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#WestHarbour track work will reduce travel to Niagara by 20 minutes! Learn more๐Ÿ‘‡ (1/4) Currently, trains leaving W...
Currently, trains leaving West Harbour Station must back up toward #Aldershot Station before they can continue to east #Hamilton and #Niagara region. The current project will solve this issue by connecting the dead end track at West Harbour Station to the main line. (2/4)
To make room for the new tracks, an existing storm line is being relocated south of the new tracks. As this new line will be lower than the James Street Bridge footings, the footings must be strengthened/deepened. (3/4)

This is the estimated timeline: To make room for the new tr...
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On #ArmisticeDay we also recognise and honour the service of military surgeons, whose dedication pioneered major advancements in #medicine, and improved outcomes for veterans.

A thread about #PlasticSurgery and its origins on the battlefield

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Never before #WWI had conflict brought such mass devastation in terms of death and injury: 37M military and civilian casualties. 16M dead and 21M wounded.

Image: the Western Front during WWI, generations of trenches & thousands of craters from mortars, artillery & detonations. Image
During 4 years of #WWI, military surgeons developed new techniques on the battlefield and in supporting hospitals.

In the warโ€™s final 2 years, their work resulted in more survivors of injuries that would have previously proved mortal. Image
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A short thread on Tory loon Gerald Howarth, former MP for #Aldershot, summarising his comprehensive awfulness. ๐Ÿ˜–โœŠ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿฆ  #ToriesOut #ToriesKill #COVID19 #ToryGenocide
Young Gerald showed an early desire to be on the wrong side of history, joining the Conservative Party in 1964 while still a teenager. In that year, the Tories were busy conducting one of the most racist election campaigns ever ๐Ÿ˜–โœŠ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ #ToriesOut #racism

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In March 1968, while millions of young people around the world protested against US violence in Vietnam, Howarth attended the famous Grosvenor Square demo to protest IN FAVOUR of the warโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ˜ฎโœŠ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ #ffs #ToriesOut #Vietnam
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