice spike tires on my bike for the winter so it was okay once I got to my bike, the little carbide spikes made a huge difference to how manageable biking in the winter is, freezing rain still absolutely sucks though.
The best part of winter is driving in a storm with the radio and hearing they just closed the highway you're on and you still got a couple of hours to go to get home or the city and highway snow removal is two different companies so they stop plowing at the bottom of the offramp.
No, the best thing is getting to work only to find out the office is closed. And if you are familiar with St. John's, NL you know that the drive to Water Street is downhill all the way
First large animal is an Elk, or Wapiti and they only behave that way during the rut. Brampton is near Toronto. And I have slipped on the ice, landing on my back, and breaking my ribs!
Ow poor you :( Yeah the ice some years back was brutal, a client of mine fractured her patella into 6 pieces
I know how you feel I once stepped in a pothole that was loaded with snow and broke my ankle.
Did the same and broke my tailbone 😢
I have concussed myself. And whiplashed. And broken my shoulder in two places. Sucks!
8:37 that’s nice road conditions lol
Lately our winters have been easy too. But this year has started with a bang. We got 140 centimeters (that's 4 and a half feet to the Americans 😊) of snow in just one storm, just recently. Then just a few days later another foot or so. Gravenhurst (Ontario) only just canceled its state of emergency. It was crazy for a week or so.
Whereas here in BC we have had virtually no snow, at least in southern BC. It’s almost Christmas and there is only a few very small pockets of snow here and there. It’s going to suck next summer with all the forest fires we will have.
@chrick3036 - quit complaining… you guys can have the horrible cold weather… I love my no snow and +5C temps
"Winner/Gagnant" Is what the lottery machine says when it scans a winning lottery ticket. "Gagnant" means "Winner" in French.
3:30 That's an elk. Think deer, but 800 lbs.
I am on the East Coast and it was 10°c yesterday!!! The day before was -9°c and icy!
If you dont like the weather wait a minute 😂😂😂
I’m in Alberta, the other day it was -26 (feels like -35 with the wind chill factor), today is supposed to be -12 (-18). And by monday… +4 so just a slight scale jump… its good times all around 😂
Almost the same in Québec. Yesterday was 6°c. We're just starting to get minuses for more than 2-3 days in a row. I don't like it, doesn't feel right.
It felt like we were having a Chinook here last week except I am now in the Maritimes
I'm in North Western Ontario and we've seen some extreme shifts this year. Last Thursday it hit -39 and by Saturday it was up to -6. Since then it's evened out at around -25 or so. It's currently -23.
“In Canada, although winter officially begins in December, snow can arrive as early as October and can last until April. In January and February, the coldest months, the temperature typically ranges between -2°C and -10°C with an average of -6°C, but with wind it can often feel like -20°C.”
OMG. I lived in Brampton once. Highest auto insurance rate in the country for a reason! When we moved to Calgary, our auto insurance rates dropped to less than half.
I moved back to NL from Brampton a couple of years ago. Given Brampton's rep as the highest insurance, I was expecting a significant drop in insurance rates. Nope! Barely noticeable. Probably partly because I couldn't get a group rate here, but still... I was shocked.
Sadly true! I pay very high car insurance rates. :(
@fantasticmio - you’re just a Calgarian… I’m an actual Calgarian… born and raised here and still live here… we actual Calgarians are a,rare breed
Being on the street in -15c watching this I'm laughing at Tyler feeling the cold
-I live in northern BC. We have had snow on the ground since mid Nov. and that first video is a quarter of the snow we have right now.
-The animal attacking is a elk or caribou
-winter driving is the same a summer driving, you just guess where the lanes are, drive slower, and have good winter tires.
Not a moose, but an elk. :) 3:20
You beat me to it!! 😂 you don't screw with the wildlife in Alberta 😂
Probably rutting
“Pick a lane and go” is even more fun after dark, around 4pm, when one of the lanes might be the ditch!
I used to live in a place where in late December when we got out of school we could see some stars.
We get ice like that here in NB all the time. Can go from clean to that overnight with one good freezing rain storm. All the trees and bushes look pretty cool with an ice coating at least tho. As for driving in it, winter tires are surprisingly effective. Also studded tires are very popular here.
