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• Plans to build new park in Pierrefonds plagued by delays

  15-09-2017 23:53 via globalnews.ca
  Landscaping a wooded area and building a chalet along the banks of Rivière des Prairies has fallen behind schedule.
  
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• BREAKING: SQ asking for help to find missing 71-year-old Yvon Lacasse - bald brown eyes 5”6 155lbs - linked to Honda CRV taken in Lachute

  15-09-2017 23:43
  BREAKING: SQ asking for help to find missing 71-year-old Yvon Lacasse - bald brown eyes 5”6 155lbs - linked to Honda CRV taken in Lachute
  
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• Double amputee does Terry Fox run with a skateboard

  15-09-2017 23:41 via globalnews.ca
  Katherine Kilcullen, a double amputee, is taking part in the Terry Fox Run. As Global’s Amanda Jelowicki reports, the cancer survivor is doing the run on a skateboard, using one arm to push her along.
  
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• Pierrefonds-Roxboro park delays ‘suspicious’: city councillor

  15-09-2017 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  The plan to spruce up a park in Pierrefonds-Roxboro for Montreal’s 375 anniversary is being delayed until next year because of an underground water reservoir. As Global’s Tim Sargeant reports, city councillor Justine McIntyre says she doesn’t understand the delay, as the reservoir has been there for years.
  
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• Quebec Liberal caucus wraps up

  15-09-2017 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec Liberals wrapped up their pre-session retreat in Val d’Or. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, the party didn’t make any groundbreaking announcements.
  
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• Canadiens training camp opens with intriguing line combinations - Montreal Gazette

  15-09-2017 23:13 via montrealgazette.com
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  Canadiens training camp opens with intriguing line combinations
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  Head coach Claude Julien put together a number of interesting lines with the warning that they could change quickly. Pat Hickey, Montreal Gazette More from Pat Hickey, Montreal Gazette. Published on: September 15, 2017 | Last Updated: September 15, ...and more »
  
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• Toe2Toe has found a unique way to help Montreal's homeless people - Montreal Gazette

  15-09-2017 23:10 via montrealgazette.com
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  Toe2Toe has found a unique way to help Montreal's homeless people
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  Chris Costello, founder of Toe2Toe, hopes to collect 25,000 pairs of socks over the next four months to distribute among Montreal's homeless population. Peter McCabe / Montreal Gazette. Share Adjust Comment Print. For David Byer, giving back to the ...
  
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• BREAKING: 6-yr-old Louka Fredette has been found safe and sound by the OPP

  15-09-2017 23:01
  BREAKING: 6-yr-old Louka Fredette has been found safe and sound by the OPP
  
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• The cycle of conjugal violence: What does it take for a woman to leave?

  15-09-2017 22:47 via globalnews.ca
  In eight out of 10 cases, the person who is killed is a woman.
  
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• Montreal to Toronto in 39 minutes? Route is a finalist for Hyperloop

  15-09-2017 22:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal-Toronto could become the target of a hyperloop system, having won a global challenge for proposals by the company Hyperloop One.
  If the system is built as promised, it could reduce commute times between the country’s two largest cities to less than an hour.
  The company unveiled its top 10 routes in the world, chosen from among 2,600 proposals, and the Montreal-Toronto route was among them, submitted by the company AECOM. The proposed hyperloop system would see a massive low-pressu
  
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• Queen E redesigns room that hosted Lennon and Ono's 1969 bed-in

  15-09-2017 22:27 via montrealgazette.com
  The room where John Lennon and Yoko Ono held their bed-in for peace has gotten a facelift worthy of its history.
  “It’s one of the most famous suites in the world,” said Joanne Papineau, public relations director at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel, which reopened in July after a one-year, $140-million renovation.
  Now, guests to Suite 1742 can don VR headsets to time-travel back to 1969; gaze at photos and art installations on the bed-in; and see and hear videos and podcasts o
  
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• Skateboarding amputee grandmother raises money for cancer at Terry Fox Run

  15-09-2017 22:17 via globalnews.ca
  A cancer survivor who lost both her legs is determined to raise money for the Terry Fox Foundation.
  
