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• Focus Montreal: Former prime minister Paul Martin receives McGill University honorary degree

  11-06-2017 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Jamie Orchard speaks to Paul Martin after McGill University awarded the former prime minister an honorary doctorate recognizing his work after politics.
  
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• Focus Montreal: Stabbing victims gives back to doctors who saved her

  11-06-2017 23:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  A woman who got nearly stabbed to death in NDG is now fundraising for the Montreal General Hospital’s trauma centre.
  
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• Focus Montreal: Stabbing victim gives back to doctors who saved her

  11-06-2017 23:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  A woman who got nearly stabbed to death in NDG is now fundraising for the Montreal General Hospital’s trauma centre.
  
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• About 25,000 Hydro-Québec clients without power as winds take down branches, power lines

  11-06-2017 23:06 via cbc.ca
  
  Hydro-Québec reports that thousands of clients across the province are experiencing weather-related outages.
  
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• 30,000 Quebecers without power as winds take down branches, power lines

  11-06-2017 23:06 via cbc.ca
  
  Hydro-Québec reports that thousands of clients across the province are experiencing weather-related outages.
  
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• Stu Cowan: Racing helps teen overcome childhood challenges

  11-06-2017 22:38 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Austin Riley loves cars.
  I mean, he really loves cars.
  He loved cars before he could walk and when he started walking would carry small toy cars with him everywhere he went. On his first day of kindergarten, Riley had his lunch and about 200 little Matchbox cars in his knapsack.
  “We always knew he had a passion for cars,” Austin’s father, Jason, said. “He loved loud cars, he loved exotic cars, he loved looking at race cars.”
  The only thing Austin ever wanted to talk
  
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• Kanesatake voters give Simon third consecutive mandate

  11-06-2017 22:32 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Serge “Otsi” Simon has been re-elected as Grand Chief of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake.
  Simon won his third consecutive mandate by defeating council chief Lourena Montour in Saturday’s election.
  Simon said he won the vote tally by a 245-to-169 margin.
  “No one has ever won three mandates in a row as Grand Chief in Kanesatake,” said 56-year-old Simon.
  He said one of his main election platforms was job-creation through green technologies.
  Simon’s mandate as Gr
  
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• Quebec village ‘devastated’ after 4 killed in stabbings, including 19-year-old suspect

  11-06-2017 22:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  The victims included a 10-year-old boy.
  
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• Focus Montreal: Fighting sex trafficking during the Grand Prix

  11-06-2017 22:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre has called on the Conseil des Montréalaises – an advisory board to the city- to come up with recommendations on how to fight human trafficking during the busy F1 weekend. Jamie Orchard looks into the groundwork the group is putting in place for the project.
  
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• Dozens rally in hopes of getting Turcot cyclist-pedestrian bridge back

  11-06-2017 22:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Cyclists rallied on Sunday in hopes of restoring plans for the cyclist-pedestrian bridge that was canceled from the Turcot Interchange project.
  
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• Toddler, 3, found unconscious in swimming pool in Drummondville, Quebec

  11-06-2017 21:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  A young girl found the boy at the bottom of the pool and informed nearby adults, who tried to revive him.
  
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• Lewis Hamilton wins 3rd straight Canadian Grand Prix

  11-06-2017 21:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Lewis Hamilton cruised to his third Canadian Grand Prix victory in a row and his sixth overall, while Canadian rookie Lance Stroll finished ninth to win his first Formula One points on Sunday.
  
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• Hamilton wins Canadian Grand Prix, Stroll finishes 9th

  11-06-2017 21:54 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Lewis Hamilton cruised to his third Canadian Grand Prix victory in a row and his sixth overall, while Montreal rookie Lance Stroll finished ninth to win his first Formula One points on Sunday.
  The 18-year-old Stroll, on the grid for the first time at his hometown race, finished a grand prix for only the third time in seven races this season but achieved his goal of earning his first points at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, where he watched the Canadian Grand Prix as a child. He earned two points.
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• Northern Quebec town in shock after stabbings leave 4 dead

  11-06-2017 21:13 via montrealgazette.com
  
  AKULIVIK — A woman who saw police fatally shoot a man suspected of killing three people in this northern Quebec village says she hasn’t been able to sleep since Saturday’s incident.
  Meeko Aliqu said she ran outside of her home after her 17-year-old son told her there had been a stabbing, and witnessed the confrontation between the police officers and the 19-year-old suspect.
  “The police officer said ‘Drop it! Drop it!’ in Inuktitut,” she told The Ca
  
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• PQ tries to reboot before the election

  11-06-2017 20:23 via montrealgazette.com
  
  DRUMMONDVILLE – Burned by Québec solidaire, the Parti Québécois on Sunday set about repositioning itself for the next election as a greener, more tolerant party, and everything but old and dusty.
  But there was, nevertheless, bitterness in the air following the party’s failure to negotiate an electoral pact with QS, which would have given the PQ a stronger forward line to take on the Liberals.
  After spending months trying to butter up the QS left-wingers, PQ caucu
  