As an American who moved to PEI the winter tires with AWD makes it actually fun to drive in the snow. Im from New England so im familiar with snow anyway but it's different up here
The Edmonton driving clip is so funny to me, solely because of how you reacted. I live in a residential area, so they don't plow the streets (sask) so not only can you not see the road, but the road is higher than the sidewalk would be in the summer. The roads are so rough, we have to hang on to something and tense our bodies so we don't hit our heads on the windows and stuff. It's worse when it's blizzarding though.
RE: Electricity from Canada to the US....Hdro-Quebec supplies the entire East Coast of the US from the James Bay Hydro-electric project....and Labrador Falls. BC-Hydro supplies the West Coast of the US, and Ontario's combination of Nuclear and Hydro-Electric supplies NY State and Michigan. Hey, Donald: you SURE you want to FAFO?
It’ll be a shitstorm on both sides. Maybe part of why they want to eliminate the debt ceiling?
Anyone else from Ontario remember the ice storm back in 2013 😅
Originally from the Soo but been gone since 93 so didn't get to hang about for that storm. I heard enough about it from family and friends. Brrr.
@@SherryLynnMadcat I used to go skating at my local rec center and it was basically all a down hill walk, so the Friday after the storm my brother and I put one foot in front of the other and basically slid our whole way down there 😂
I was living in Brampton (Northwest of Toronto in the GTA [Greater Toronto Area], Tyler) during that storm. Brutal!
2013? I remember the ice storm of '97. Broken trees and downed power lines everywhere.
absolutely nothing compared to 98
Can’t be sure, but as a French Canadian here (Montréal) I believe he’s saying “A winner gagnant”; gagnant does mean winner in French. A bit like most clerks in downtown Montréal would greet you “Bonjour, hi!”, basically stating they are fluent in both languages while greeting you efficiently.
2:47 that is not a moose, that is an elk. They’re a bigger cousin of the caribou which are on our quarters and those are related to reindeers, main difference is Caribou are taller and less sedentary. A moose would be taller than the car and would have wider, thicker antlers.
As a Canadian, I love your videos and it’s nice to hear your perspective!
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One of the first things I was taught when learning to drive was when you lose control and start to slide, turn into it until you regain traction and, therefore, control. Props to the bus driver at the end, that was impressive use of steering and brake pumps.
The scratch ticket thing is real, you are trying to buy milk and someone in front of you is cashing in a bunch of winning lottery tickets and then buying a bunch more. There are a dozen people in line all trying to buy one or two things and someone spends 15 minutes cashing in and buying lottery tickets. There are a machine announces “winner/gagnon” every time a winning ticket is scanned, gagnon is french for winner.
It's spelled "gagnant" but you pronounced it perfectly!😊
The critter in Alberta is an elk, they come out by the thousands during rut and become a bit of a nuisance for locals.
during rut?
@@guardianbob Yes, they come down and basically take over cities for 2-3 weeks during rut (mating season) and then disappear in the mountains again. Ive seen it and its quite impressive (for a tourist) to be surrounded by wild animals in the middle of a major city but annoying and somewhat dangerous for locals since it's not unusual for a buck to come after a kid waiting for the bus to school or whatever.
The December 12 video is light snow. I've got three feet of snow in my yard. This year is the least snow we've had in years.
I do live in the middle of BC.
Who's lane is it anyway, is another fun game we play. If someone gets it wrong there is a good chance that a car gets taken out by a logging truck or a chip truck. You can tell who can't drive in the snow because they are parked in the ditch. The south coast of BC has the worst drivers and roads despite only getting a couple of inches of snow. The worst drivers in BC.
Albertamericans are good on straight flat multi-lane highways but the minute you introduce corners and single lane roads shite goes bad fast.
The majority of vehicles I tow up here, in the winter, are Albertamericans.
I lived there for a year and every time it snowed it looked like an apocalypse movie with cars and trucks overturned in the ditch or stuck on the road.
5:48 our provincial lottery system has automatic scanners at gas stations and convenience stores. If your ticket is a winner in any way, the scanner will play a chime and exclaim WINNER-GAGNON(winner in french).
It is VERY common for people to come in with like 20 tickets and scan them all, and you have to hear that jingle for like 10 minutes straight
I scan either at the unmanned machine to toss out the non winners before getting in line or through the app.
It has to be loud too so that the cashier cannot scam you.
The app is a blessing.
*gagnant, not gagnon
@@fizzywhizzbanger5610 quit french after grade 10 😋
@@markbade565 So your excuse is that you're willfully ignorant? Weird flex, but okay.