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• Amber Alert update: Hunt for abducted boy, his father leads to Ontario

  15-09-2017 22:15 via montrealgazette.com
  UPDATE: Police are seeking a 2006 charcoal grey Honda CRV, which they now believe to be in the Napanee, Ont., area. The Quebec plate number is X78 BSL.
  The Sûreté du Québec is investigating a report from “a credible witness” that Ugo Fredette, who is suspected of abducting his six-year-old son Louka, was seen in the town of Maniwaki sometime between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., although the witness didn’t see any trace of the missing boy.
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• Facebook follows Google, Microsoft to Montreal with new AI research lab - Toronto Star

  15-09-2017 22:00 via thestar.com
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  Facebook follows Google, Microsoft to Montreal with new AI research lab
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  The Montreal lab, known as FAIR Montreal, will employ 10 artificial intelligence researchers to begin, with the aim of tripling that number in the coming year. "It should come as no surprise that more tech giants are choosing our cities as their homes ...
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• Be 'bold' about cutting court delays, Quebec's Vallée tells counterparts

  15-09-2017 21:59 via montrealgazette.com
  VANCOUVER — Quebec’s justice minister is telling her provincial and federal counterparts to be “bold” when it comes to slashing court delays before even more criminal cases are thrown out.
  Stéphanie Vallée said Friday she and other ministers are pushing the federal government to modernize the criminal code to address the backlog in the court system, as the justice ministers meet over two days in Vancouver.
  Discussions have so far focused on eliminating preli
  
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• What the Puck: Five Canadiens questions on the eve of a new season

  15-09-2017 21:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Hockey is back! How cool is that? Canadiens training camp kicked off on Friday and it was fun to spend the morning following coverage of the first official day of another Habs campaign.
  I’m excited even if some of the haters believe that I don’t actually like the Canadiens and that I only have feelings for another team that plays in Tennessee! Like every other Habs fan, I start every season with the highest of hopes and then, in most of the past 24 seasons, I have those hopes crushed
  
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• Montreal wants a sixfold increase in bike trips by 2032

  15-09-2017 21:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal wants to significantly increase the number of cyclists on city streets over the next 15 years.
  Today, 2.5 per cent of trips taken in Montreal are by bike.
  By 2032, city hopes 15 per cent of trips will be on two wheels, according to the city’s first cycling master plan, made public Friday by Aref Salem, executive committee member responsible for transport.
  As part of that plan, the city will spend $150 million over the next five years, Salem said. 
  The plan includes a par
  
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• Montreal wants a sixfold increase in bike trips by 2032 - Montreal Gazette

  15-09-2017 21:46 via montrealgazette.com
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  Montreal wants a sixfold increase in bike trips by 2032
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  Montreal wants to significantly increase the number of cyclists on city streets over the next 15 years. Montreal Gazette. Published on: September 15, 2017 | Last Updated: September 15, 2017 3:49 PM EDT. Play Video. Play. Mute. Current Time 0:00 ...
  
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• Will Little Burgundy homage be Oliver Jones's final farewell?

  15-09-2017 21:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Oliver Jones sports his trademark sheepish grin. “This is it,” he declares. “Really.”
  Really?
  Canada’s premier jazz pianist is referring to his retirement, but we’ve heard that one before. Numerous times. Going back almost 20 years, actually.
  I’ve written my share of Jones retirement stories, and I’m not biting this time.
  Fact is, his fans and concert promoters just won’t let him leave — and despite his mild protestations, he is pretty
  
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• Facebook launches artificial intelligence lab in Montreal

  15-09-2017 21:30 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal has quickly developed a concentration of expertise in the area of artificial intelligence.
  
