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Le futur bus de Montréal aurait 5 portes en accordéon, la priorité aux intersections et le temps d’attente indiqué aux arrêts !

Une réunion sur les transports en commun a lieu cette semaine aux Entretiens Jacques Cartier à Montréal. La directrice de l’Institut français des sciences et technologies de transports, Nadine Mordant présentera le projet.

People with limited mobility are speaking out against Montreal's public transit system. They are protesting how long it is taking for the metro to become wheelchair accessible.

The STM stated several years ago that they would be building elevators in 3 metro stations per year, but recently they have only been able to adde one new elevator annually.

Out of 67 metro stations, only 7 stations are wheelchair accessible, all of which are on the orange line.

A man accused of trying to organize an attack against the Pentagon and the White House in Washington D.C. was arrested Wednesday in Boston.

26 year-old Rezwan Ferdaus allegedly planned to fly remote-controlled planes with bombs on them into the two buildings. He is also charged with trying to supply material to al-Qaeda and aiding attacks on U.S. military personnel.

U.S. Department of Justice authorities say an eight month undercover operation is what led them to the arrest.

The Concordia University Board of Governors voted in favour of the By-Law changes proposed by the Ad Hoc Governance Review Committee and the amendments made by the joint Board/Senate committee during a meeting this morning. The final vote count was 27 in favour and seven opposed.  

Michael Jackson’s voice rang through a Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday.

Prosecutors used this recording to begin their case against Mr. Jackson’s Doctor Conrad Murray for involuntary manslaughter.

He is accused of being neglectful and inept in dealing with Mr. Jackson’s fragile condition.

The Globe to Globe festival in London, England will have a new and ambitious twist on Shakespeare this spring.  

It’ll feature six weeks of Shakespearean plays in thirty-seven different languages, including British Sign Language, Arabic and American hip-hop.

Festival director Tom Bird hopes that even if the audience doesn’t speak the language, they will still appreciate the beauty of it.

Train commuters in and around Montreal might soon be paying a lot more for their fare. The AMT has proposed plans for fare increases at four stations. 

The Lachine, Lasalle, Montepelier and Chabanel stops may see fare increases jump up by up to 21 percent.

City councilors for those respective regions are not impressed with the AMT’s decision. The mayor of Lachine said public transit should be encouraged rather than discouraged.

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.