It's true that Vancouver still doesn't know how to deal with the snow — see stories on the local salt wars — but we are slowly getting the hang of it.
Last week, some brave students took on the ice in the Main Mall fountain in a most Canadian fashion. Some made the ice a place of romance, while others made it a place of sport.
Couple has a romantic moment on UBC's frozen fountain. #ubc #romance #streetphotography pic.twitter.com/Q29chx2IBM
— Jason Snyder (@jsnsndr) January 3, 2017
This admirable student in the video below embodies the height of Canadian-ness as he ice skates around the fountain in shorts. Did we mention it was about -5 degrees last week?
Catching even the attention of our fearless leader Santa Ono, a friendly game of hockey was played on this small make-shift rink for all the campus to see.
Great photo of UBC students ice-skating on the Martha Piper Fountain. Photo credits: Paul Harrison #UBCTuumEst pic.twitter.com/2Lqex8Y4Gq
— Santa J. Ono (@ubcprez) January 6, 2017
Fountain Hockey at UBC 1-6-17
We can only hope for fountain hockey to become a new UBC tradition on the rare occasion that we actually get ice in Vancouver. Maybe then the rest of Canada will finally accept us as their winter brethren.
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