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Read by Esther Viragh 

Produced by Dominique Daoust 

Stories by Nikita Smith, Niki Mohrdar, Michael Lemieux and Jordie Yaeger. 

A US exploring firm struck silver in the Atlantic. They found the largest haul of precious metal ever discovered in the ocean. 

The UK boat called the SS Gairsoppa contained two-hundred tons of silver. The Cargo ship was sunk back in 1941 by a German U-Boat.

117 people were charged with trespassing during a protest in Ottawa against a suggested oilsands pipeline project.

More than 400 people attended the protest on Parliament Hill to demonstrate against TransCanada Keystone's XL pipeline project.

The 7 billion dollar pipeline project would see crude oil transported from Alberta to Texas.

Après prèsque huit cent jours de détention en Iran, Shane Bauer et Josh Fattal retournent aux Etats Unis.

Les deux randonneurs américains sont arrivés dimanche 25 septembre à New York. Et n’ont fait aucune déclaration. Ils avaient été arrêté le 31 juillet 2009 à la frontière irano-irakienne. Et avaient affirmé avoir franchi la frontière par erreur lors d’une randonnée.

The deepest darkest secrets or the most breathtaking stories. All can be heard at Montreal's own Confabulation. Luciana Gravotta took it all in. Here is her report:

“Hi everybody. The story I'm going to share tonight is about the first and only ultimately night I've spent in Athens"

It’s called confabulation. But no one is making anything up here. These are true-life stories told by everyday people.

The Montreal Oasis Marathon attracted twenty-four thousand runners on Sunday. This was the highest number of runners in the marathon’s history.

Unfortunately, the event also had its lows.

One participant died of a heart attack while running. The thirty-year-old man collapsed with less than two kilometres to finish. An Urgence Sante spokesperson says the weather might have played a role in the man’s death.

Forty runners needed medical attention, with twelve going to the hospital.

Protesters have set up shop on Wall Street in downtown Manhattan. And they don’t plan on leaving anytime soon.

Hundreds of people are protesting the financial sector’s monopoly over the wealth in the United States. They want a more transparent and accountable financial system.

The protest has been taking since September seventeenth.