Nice. It is very solid winter tire, based on everything I read. It was a strong contender in my own recent choice, although I ended up going for the Yokohama Winter v905.
One thing I have noticed, however, is that sometimes the most recent winter tire releases from some of the tire manufacturers are not available outside of Europe. I would have had even more interest in the Blizzak LM005, which is supposedly an updated version of the LM001. It was released by Bridgestone a couple of years ago, but I could see no availability in Canada. Similar for the Yokohama product, for which the latest release, albeit only earlier this year, is the v906. So far that tire is only available in Europe. What gives with that?