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• Don Macpherson: A victory for PQ language hawks, not Lisée

  15-09-2017 21:22 via montrealgazette.com
  Last weekend’s Parti Québécois convention was a triumph for Jean-François Lisée. Or at least that was the impression created by the near-record 92.8-per-cent confidence vote the PQ leader received.
  Actually, Lisée was weakened by that vote, not strengthened.
  Because, in order to get it, he made a major concession to an especially anglophobic minority among the convention delegates.
  And that concession, and Lisée’s weakness in making it, may b
  
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• John Bartlett returns as voice of TSN's Canadiens TV coverage

  15-09-2017 21:03 via montrealgazette.com
  John Bartlett is returning to TSN as the play-by-play broadcaster for the network’s regional TV coverage of the Canadiens.
  Bartlett, who originally moved to Montreal to handle the radio play-by-play of the team on TSN 690, spent the past three seasons working on Sportsnet’s regional coverage of the Canadiens. He also provided coverage of the Clarkson Cup Canadian Women’s Hockey League final and Canadian university playoffs. 
  TSN, which re-acquired the Canadiens regional ri
  
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• Toronto to Montreal in 39 minutes? Futuristic people mover zips to next stage - CBC.ca

  15-09-2017 20:55 via cbc.ca
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  An artist's rendering of a hyperloop on a track leading to downtown Toronto. A pitch for a hyperloop linking Toronto and Montreal via Ottawa is among 10 winners of a global challenge. (TransPod). shares. A futuristic tube system that would sling ...
  Toronto-Montreal corridor a strong candidate for Hyperloop travel, judges sayToronto Star
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• Toronto to Montreal in 39 minutes? Futuristic people mover zips to next stage

  15-09-2017 20:53 via cbc.ca
  A futuristic tube system that would sling passengers from Toronto to Montreal via Ottawa in 39 minutes has been chosen as the strongest Canadian contender to put what is for now a technological theory into practice.
  
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• John Bartlett returns as voice of TSN's Canadiens TV coverage - Montreal Gazette

  15-09-2017 20:45 via montrealgazette.com
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  John Bartlett returns as voice of TSN's Canadiens TV coverage
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  Bartlett, who originally moved to Montreal to handle the radio play-by-play of the team on TSN 690, spent the past three seasons working on Sportsnet's regional coverage of the Canadiens. Pat Hickey, Montreal Gazette More from Pat Hickey, Montreal ...
  
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• #AmberAlert - police asking for public’s help to find dark grey Honda CRV 2006, Quebec plates X78 BSL

  15-09-2017 20:42
  #AmberAlert - police asking for public’s help to find dark grey Honda CRV 2006, Quebec plates X78 BSL
  
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• Quebec police probe possible cases of child sexual abuse in Jehovah's Witnesses congregation

  15-09-2017 20:35 via cbc.ca
  Quebec provincial police are investigating allegations of child sexual abuse by two members of a Jehovah's Witnesses congregation in Mont-Laurier in the Laurentians, Radio-Canada's investigative program Enquête has learned.
  
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• Quebec cops arrest 2 men in connection with fire that targeted Muslim leader’s car

  15-09-2017 20:04 via globalnews.ca
  Mohamed Labidi's car was set on fire outside his house in early August.
  
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• MUHC board: Barrette has 20 candidate names in hand, will pick 10

  15-09-2017 19:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Two months after all 10 independent members of the board of the McGill University Health Centre resigned in protest against Health Minister Gaétan Barrette’s handling of the MUHC, the minister now has a slate of new names from which to appoint to the board, the Montreal Gazette has learned.
  A recruitment committee submitted a list of 20 names to Barrette on Thursday, the deadline set by the minister. Barrette is expected to announce the new board members in the coming days as he see
  
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• Amber Alert update: Hunt for abducted boy, his father leads to Maniwaki