Got my first mail delivery this morning. It was a bill of course. Yes, the Government can make striking workers go back to work. They can even force a contract on both parties, but this doesn't happen very often.
it should never happen
@@stratvids Yes I agree. I was in a union and the exact same thing happen to us while we were on strike. We were forced back to work and a contract was forced on us. The next election that Government was soundly defeated.
@@2727rogers problem is that all our viable parties will do this to you. As much as I can't stand the Libs the Cons will do far far more to undermine workers and even less to help them.
@@2727rogers Sadly I don’t think we have a pro-worker party to vote for. Well… _maybe_ a fair share of NDP MPs. Maybe. The Conservatives sure as hell won’t help, they’re just gonna do what the republicans do and bow-down to robber barons. :/
We’re so cooked.
Winner/gagnon (french for winner)
Our lotto machines yell “WINNER/GAGNON” every time any ticket wins. You hear it ALL morning lol
Winter tires + 4 wheel drive & proper winter shoes with grips so you don’t slip while walking ---> tools of the trade
yep, strap-on pitons for your shoes and boots.....work great.
I'm in the Yukon and we've had tons of snow already. This afternoon my brother's had his truck warming up for a while because it was -30 C, not much less F. What state do you live in? You must have cold and snowy weather too. Those idiots at the postal strike always do this at Christmas time. They feel the pressure from the rest of us. Yes, it was finished on Tuesday. Yes, apparently we send lots of power to the states. I didn't even know that. Just learned along with you. If it snows it's usually not that cold. In the Yukon, we don't change the time anymore. Wish everyone did. Ice is just part of our weather. I've fallen a few times. We are all used to it you know. You Americans are so funny. Lol. Love this.
They are trying to deunionize the post office, cut their benefits, and take their pensions. Of course, they're fighting for it. The government is going to collapse all their jobs.
I lost it when he goes “what is winner, gagnon?” 🤣🤣🤣🤣 who else can hear the voice in their head 😭😭😭😭😭
I've never heard of it myself, I can assume what it is though
Gagnon is "winner" in French! 😂@@raevyn_storm
"non cadeau"
I think that “winner/gagnon” sound is embedded in every Canadian head!
I think it's actually "gagnant" but I could be wrong.
Weather here is real and can cause tremendous damage and even loss of life, most of the time it's because the local government was lax in preparing for approaching storms and many people who did not grow up here have no real appreciation of how real things get when it gets real cold or a lot of snow falls very fast. I wanna say that Gen-X and previous generations who did not have as many luxuries were better mentally equipped to handle the reality of a Canadian winter, but younger generations are too dependent on technology and don't have as much of a preventative reflex... Still, sometimes it's too harsh for even the most forward-thinking individual, like the ice storm or '98 in Quebec (that was crazy!) where a ton of ice fell in very little time and took out a very big portion of the electric grid in the dead of winter (something all you electric car enthusiasts might want to learn from...). It can be a very harsh country to live in but it also comes with great beauty.
The government approved a 5% increase in wages for the postal workers retroactive to the start date of the existing contract. That is to appease them until the negotiations are finished in May.
Canada Post might be out of money by then…
@@liesdamnlies3372 They should just separate the Parcel Service from the Main Post office.....and ditch the letters. I couldn't believe that people still use 'snail-mail' for anything. I send my Christmas cards around the world via e-mail, receive and pay my bills online, and I don't even look in my apartment mailbox, except to clean out the jammed up 3rd class mail advertising junk. TIME TO GET INTO THE 21st CENTURY.
@@airborne63 I still need to file my taxes by paper. :(
Even Estonia has a postal service, and they're the most digitized county in the world. There are just a bunch of things that have to be done by paper and that's not liable to change for a looooooooooooooooooong while.
@@liesdamnlies3372 Why do you file your taxes by mail? I file mine online in Canada, including the business taxes.??? Even then, if I had a pile of documents to submit, I do it online on the CRA website....or, I would send it by courier.....so I'm confused.🤯
Been a highway winter commuter for 35 plus years...some of these videos are just a regular Tuesday going to work. I've seen foxes, wild turkeys, moose, coyotes and snowy owls on my way to grab my double double at the drive thru to warm up after scraping a foot of snow and ice off my windshield. Love our 4 seasons though! ❤️🇨🇦❤️