Thursday, July 9, 2026

VIA VENTURES IN SERVICE, PART 6

Back in January, 2024 and with the delivery of the twelfth Siemens Venture set, I split my very first Siemens Venture post first published on September 21, 2021, spawning VIA Ventures in Service, Part 1. Then a subsequent Part 2, then Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5. We're now splitting it again, resulting in this post - Part 6, because it's hard for you and me to find 'news' in a post buried back in January, 2026! VIA's Siemens implementation has so far spawned a blog-busting 36+ Trackside Treasure posts on the topic - and counting!  Here are the Venture-centric posts:
Starting off with my observations - a snapshot of how many Ventures are in service on a weekly basis, and the fleet's OTP. I've been tracking the latter since November, 2024. Here are the Venture sets observed in service from the week of November 10, 2025 up to the week of July 5-11, 2026 (below). Set numbers are along the left/vertical axis and weeks on top/horizontal axis. Coloured cells indicate sets out of service for multiple weeks. Into July, there are only three sets not observed for multiple weeks. Click for a larger version:
Here is the Venture fleet's observed Monday OTP from the week of January12 to June 15, 2026:
Here are the latest Venture adventures:

July 1 - No 75 was severely delayed into Windsor and it was reported as mechanical issues and was recovered by No 79 to get to Windsor. 75 becomes 70 and was J’d with 72 operating on 72’s schedule which caused the delay into Toronto on July 2.

July 2 - VIA No 70 Engs 6427-909 J-trained with No 72 Engs 914 and 913! VIA No 64's arrival was delayed 3+ hours, eventually being J-trained with VIA No 66, resulting in two of VIA's longest Corridor consists and 92 axles! The consist: 6401-6427-3305-3469-3471-3371-3338-3368-3313-3335-3468-909/914-3455-3460-4004-3340-3367-3352-3307-3337-34xx*-913 (*no car numbers visible on either side).

July 6 - Set 18's 2218 has been removed from LUMI and is in the MMC shop.

July 9 - An ONR Set 1 operating as train P301 was on a crew-onboarding run and hit a truck at High Falls Road crossing in Bracebridge, Mi 125.27 Newmarket Sub, at 1345, reportedly minor damage. On July 14, ONR Set 2 was dispatched to haul Set 1 back to Toronto from North Bay. In the accident report, the lead unit is referred to as SIIX 930 (Siemens reporting marks). Lion Liu photo taken on the way to TMC shows the damage to the nose, cut lever and fittings above the coupler on both sides, compared to a 'before' video capture: 


July 11 - Siemens-equipped No 24 (likely Set 31) experienced a major mechanical problem in Lemieux, QC, at 1500, blocking CN Nos 120, 401 and 709. VIA No 39 Engs 915-7 LRC-6443 arrived 1630 to tow the train to the Lemieux siding, approximately one mile to the east, completing the move at 1930. Buses arrived to pick up passengers from both trains, but CN 121 had to pass through before the transfer.  No 24 annulled, Nos 26 and 28 arrived 2-3 hours late.  VIA No 39-24 equipment departed Lemieux at 2330 for the MMC behind Set 13, arriving 0115 July 12. A new issue this time, ran out of fuel and fuel sensor stuck at full position!

July 13 - Posted to social media - the first bike-on-a-Venture adventure. "I was quite excited when VIA Rail announced earlier this summer that they reintroduce bike services on some trains in the Quebec City - Ottawa corridor. Yesterday (Sunday), I finally did my first trip! I travelled on Train 26 from Ottawa to Montreal after riding my bike from Montreal to Ottawa on the Prescott Russell Trail the day before. I didn't know about the process, but it was quite smooth [albeit a pilot project and lots of rules on the VIA website]:

