I posted this in another thread but I think it belongs here. For reviews and ratings try looking at...
http://www.consumersearch.com/www/automotive/snow-tires/reviews.html
http://www.apa.ca/template.asp?DocID=97#passenger
http://www.1010tires.com/tirereviews.asp?category=Winter
These may be a bit dated. I live in a place that gets snow storms and they don't plow the residential streets. So you go from snow to ice to pavement to snow/ice. I am leaning towards Toyo Observe Go-2 Plus or Toyo Garit HT. APA site says the Go-2 Plus are between aggressive snow/ice tire and ok on pavement with long life tread.
I would like to get higher profile tires so need smaller rims. I just don't know how to figure out what is compatible. I may just go to CDN Tire and get the winter steely's with X-ICE which are highly rated.