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• In troubled waters, the Parti Québécois tries to re-boot before the election

  11-06-2017 20:16 via montrealgazette.com
  
  DRUMMONDVILLE – Burned by Québec solidaire, the Parti Québécois Sunday set about re-positioning itself for the next election as a greener more tolerant party, and everything but old and dusty.
  But there was, nevertheless, bitterness in the air following the party’s failure to negotiate an electoral pact with QS which would have given the PQ a stronger forward line to take on the Liberals.
  After spending months trying to butter up the QS left-wingers, PQ caucus me
  
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• Reminder: @canadapostcorp recently issued a series of commemorative stamps in honour of the 50th anniversary of the… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  11-06-2017 20:14
  Reminder: @canadapostcorp recently issued a series of commemorative stamps in honour of the 50th anniversary of the… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Beautiful day for a race! Go check out the vintage fancy cars in Montreal's Little Italy. https://t.co/iQ64fnVNij

  11-06-2017 20:10
  
  Beautiful day for a race! Go check out the vintage fancy cars in Montreal's Little Italy. https://t.co/iQ64fnVNij
  
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• The Montreal Grand Prix is underway! Who are you rooting for? Lewis Hamilton? Lance Stroll? Goggles Paesano? https://t.co/x6fs1Wlbpv

  11-06-2017 20:08
  
  The Montreal Grand Prix is underway! Who are you rooting for? Lewis Hamilton? Lance Stroll? Goggles Paesano? https://t.co/x6fs1Wlbpv
  
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• Celine Cooper: Trudeau, Obama and their not-so-private dinner

  11-06-2017 20:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  So, we fell for it. Again. 
  I’m talking about the media’s collective fawning over a photo of former U.S. president Barack Obama and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau taken at Liverpool House in Montreal’s Little Burgundy. It shows the two friends sitting across from one another at the table, sleeves rolled up, jackets off, engaged in conversation, enjoying a casual dinner. 
  The story behind the shot: Obama was in Montreal last week to deliver a sold-out keynote speech at
  
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• Ferrari red colours the world of Montreal car connoisseur

  11-06-2017 19:52 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Fabrizio Sciola’s love affair with Ferrari blossomed when he was 12 and an acquaintance of his father’s pulled up in front of their house in the same red sports car he had seen actor Tom Selleck driving in the 1980s Magnum P.I. television series.
  “I was out playing with my friends in the streets … back then, kids used to play in the streets, no iPad,” said Sciola, 43. “Then, all of a sudden I see this Ferrari … it was a 308 Magnum P.I. car parked in fr
  
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• Opinion: Wonder Woman is a great feminist film for kids — with some explaining

  11-06-2017 19:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Wonder Woman is a great feminist film, no doubt about it. But if you’re taking kids to see it, there are a few things you’ll need to chat about if you really want to hammer home its message.
  For the first three-quarters of the film, wonder woman, Diana of Thermyscira, is portrayed as naïve, innocent and child-like. She spends most of her on-screen time embodying one the most damaging female stereotypes.
  There’s an explanation for this. Of course, it would be totally normal
  
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• Toddler, 3, found unconscious in swimming pool in Drummondville

  11-06-2017 18:57 via montrealgazette.com
  
  DRUMMONDVILLE – A three-year-old boy is fighting for his life after being found unconscious at the bottom of a pool in Drummondville, Que.
  Provincial police say family members lost sight of the child during a family gathering on Saturday evening.
  A young girl found the boy at the bottom of the pool and informed nearby adults, who tried to revive him.
  The boy was taken to a hospital where his condition was described as very serious.
  Provincial police are investigating the circumstances surr
  
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• Giant bicycle to ride through Montreal to raise money for MCH

  11-06-2017 18:44 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A giant bicycle carrying 30 people will be riding through the streets of Montreal starting on Monday. 
  The bike ride is part of a charity event called Pédalez pour les enfants, or Pedal for the children, and will run until Friday. 
  The campaign was started in 1992 by Sylvie Lalumière and Michael Conway, two parents who launched a fundraiser in memory of their daughter Meagan, who was treated at the Montreal Children’s Hospital. 
  Participants raise money by
  
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• Tree knocks out ticketing system at Grand Prix, causing long waits

  11-06-2017 18:43 via cbc.ca
  
  A half-kilometre line of people has formed at the Grand Prix entrance after a fallen tree knocked out two ticket booths this morning.
  
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• Long lines at Grand Prix site after tree knocks out ticketing system

  11-06-2017 18:43 via cbc.ca
  
  A half-kilometre line of people formed at the entrance to the site of the Montreal Grand Prix after a tree knocked out two ticket booths this morning.
  