July 21 - Set 1 operated as test run No 656 Toronto-Montreal and No 657 Montreal-Toronto the next day. Four unexpected emergency applications eastbound and one westbound. Looking west, 2201 stopped at Beaurepaire (below - Lion Liu photo) as the crew does a roll-by inspection after a train-initiated emergency brake application.
Could this mark a return to service for this shop queen set and signal the best serviceability for VIA's Venture fleet so far. Cab car 2301 with no cab side numbers leading at Trenton (Andrew Ferguson photo posted to social media):
July 24 - Reportedly, CN is now installing trackside signage to indicate the beginning and end of VIA Venture crossing slow orders, suggesting that CN believes these slow orders are permanent. VIA Venture equipment speed restriction sign, yellow triangle is 1 mile before, yellow square for start and green square for end”. VIA had indicated that CN would eventually post trackside signage to denote the Venture speed zones already listed in its employee timetables. From VIA's System Notice No. VN25-018 Venture Crossing Restrictions Update issued August 28, 2025: VIA and CN are working to install new signs marking the beginning and end of each Venture-specific restriction, with advance signs to help crews prepare. "Q: When can we expect operating signs to be installed? A: This effort is complex and requires input from multiple parties. We will keep you informed as new updates are available. Rest assured that VIA is pursuing this as a top priority, and we expect signage to be in place as soon as possible, likely in the coming weeks or months." 

Shunt Enhancers! A tidbit found on this Transport Canada page of updates/briefing notes:
Budget 2025 additionally provided $15M to VIA Rail to run a pilot project, testing the usability of shunt enhancers on its new corridor fleet in the harsh Canadian winter environment. VIA Rail is working with Siemens, the manufacturer of the shunt enhancer, and other partners to undertake the pilot project and run testing as soon as possible.

July 25 - This week marked the highest number of Venture sets in service since January = 26. Not the least of which was Set 1 on its test run, the first time Set 1 has been out on the mainline since August, 2022 having been kept at the MMC until being towed to the MMC in November, 2024.

July 26 - A J-train in Southwestern Ontario: VIA No 83/87 operated with Set 24/2206-2319 (I'm going to start referring to that set as Set 20 powered by 2206).

July 28 - Set 20 powered by 2206 reportedly broke down at London station, 'arriving' at Windsor five hours late and with its corresponding eastbound run as No 78 cancelled.

TMC Siemens maintenance buildings drone view by Lion Liu on July 19 shows tracks leading to the new buildings at right, plus Rapido's collection at left, stored at the TMC:

Posted by Tim Hayman on Canadian-Passenger-Rail groups dot io:
On Monday August 3, VIA has added what appear to be a pair of extra trains between Montreal and Toronto, though it seems that they are in fact going to be a second Venture set (Set 12) attached to an existing train as a way to expand capacity without using a longer trainset. Also not subject to CN-imposed speed reductions, so arriving 'on time'. Westbound MTL-TOR No 665 - Dep. 10:49, Arr. 16:18 same schedule as No 65; 
and Eastbound TOR-MTL No 656 - Dep. 18:08, Arr. 23:04 same schedule as No 668:
Test booking on either of these trains, the cars are shown as 11-12-13-14-15. On 665 only cars 11 and 12 (Business Class) are available, while on 656 only the Economy cars (13-14-15) are available. These trains are also only available if you're booking from and to any of Montreal, Kingston, and Toronto. suggesting this extra set will only be opening doors at Kingston en route.

August 3 - VIA hospital train No 303: 6458-8613-Chateau Levis-6408 on the rear, ran west from Montreal to Belleville to rescue VIA 50, arriving after 1700 hrs there, back through Kingston at 1930 (below - Zack Migneault and André Gerow posted to social media - video captures). No 50 was separated from No 60 at Belleville and passengers transferred to buses. Today's No 26 was bustituted, planned as a Venture.
André was at the west end of the platform:
August 6 - VIA No 46 had a mechanical issue near Guildwood. No 48 J-trained and took the crippled set eastward, arriving at Kingston 282 and 104 minutes late, respectively and likely delaying No 68 as well. Type of equipment on both trains unknown, although they were planned as Venture and LRC, also respectively.

August 7 - Ontario Northland's third Siemens Venture set 950-959 is nearing Chicago, eventually arriving at Aldershot thence TMC on August 12.

August 11 - No 62 (Set 23) ran 15 minutes ahead and separately from No 52 (set 15).

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August 14 - (Update plus Commentary) 
Nos 42 and 55 are expected to return by September 7 or October 19 (various reports), with Nos 644 and 645 regaining a daily schedule. This after an 18-month hiatus. This is the $64,000 question: when will the Venture fleet be allowed to run and meet its full potential? And a follow-up question: what factors are standing in the way?
 
We know VIA is facing a hard-date just over five months away when LRC consists will be no more. That, the donation of 3308 to Exporail and the portended scrapping of five P42s have suddenly awakened everyone who maybe hoped things would just 'stay the same for a while' to the realization that we are on the cusp of radical change of Corridor equipment.
 
