David Staples: My Top 8 ways to defeat Edmonton's winter

Winter invaded over the weekend and commenced its annual beat down of Edmonton.
The cold and wind freezes toes and kills car batteries. To escape the onslaught, we scurry from work to home. Our only thought of the great outdoors is to curse it. 
Each winter exposes what Montreal writer Josh Freed has called our dirty little secret, that we’ve become a nation of winter wimps. Most of us can’t wait to get south for a holiday. Our kids stay inside and obsess about video games