Montreal police constable Nasser Khodayari jumps into the frigid waters of Lac St. Louis in Pointe Claire near Monteral, Saturday February 15, 2014, to raise funds for the Quebec Special Olympics. (Phil Carpenter / THE GAZETTE)
Workers verify weak and damaged areas in the concrete inside the STM yellow line metro tunnel in Montreal on Friday, February 14, 2014. The yellow metro line, which passes under the St. Lawrence river, will be undergoing repairs in the spring and fall to repair water leaks. The repairs will cause the closure of the line for 25 weekends in 2014. (Dario Ayala / THE GAZETTE)
Salvatore Iaconesi was diagnosed with brain cancer but decided to “crowdsource” his disease. The result was 900,000 messages and the creation of a website called The Cure. Iaconesi is visiting from Italy for a conference at McGill University, in Montreal, on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Dave Sidaway / THE GAZETTE)
Montrealers awoke, on Friday, February 14, 2014, to the snowstorm that has caused havoc along the American eastern seaboard. (Dave Sidaway / THE GAZETTE)
A solitary man cross-country skies his way across Lac St-Louis in Pointe Claire, on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Dave Sidaway / THE GAZETTE)
3 year old twins , Charlotte (left) and Reilly Gunning (right) enjoy maple taffy at the annual winter festival in Dollard des Ormeaux’s William Cosgrove Centennial Park Sunday, February 9, 2014. (Peter McCabe / THE GAZETTE)