There is one HEP2 consist operating now, two full LRC and four LRC/HEP2 consists. All but one of those will disappear in just over five months. The number of Ventures in daily service has constantly been increasing, but has reached a plateau of 21-23 sets that I have been able to consistently document. In reality, this may be up to 25 sets in use. Reinstating runs that have been off the schedule for 18 months is either a foolhardy wish by VIA, or an indication that they are ready to embrace radical change and full Venture fleet implementation. 
 
Operationally, in the last week there was only one Venture set in the shop long-term: Set 6 since December 10, 2025. (Not counting the plagued Set 1 that even had a test run recently!) Despite the statements of many that 'the Ventures are sh**' they are almost all in use on a consistent basis. They are almost all available for service.
 
Yes, there are problems with Venture-equipped trains being late on an arriving run that makes their next departing run late.  Interestingly, in case anyone thinks that all the problems in the Corridor are due to Ventures, I can attest that last Monday, non-Venture on-time performance through Kingston was an average of 28 minutes late, worse than all but three Toronto-Ottawa Venture-equipped trains. 
 
Frequently mentioned contributing causes: dispatching delays around Toronto by Metrolinx, CP delays at Smiths Falls, and the ever-present Venture mechanical issues that still crop up. And the dreaded prospect of another Venture Winter!
 
Yes, CN's speed tables and emerging trackside signage have entrenched their crossing speed reductions as timetable-official. Judicial relief sought by VIA may not come until 2027 or 2028 at the earliest. This action by CN has been the biggest single roadblock to VIA's Venture implementation. Bigger even than the Ventures' mechanical issues. Ventures will continue to run late as a result. Onboard shunt-enhancers and additional Venture cars are on the horizon. The distant horizon.
 
As my dentist once told me, the treatment he suggested for a problem tooth would either 'cure it or kill it'. He cured it! My prediction based on all the above....January-February 2026 will either cure or kill VIA's Corridor Venture implementation. It's going to be a heck of a ride.

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August 25/26 - Set 1 made another test run from Montreal to Ottawa on August 24 then made its four final acceptance trips between Ottawa and De Beaujeau as VIA No 631 and 636 over two days.

During VIA's annual public meeting for 2026 posted to YouTube, the Acting CEO noted that VIA is working with Siemens to develop a true comprehensive plan for winter operations of its Ventures to make sure that VIA is not in the same position for the coming winter of 2026-27 as it was last winter. He also praised the full commissioning of the 32-set Venture fleet on budget and on time, despite mechanical challenges and a demanding transition. Again, en route reliability was touted as 98% while on-time departures continue to be a challenge as is getting the full value out of the new trainsets. Completion of TMC construction is expected before the end of 2026. Quoting from VIA's public meeting webpage:

With the commissioning of the new Corridor fleet now complete, our focus has shifted fully to stabilization, performance optimization and continuous improvement. In 2025, negotiated speed tables helped mitigate the impacts of operating restrictions, and we continue to work with infrastructure owners and Transport Canada to improve on-time performance and identify a long-term solution that would allow VIA Rail to resume regularoperations in the Corridor.

August 27 - Set 1 operated as No 41. (Michael Judge photo at Brockville posted to social media - below) Notice how clean this set is, unsullied by trips up and down the Corridor!
August 28 - Set 9 was hosting VIA engineer Dave Megee's last run on VIA No 69, going back to the pre-LRC era of 1975 (Lion Liu photo):
August 30 - Set 17 operating as VIA No 40 collided with a car near Fallowfield station. Set 9 operating as No 647 was sent to its rescue. As a result, several Ottawa trains were delayed by up to three hours. 

Sept. 2 -  VIA No 50 reported losing all HEP Power. At Brockville after the passengers disembarked the Venture set deadheaded to Montreal. Mechanical problems made them unable to separate the trains which ran combined to Montreal.

Sept. 3 - After yesterday's storm, No 87 terminated in Kitchener. Its Set 25 went to the TMC, then J-trained with No 71 to London and a short origin in London. We're talking about VIA awarding the LDRR fleet contract to Alstom and this graphic is on-screen:

Sept.13 - VIA No 83 (Set 21) led No 87 (Set 15) in a J-train format.

