Montreal expecting a weather cocktail in time for afternoon rush hour

The snow that fell softly but constantly on Montreal early Tuesday morning may have seemed Christmas card perfect, but once it touched the ground it was decidedly less so.
That snowfall, which was expected to turn to rain by noon with a possibility of freezing up in time for the evening rush hours, essentially turned city sidewalks and streets into slippery and slush covered thoroughfares as treacherous to pedestrians as to motorists.
As early as midnight Tuesday, Quebec 511, the traffic informa