The bike is made by Norco. I actually made an entry in the EM Garage for it.
We can get permanent snow as early as October and we often get one last dump sometime in April. So basically 1/2 of the year. Some cities in the province of British Columbia have 250+ frost-free days of the year.
I would totally move to the west coast. The unfortunate thing is that the closer one gets to the coastline, the more expensive it is. I have a friend working in Vancouver and his 2 bedroom apartment is $1500 a month
Whereas in Winnipeg I have friends renting posh bachelor suites for less than $400 a month.