This video is part of a multimedia story published in April 2020. "Battling winter with brine" is available on The City, a digital magazine produced by Concordia Journalism undergraduates.
In August 2019, DLC started implementing a completely new de-icing method: brine. The brine used for snow removal is essentially salt diluted into water with an added component similar to molasses.
Glen Mervis, an ice-prevention operator at DLC, explains the step-by-step process of brine making at the DLC head office in Kirkland.
Filming and editing by Laurence Brisson Dubreuil