Sept.16 - VIA touts its twice-yearly service review as a good time to make cuts. Or as it's put in the press release, "better align service with passenger demand, strengthen network resilience and support more reliable and predictable service." Apparently one less Toronto-Ottawa train per day overall.

The Venture maintenance buildings at VIA's TMC look to be complete and on-time. Lance Gleich kindly shared these photos looking west, from the Islington Avenue overpass:





Sept.19 - VIA No 53 (Set 30) lost power during its Kingston station stop. A rescue train from Montreal was sent as No 53 is still in the station, 7+ hours later, effectively single-tracking CN's Kingston Sub here.

Sept.25 - VIA No 60 and 50 are operating separately. No 60 departed Toronto on time but No 50 was halted by a [trespasser?] incident near Mimico, departing 121 minutes late and No 62/52 departing 103 minutes late. 
Also, Set 1, after making its final acceptance trips at the end of August, finally entered revenue service on No 50.
Also, No 61 was Set 8, led by 6411 (screenshot, below) departing Montreal 34 minutes late due to mechanical issues, then 69 minutes late at Kingston. (Coincidentally, 6411 was to be deadheaded to TMC on the tail end of the day before/Thursday's No 61.)
Sept.28 - Ontario Northland Charger ONT 950 made a break-in run to North Bay, paired with ONR's Set 1’s cars 931-939. Perhaps ONT 930 is still in the shop after that July 8 truck collision?

Sept.30 - On the heels of VIA and CN abandoning their Quebec Superior Court proceedings, VIA operated No 303/304 with Set 26 trailing in-service LRC cars 3466-3366 on the Alexandria Sub (below - Lion Liu photo). A first since Venture Set 12 made the trip trailing Burton Manor and coach 8101 as VIA No 331 on September 3, 2024 between Toronto and Sarnia. A pair of comm adapter cables so locomotive crew can monitor bearings on the LRC cars, not done with HEP cars in 2024.

Oct. 2 - VIA No 37 was immobile east of Drummondville, rescued by VIA No 39 both at least 4 hours late. Both likely Venture-equipped.
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Monday, July 6, 2026

50 YEARS TRACKSIDE...2000-05 THE NEW MILLENNIUM

Welcome aboard this year-long retrospective series celebrating my Fifty Years Trackside - watching trains and taking numbers. This is the Sixth of a year-long series celebrating those five decades - each month's post is a time capsule; a five-year slice of those fifty years. In the previous post, the nineties made their exit down the track. This month, it's into the new Millennium! And Y2K? That stands for Yes 2 Kids trackside! 

On May 7, 2000 the kids and I were at the VIA station for four VIA and one CN train. Andrew was not only expertly car-counting, he also relayed observations from his travels on sticky notes for me, including a notepad draft form for me to fill in:

Andrew and I put in a productive day on May 20. CN Nos 149, 590, 308, 309, 364, 301 and 306; VIA Nos 641, 653, 652/640 and 57, all between 0845 and 1400! Our Country Style donut shop was a convenient location within biing/walking distance from home. Excellent views across Bath Road to the CN mainline, air-conditioned or heated in season. And to boot, the owner was a train enthusiast. Prime morning visit times for fresh donuts!

A Sounder bilevel heads west at Kingston Mills locks above the Rideau Canal on June 30, 2000, during our Canada Day-weekend picnic. While picnicking, we netted six VIA trains, of which two were LRC-hauled evening expresses and two CN freights, between 1710 and 1920:

On a berm behind the Riocan big box centre, Erika and I watched two golden-hour Geeps switching eight Nova Chemicals covered hoppers at NORCOM on now-removed CN's Industrial Spur on Aug 9, 2000. The plant would close three years later and is now the site of a housing development with a large school, three apartment buildings, seniors' home, houses, a combined fire station/ambulance base and more to come.
Quinte 2000 was on Aug. 24, 2000. We are three generations with two different methods of documenting trackside, in the golden hour. Dad provided McDonald's supper and Andrew. From 1515-2310 there were 23 trains including 6 CP. 
September 17, 2000 was the annual Picton train show. Our whole family, Dad and Dave made the trip, catching a hog-lawed CN No 320 and a 321 setting out 31 of its 96 cars in track BY15 in Belleville yard, power 5428-5306-5285. 
Sundays were good days to catch dimensional loads. Photo by Andrew, August 2001 dimensional loads RBTs (Really Big Things!) westbound at Bayridge Drive overpass (above).
References to CN's bigger trains of 120-150 cars came from an RTC, "Bigger and better? Well, bigger anyway!" and a head-end crew, "There are no cars left in Montreal - we got them all!".

