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		<title>Un Projet Pour Pierrefonds &#8211; Building a Bridge to Ile-Bigras</title>
		<link>http://www.taylornoakes.com/2013/03/30/un-projet-pour-pierrefonds-building-a-bridge-to-ile-bigras/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 04:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor C. Noakes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember a little while back the PQ announced they would not go ahead with a planned &#8216;urban boulevard&#8217; along the western edge of residential development in the West Island, part of a planned route that would link highway 40 with the 440 in Laval, cutting across Ile-Bizard. Have a look at the image above [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: C&#8217;est Moi, C&#8217;est Chocolat!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor C. Noakes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Passed by Theatre Sainte Catherine to catch the opening night of Andrew Searles&#8216; headline show C&#8217;est moi! C&#8217;est Chocolat! after a long and trying week at work; I was in need of some comic relief and Andrew certainly did not disappoint. I&#8217;ve known Andrew at least since 2000 as we went to the same high [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Separatism is a Scam</title>
		<link>http://www.taylornoakes.com/2013/03/13/separatism-is-a-scam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor C. Noakes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not the work of the author, though this author would gladly high-five the illustrator for a job well done This article was originally published on Forget the Box. I was remiss to discover that a recent poll suggests maybe as many as 42% of Anglo-Québécois thought of splitting the province and moving elsewhere when the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ilots de Fraicheur</title>
		<link>http://www.taylornoakes.com/2012/08/07/ilots-de-fraicheur/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor C. Noakes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It certainly looks green enough&#8230; It&#8217;s too hot, and too dry, for far too long. Not just here, it&#8217;s a phenomenon that affects many large urban areas throughout the world. But its universality is no reason to ignore it. Montréal&#8217;s not as green as it seems, and our local environment could be improved through very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Of Montreal and Manhattan</title>
		<link>http://www.taylornoakes.com/2012/06/23/of-montreal-and-manhattan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 03:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor C. Noakes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How much of the Island of Manhattan do you think would fit into the space above? I want you to imagine driving along Highway 40 heading west. Imagine starting at the intersection of Highway 13 and driving all the way to the Ile-aux-Tourtes Bridge. How long would that take driving at the speed limit with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ode to Pierrefonds</title>
		<link>http://www.taylornoakes.com/2012/03/26/ode-to-pierrefonds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor C. Noakes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chateau de Pierrefonds, Oise Department, France My hometown is named after the castle in the photograph above; there is nothing even remotely as grand as this beautifully restored 13th-century chateau in all of Pierrefonds, that much I can guarantee you, but it&#8217;s certainly inspiring nonetheless. I could not possibly have asked to be raised [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inefficient by Design: Montréal Public Transit</title>
		<link>http://www.taylornoakes.com/2012/03/11/inefficient-by-design-montreal-public-transit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor C. Noakes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I should start off by saying that this is not a criticism of the STM; I think they mostly do good work and I&#8217;m impressed with what they&#8217;ve done in terms of branding, marketing and communicating an idea that public transit in general and the Métro in particular as a chic, conscientious and cost-effective element [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unite the West Island {Part 1}</title>
		<link>http://www.taylornoakes.com/2012/02/14/unite-the-west-island/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taylor C. Noakes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baie d&#8217;Urfe, quintessential Old West Island &#8211; unknown author This post has a lot to do with the West Island, as you might suspect from the title, but the West Island is fundamentally an important component of metropolitan Montreal, and thus I feel it has a place here. In my opinion, in order for the [...]]]></description>
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