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• Two men stabbed in downtown Montreal

  11-06-2017 17:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police were patrolling the area when they spotted a brawl between two large groups of men.
  
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• Luke Major dives into the Montreal music scene - CBC.ca

  11-06-2017 17:36 via cbc.ca
  
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  Luke Major dives into the Montreal music scene
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  Luke Major says his current band, formed "kind of by happenstance." Major was a key player on the St. John's music scene about a decade ago with his band, Mercy the Sexton. About four years ago, Major took part in a French study program in Montreal.
  
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• Victims, suspect in northern Quebec slayings were related

  11-06-2017 17:33 via cbc.ca
  
  The three people fatally stabbed in Akulivik, a remote community in northern Quebec, have been identified as relatives of the man suspected in their deaths.
  
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• 4 dead in Quebec Inuit village in 'incomprehensible tragedy'

  11-06-2017 17:33 via cbc.ca
  
  Quebec provincial police officers are in a remote ​northern community this morning after a fatal police shooting and a series of stabbings that left three residents dead and two others critically injured.
  
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• More floods mean more bugs, experts say

  11-06-2017 15:57 via montrealgazette.com
  
  By Sidhartha Banerjee
  Even as swollen rivers have receded in Quebec, some experts suggest historic flooding this year could mean critter and pest-related woes in months and years to come.
  For now, heavy water accumulation has created standing pools of water which could translate into fertile ground for mosquito populations this year.
  “I do expect several times the usual number of mosquitoes,” said Paul Maloney, an entomologist based in western Montreal, part of which was hit hard thi
  
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• Was woman, caught with 7 kg of heroin at Montreal airport, tricked into being a drug mule by boyfriend? - Toronto Sun

  11-06-2017 15:55 via torontosun.com
  
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  Was woman, caught with 7 kg of heroin at Montreal airport, tricked into being a drug mule by boyfriend?
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  MONTREAL — Serena Narinesingh's opinion of her boyfriend appeared to change significantly while she was questioned over how seven kilograms of heroin were discovered inside her suitcases at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. The 28-year-old ...and more »
  
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• Beryl Wajsman considering running for Westmount mayoralty

  11-06-2017 15:48 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Beryl Wajsman, editor-in-chief of the Suburban, has announced he is considering running for mayor of Westmount in November.“I believe that the mayoralty of Westmount requires a strong and passionate advocate for the protection of constitutionally protected rights that are constantly under attack,” Wajsman wrote in a statement on his Facebook page.Wajsman has spoken out against electoral district changes, and has gone so far as to raise funds to fight them.He also co-chairs a committe
  
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• Comeback vs. KC could serve as a reference point for Montreal - Sportsnet.ca

  11-06-2017 15:43 via sportsnet.ca
  
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  Comeback vs. KC could serve as a reference point for Montreal
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  Matteo Mancosu scored the tying goal late in the second half against KC. (Graham Hughes/CP). Nick Sabetti June 11, 2017, 9:43 AM. Nick Sabetti June 11, 2017, 9:43 AM. It would be easy, as well as tempting, for a sportswriter rushing to finish his ...
  Impact earn 1-1 draw against Western leaders Kansas CityMontreal Gazette
  Mancosu's late goal lifts Montreal Impact to 1-1 tie with Sporting KCThe Globe and Mail
  
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• Driver, 21, dies while trying to avoid a wild turkey in Eastern Townships

  11-06-2017 15:15 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A 21-year-old man died Saturday in the Eastern Townships after crashing his car into a tree in the municipality of Bury. 
  According to early information from the Sûreté du Québec, the driver tried to illegally pass someone on Route 108 and then swerved off the road while attempting to avoid a wild turkey. The accident happened around 2:30 p.m., police said. 
  The man was transferred to a local hospital but died from his injuries. Accident technicians w
  
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• Fitness: Do runners really need to stretch?

  11-06-2017 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  When it was first reported that stretching before exercise didn’t reduce the risk of injury, the exercise community reeled back in surprise and disbelief. It was the early 2000s and stretching was considered a vital part of most warm-up routines.
  More than a decade and several corroborating studies later, most runners have moved their stretching routine to after or between workouts, still believing that more pliable muscles will help ward off chronic running injuries and make them better r
  
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• Motorcyclist in critical condition following Longueuil crash

  11-06-2017 14:43 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A motorcyclist is in critical condition following an accident at an exit of the Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine tunnel in Longueuil Sunday morning. 
  The victim lost control of his motorcycle on a curve of a ramp leading to Route 132 west around 5:30 a.m.
  He hit a guard rail and flew off his bike.  The cause of the accident is unknown.
  
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• 2 dead in Quebec City fire Saturday

  11-06-2017 14:36 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A fire in a residential building in Quebec City killed two people on Saturday night.Flames broke out around 3:30 a.m. in a building on Vitré Ave. The cause of the fire is unknown.
   