The family went on a March Break vacation to Florida with another family, but without me. I couldn't get the week off work. One day I headed west to Belleville - March 10, 2001. From 1030-1600 there were CN freights No 519, 106, 364 (103 cars), 149, 301, 321 (135 cars including hi-cube boxcar GTW 378057 - below), 899 and 306; VIA Nos 642, 57, 60 and 45. Then on March 17, from 0820-1500 CN Nos 103, 149, 369, 737, 106, 309, 321, 310; VIA Nos 652/640, 641, 653, 57 and 60. CN's spring rail gang under Foreman John Casano was in the area between April 10 and 22, 2001. 

On July 18, 2001 we visited the Bath tie pile from 1830-2030 (above, below and top photo), seeing CN Nos 368, 704, 363 and 148; VIA Nos 65, 66, 47, 67, 48, 49 and 68. No 704 came out of the Bath Spur with 62 GATX empty TankTrain cars from Lennox Generating Station on the CN Bath Spur at 1955 behind CN 2506-5642.
Here is an in-cab view posted to social media. Looking eastward, this evening view shows the access road from County Road 7 is just visible approaching the mainline in the middle-distance:
We made a family trip to Niagara Falls between Aug.21-23, 2001. I noted tarped QOPX woodchip gons south of the Thorold Abitibi-Consolidated paper mill, and we saw an impressive 16 ships transit the Welland Canal. 
Quinte 2001 was August 30. On our way there we caught this interestingly-led CN No 308 at the Wymans Road crossing east of Belleville at 1500: CN 5628-exConrail 8667-CN 9445-unpainted FP59 GMDX 001006, the latter billed to Pointe St Charles. Between 1500-2000 there were five CN freights, two CP freights and eight VIA trains. Dad provided historical perspective, Dave was the poison-ivy detective, and Andrew picked a few apples from the nearby orchard while waiting to take more video. CN No 365 Engs 2413-5716 had a Brockville lift on the head-end at 1813 in the golden hour, heading for Toronto:
CN's public car tracing function was suspended on Wednesday, October 10, 2001 over concerned for post-9/11 security concerns, along with that of other Class 1 railroads by the AAR. From then on, I had to make educated guesses on the identity of passing CN freights, at least helped by previously-available access to learn their operating patterns!

Trips to Belleville yard still included OCS cars in the Great Lakes Region winter storage yard. On December 26, 2001 CN No 368 called out to passing 519, "Why don't you go over to Country Style, get some donuts and hoop them up to us?".

June 2, 2002 - we waited three-plus hours for the delayed but E8-powered CN business car train No 009 that finally passed westbound at 1732: IC 101-IC 100-CN Coureur des Bois-CN Gatineau (94)-CN Tawaw-CN Sandford Fleming.

During a June 26, 2002 visit to the tie pile, CN No 519 Engs 4124-4122 navigated the Bath Spur. Fifteen cement cars from Lafarge were on the siding portion of the Bath wye parallel to the mainline. The Geeps arrived from the east after switching Celanese at Millhaven and heading for Goodyear at Napanee, went down the wye, out the west end and back to Belleville:
Me and Andrew watching VIA No 67 with Eng 917 and five LRC cars at 1940 (L.C. Gagnon photo):
July 1, 2002 was our Canada Day family picnic at Kingston Mills with Mom and Dad, with four freights in one hour: CN Nos 307, 148, 363 and 366  (L.C. Gagnon photo, below).
In 2001, the British Nightstar cars were bilingually-named “Renaissance” or Ren for short, were introduced in a six-city tour. These cars entered service in spring 2002, first on the overnight Enterprise then in wider Corridor service. The Enterprise was terminated in 2005. General Electric P42DC's in the 900-series entered service, and all but one of VIA's last F-units, the 6300's, were retired. The last of the LRC locomotives were also retired, and coaches were LRC and HEP stainless-steel cars. VIA No 47 has Eng 902 at Kingston station with Erika and Andrew on June 9, 2002: 
Quinte 2002 was on August 3 with Karen only, with three CN and one CP freight between 1500-1600.