  15-09-2017 19:41 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec is investigating a report from “a credible witness” that Ugo Fredette, who is suspected of abducting his six-year-old son Louka, was seen in the town of Maniwaki sometime between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., although the witness didn’t see any trace of the missing boy.
  The possible sighting came six hours after the white Ford pickup believed to be have been used in the abduction of the boy was found abandoned near a service station in Lachu
  
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• Systemic racism hearings: Quebec minister defends closed-door approach

  15-09-2017 19:35 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec Immigration Minister Kathleen Weil defended on Friday a decision to hold hearings on systemic racism in Quebec behind closed doors.
  But that defence followed an earlier statement so confusing it later had to be corrected by the government’s communications office.
  “What’s being proposed is that the testimony section of the hearings will be private,” Weil said at first. “But that doesn’t mean it won’t be public. There are a lot of public events wher
  
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• Gathering of Artisans Craft Show – Baie d’Urfé Curling Club

  15-09-2017 19:29 via globalnews.ca
  Gathering of Artisans Baie d’Urfe Curling Club Craft Show 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. 35 Juried crafters located in the Curling Club House, 63 Churchill Rd. & The Red Barn 20609 Lakeshore Road. Parking available at 63 Churchill Road. A variety of crafts – decorative painting, woodworking, wire art, chocolatier, sewing, knitting, jewellery,...
  
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• 5 Montreal stories you must read this week: September 15

  15-09-2017 19:12 via globalnews.ca
  From a hit-and-run outside a school to an exploding hoverboard, here are the five biggest stories Global News covered in Montreal this week.
  
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• Facebook to open AI lab in Montreal headed by McGill professor

  15-09-2017 18:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Facebook has opened an artificial intelligence research lab in Montreal, the company said on Friday.
  The lab will be headed by Joëlle Pineau, a McGill University professor. 
  This will be Facebook’s fourth artificial intelligence research lab, after Menlo Park, Calif.; New York; and Paris. This is the first time Facebook has invested in artificial intelligence research in Canada, it said. Facebook’s AI research labs employ around 110 scientists and engineers.
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• Wines of the week: Sept. 16, 2017

  15-09-2017 18:39 via montrealgazette.com
  Under $16
  Bourgogne Aligoté 2015, Albert Bichot, France white, $15.55, SAQ #130724. Leaner-styled aligoté, but not at all thin. If you let this warm, there is some texture. But this is still all about sparkling acids, citrus, a touch of pithy bitterness and a nuanced mineral finish. Good wine for the price. Residual sugar: 1.8 g/l. Grape variety: aligoté. Serve at 8-10C. Drink now. Food-pairing idea: apéritif, raw oysters, leaner fish with lemon.$16-$20
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• Inside the CFL: Tenacity, intellect propel Anthony Calvillo into Hall

  15-09-2017 18:38 via montrealgazette.com
  He wasn’t going to go. Anthony Calvillo was prepared to miss one of the greatest nights a professional athlete can enjoy — his induction into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame — because he was determined to put the team first.
  Four years after he played his final game in an Alouettes uniform, the 45-year-old contemplated making the ultimate sacrifice so the newly appointed offensive coordinator could spend yet more time preparing for Sunday’s home game against the Ottawa
  
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• Saint Columba House Vernissage

  15-09-2017 18:32 via globalnews.ca
  Thursday October 12 2017 from 6-9 pm. Saint Columba House with be holding it’s third Vernissage and art auction to support community programming in particular the Wednesday morning art classes for intellectually challenged adults in Pointe-Saint-Charles. Featuring several Montreal area professional artists and paintings by members of the Hand-in-Hand program Tickets 85$ (portion of tax...
  
