All year round tires with winter approval

Tom in CT wrote:
For the car, you can't go wrong with the Nokian WR. I've used them for many years, they are great in snow and the wet, pretty good in the Summer as well. In various tests, they score well above other all-seasons in the snow, even beating out some of the lower end snow tires. No, they won't be as good as top of the line snows, but if you're going to use one tire year round, that's the one to have. Here, they're rated as "Good" but I believe they're the only all-seasons on the list. http://www.apa.ca/WinterTires2013-PassengerCars.asp

Moving up to the trucks, things get a little more complicated. Due to Canada's snow tire requirements and pressure from Commercial users, once you get to a certain weight rating, the Mountain/Snowflake symbol loses some meaning,and it is based off of tread depth like the old M+S rating. Check tire rack, you'll see the same tire will be winter rated in one weight class but not another.