Article content Every year around now I pester you readers to embrace winter, rather than just endure it. I usually argue that we Canadians have become weather wimps who hide from winter in our cars, malls, indoor hockey rinks and underground city tunnels. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Josh Freed: Montrealers have turned Scandinavian, thanks to COVID-19 Back to video That we hibernate in our climate-controlled homes. That we are becoming moles, not Montrealers, who see snow as our foe. I also usually preach about Scandinavia, which I’ve visited frequently and where people embrace winter — whether skiing to work, walking in the woods or barbecuing in the snow.