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• Section of Sherbrooke St. reopens after accident investigation

  15-09-2017 18:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Sherbrooke St. E. between Fullum and and d’Iberville Sts. was closed early Friday morning in the wake of an accident allegedly caused by a drunk driving suspect.
  The street was reopened around 10:30 a.m.
  Montreal police say there were no injuries in the incident, which saw the suspect’s vehicle damage several cars parked on the street. However the two-block section of one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares will remain closed while accident investigators examine the scene.
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• The Yaldei Developmental Center’s Beyond Disability 24-Hour Online Fundraising Event

  15-09-2017 18:24 via globalnews.ca
  Just 24 hours to show kids with special needs that you believe in them! Every day, children with disabilities face developmental challenges that many of us take for granted. At Yaldei, we never stop believing in a child’s infinite potential to learn and grow beyond their disabilities, but we need YOUR help in providing families...
  
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• Condolences pour in for Véronique Barbe, slain mother of missing Quebec boy

  15-09-2017 18:14 via globalnews.ca
  The body of Veronique Barbe was found in a residence in Saint-Eustache, Que.
  
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• Quebec City police arrest suspects in torching of Muslim man's car

  15-09-2017 18:09 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec City police have arrested two suspects in connection with the torching of a car belonging to the director of a local Muslim community centre, the force announced Friday.
  But while the case may have focused attention on the number of perceived hate crimes taking place in the provincial capital, police spokesperson Jean-François Vézina told reporters Friday morning that the car fire on Aug. 6 was one of five that had been deliberately set over a four-week period. The rema
  
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• Toronto-Montreal Hyperloop plan could see travel time cut to 39 minutes

  15-09-2017 18:07 via globalnews.ca
  The route is the only Canadian winner among 10 international entries chosen in a competition sponsored by Los Angeles-based Hyperloop One and now will be studied to determine commercial viability.
  
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• Facebook launches artificial intelligence research lab in Montreal

  15-09-2017 18:07 via cbc.ca
  The social media giant says it will be headed by Joelle Pineau of McGill University's computer science department.
  
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• #Amber Alert: SQ says Ugo Fredette spotted alone in Maniwaki, Outaouais region - between 8:30 & 10:30am. Young Lou… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-09-2017 18:02
  #Amber Alert: SQ says Ugo Fredette spotted alone in Maniwaki, Outaouais region - between8:30 & 10:30am. Young Lou… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Understanding alcohol level in wines: It's all about grape ripeness

  15-09-2017 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Does the alcohol level in your wine play a role in your decision whether or not to buy it? I was asked by a Gazette reader why the same grape, cabernet sauvignon in this instance, can be as low as 12.5 per cent in some instances and more than 14 per cent in others. Is one better than the other?
  The reader wanted wines that have less alcohol, and for her it was an important factor in her decision what to drink. But lower alcohol is not necessarily better. It comes down to what you like in your wi
  
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• A day after fatal collision, Montreal puts $150M into cycling - CBC.ca

  15-09-2017 18:00 via cbc.ca
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  Projet Montréal, the Coderre administration's main opposition at City Hall, has a reputation as a strong advocate for urban cycling. city cycling announcement. Member of the Coderre administration responsible for the cycling file, Marc-Andre Gadoury, ...
  
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• A day after fatal collision, Montreal puts $150M into cycling

  15-09-2017 17:57 via cbc.ca
  Montreal is announcing an investment of $150 million over five years into developing the city as an international cycling hub.
  
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• Toronto-Montreal corridor a strong candidate for Hyperloop travel, judges say - Toronto Star

  15-09-2017 17:43 via thestar.com
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  Toronto-Montreal corridor a strong candidate for Hyperloop travel, judges say
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  The corridor has been identified as one of the strongest candidates for a hyperloop system that could cut the travel time between the cities down to just 39 minutes. The first Prototype of a Hyperloop One Pod at a facility in the desert near Las Vegas.
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• The @RCAF_ARC conducting two flybys over Percival-Molson Stadium at 1pm for @MTLAlouettes game Sunday - loud, low f… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-09-2017 17:33
  The @RCAF_ARC conducting two flybys over Percival-Molson Stadium at 1pm for @MTLAlouettes game Sunday - loud, low f… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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