THE ENTERPRISE

The Enterprise was a revival of VIA's overnight service à la the Cavalier and operated from January 16, 2000 to September 14, 2005 first with HEP2 'commuter' cars up front/HEP1 sleepers and a Park car on the tail-end. 
VIA No 51 with stainless steel cars on July 7, 2000 at 0550 at Vista Drive:
6404-3 S/S cars -64XX-2 S/S cars -Chateau Lemoyne -Laurentide Park:
One more sighting:
Mar 9/01 0535 WB No 51:
6416-4113-4001-4115-6453-4122-Burton Manor-Evangeline Park

Ren-equipped Enterprise began in June, 2002:
Oct 1/02 0540 WB No 51:
6431-2 S/S cars-4117-6426-coaches 7204-7210, service car 7306, and sleepers 7506-7509-7514. The first Ren cars I'd seen, and the third set finished, having arrived in Toronto on the tail-end of No 2 in June.

On Aug 30, 2001 at 1910, westbound VIA No 67 with 6921-4 LRC cars would be the last LRC‐powered train I would see. CN locomotives began wearing the www dot cn dot ca logo.

October 26, 2002 I travelled by VIA to Toronto for a day-long continuing education course at the Michener Institute, riding VIA No 51 in 2&1 Ren coach 7210 Seat 11 on the north side, returning home on VIA No 648.

On January 16, 2003 Karen and I took the train to Toronto for the three-day start of the Clinical Laboratory Quality Manager course at the Michener Institute, up on No 43 car 3367, returning on VIA No 668/648 in car 3464 on January 19. The Microbiology manager heading the Con. Ed. committee got around the $1,000 annual tuition reimbursement maximum by spreading the $2,000 tuition over two consecutive years!

On Nov. 27, 2003 we went to Toronto one more time for the three-day course wrap-up for the Clinical Laboratory Quality Manager course on No 43, car 3333, returning home November 30 on VIA No 668/648. I faxed the last assignment on December 18, 2003 before receiving my certificate!
 
On August 7, 2004 two trains passed a soon-to-be-closed private crossing near Mi 179 CN Kingston Sub.  The house in the distance was set ablaze as a training exercise for city fire crews! No 309 Engs 2526-2422-5625 at 1330, then 10 minutes later No 149 Engs 2626-5615 (both - above.) Then on February 6, 2005 No 317 Eng 4809 went west with transformer for Lennox Generating Station. At Mi 179 Kingston Sub -the crossing was closed by the fall - and approaching Napanee along Old Hamburg Road. Three cars and caboose HEPX 79640.
October, 2005 westbound VIA train at under-construction Centennial Drive overpass:
Transcribing notes were lagging in 2005. I got a little behind so just taped the original notepad pages directly onto the scribbler pages. VIA LRC-equipped train consists were perhaps too boring to record. I only noted HEP-equipped trains throughout 2004. Wraps like Telus on VIA 6429 on a westbound VIA train in August, 2003:
On March 17 there was a derailment atop the Gardiners Road underpass. 

July 30, 2005 Canada Day picnic at Kingston Mills: CN Nos 376, 148, 377, 368 from 1700-1900.
Thanks for being aboard this year-long train of thought as we retrace, remember, and yes, wallow in nostalgia these fifty years trackside.  Part 7 covers 2006-2010 - railfanning in a recession!

Running extra...

Happy Independence Day to Trackside Treasure's American readers. This is a Big One - America's Semiquincentennial. I remember spending the last Big One - the Bicentennial -  watching President Ford dancing with the Queen at the Bicentennial ball on TV on July 7 while we were in Duluth, MN:
Things have really changed, though. Nothing said 'land of the free' more than Secret Service snipers riding the walkway the third of three BNSF Bicentennial units on a two-car train in North Dakota:

First past the post...
Canadians did not disappoint in their celebration of Canada Day. Ottawa's festivities at LeBreton Flats featured...the Hanson Brothers? Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen and Paralympian Man in Motion Rick Hansen, Prime Minister Mark Carney, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture Marc Miller speaking in eight indigenous languages, and Canada's newest Governor-General Louise Arbour making her first Canada Day remarks, "Whether you’re in a remote area, a big city, with family or with friends, let’s celebrate together what unites us, not despite our differences but through them: our ability to welcome others, our solidarity, our resources and our great potential".
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