  When firefighters arrived at the scene, the building was already burned down.
   
  After the fire was put out, firefighters discovered two unconscious people inside. Attempts to resuscitate the victims were unsuccessful.  The identity of the two victims is not known.
  
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• Two men stabbed in downtown fight early Sunday

  11-06-2017 14:34 via montrealgazette.com
  
  An early morning conflict in downtown Montreal led to two men being hospitalized with stab wounds on Sunday. 
  Montreal police say patrolling officers broke up a fight between several people around 4:50 a.m., near the intersection of St-Dominique and de la Gauchetière Sts. in the Ville-Marie borough. 
  Most of the people involved fled the scene as soon as the officers arrived. Officers later found two men in their 20s with upper body stab wounds one block away. The men have been b
  
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• While you were sleeping: If you haven't noticed, it's Canadian Grand Prix - Montreal Gazette

  11-06-2017 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
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  While you were sleeping: If you haven't noticed, it's Canadian Grand Prix
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  Photo of the day: A woman stops to look at flowers left by well-wishers on London bridge in London on June 11, 2017, following the June 3 terror attack that targeted members of the public on London Bridge and Borough Market. Fake suicide vests worn by ...
  Here are some free, family-friendly events during Grand Prix weekendCBC.ca
  14 arrests this week for sexual solicitation of minors: Mont
  
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• While you were sleeping: If you haven't noticed, it's Canadian Grand Prix

  11-06-2017 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Also: City of Montreal takes steps to acknowledge indigenous history, and the Canadian inventor of Hawaiian pizza is deceased
  Canadian Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton will be on pole position Sunday at the Canadian Grand Prix. The Mercedes AMG ace posted a blazing lap in qualifying on Saturday to win the pole in a course record one minute 11.459 seconds. Hamilton, a five-time winner at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, won the Canadian pole for a sixth time. It was his 65th career pole, tying Ay
  
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• Canada 150: The Top 5 Canadian superheroes

  11-06-2017 14:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  In honour of Canada 150, we count down the greatest costume-clad adventurers and super-powered superheroes who call Canada home.
  
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• Are you a helicopter parent? This expert has tips on how to stop hovering

  11-06-2017 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Julie Lythcott-Haims, former dean of freshmen at Stanford University and author of How to Raise an Adult, warns Montreal parents about the risks of over-parenting
  
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• Woman caught with seven kilos of heroin at airport denied knowledge in interrogation

  11-06-2017 13:23 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Serena Narinesingh’s opinion of her boyfriend appeared to change significantly while she was questioned over how seven kilograms of heroin were discovered inside her suitcases at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. 
   
  The 28-year-old Vancouver woman who described herself as a “nanny from B.C.” when, in July 2015, Canada Border Sevices Agency (CBSA) officers found 7.7 kilograms of the highly addictive drug in the false bottoms of her two suitcases, will see h
  
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• Quebec City house fire leaves 2 dead

  11-06-2017 13:06 via cbc.ca
  
  Firefighters say they found two people unconscious when they arrived at the scene of the fire in the borough of Cité-Limoilou. They were unable to revive them.
  
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• Old ash trees get new life as public art installation in Saint-Henri

  11-06-2017 12:38 via cbc.ca
  
  A Montreal borough hopes a public art installation made out of damaged ash trees will draw attention to the impact of the emerald ash borer, and convince residents that their trees are worth saving.
  
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• Life after the podium: One Olympian's struggle to return to normal life

  11-06-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Saying goodbye is never easy, especially when it comes to ending a relationship that lasted for more than two decades. For Thomas Hall, that long-term relationship was with a sport, sprint canoe.
  
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• From the archives: Montreal's first high school Collège de Montreal

  11-06-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  This story was first published on June 10, 2007, in the Montreal Gazette.
  “L’Age & les infirmites du Soussigne ne lui permettant plus de supporter les peines & la fatigue du Collège, prie ceux a qui il pourroit devoir, de presenter leurs comptes pour en être payes.”
  Gazette, Thursday, June 11, 1789
  Thus did Father Jean-Baptiste Curatteau announce his pending retirement from the Collège St. Raphaël, which he had guided for more than two decades a
  
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• Formula One's new owner eager to engage fans, relax rules

  11-06-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  When Kimi Raikkonen crashed out in the first corner in last month’s Spanish Grand Prix, the television cameras panned the crowd and focused on a distraught young boy dressed head-to-toe in Ferrari gear crying over his hero’s early exit.
  Later in the race, the tears transformed into smiles after Raikkonen’s Ferrari team found the boy and brought him into the Formula One paddock to meet the Finnish driver.
  In a few brief seconds, the child from Amiens, France, named Thomas Danel,
  
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