McKenna had said his group remained “optimistic that conditions will allow for the resumption of training and racing on Friday in advance of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.
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New York Racing Association vice president of communications Patrick McKenna said in a statement to The Associated Press on Thursday that state officials and the NYRA consulted on how to proceed going forward in “our shared efforts to provide the safest possible environment for training and racing thoroughbred horses.” Kathy Hochul had warned that the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown, could be affected if conditions don’t improve by Saturday. Racing at Belmont Park was canceled on Thursday due to poor air quality from wildfires in Canada. Today, an astounding 20 million listeners on more than over 620 radio stations tune into Rush’s daily broadcast. The NYRA said in a statement that it will actively monitor air quality conditions and forecasts to ensure the environment remains safe for racing participants and fans ahead of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. "It'd be nice if they can finish the restoration to make it a fully operational streetcar, so the public can see what our streetcars used to look like.NEW YORK (AP) - Live racing will resume at Belmont Park on Friday following significant improvement in air quality conditions in the state, the New York Racing Association announced.īoth Belmont and Saratoga reopened for training Friday morning, and the 11-card race will start at 12:50 p.m. Michael Kostiuk is with Canada's Capital Streetcar, a group that would like to see heritage-style streetcars downtown. "It's not our streetcar, it's the city of Ottawa street car," says another volunteer, Gerald Gaugl.
Volunteers say they have spent around 150,000 hours working on the streetcar and about $250,000 in materials and services has been donated through sponsorships. The 69-year-old conservative talk pioneer closed. "Now, the whole project is up in the air, we have no idea what's going to happen," says Larry McNally, another volunteer with the project. Talk radio king Rush Limbaugh stunned his 20-million member audience Monday with the announcement he’s been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. He adds the city is looking to see if another temporary location can be found until the group finds a permanent home. "Due to operational needs, however, including renovations as part of the ongoing transition to zero-emission buses, OC Transpo is no longer able to donate space to host this project." "The City has been working with the volunteers of the Streetcar 696 Project for many years and has supported the project through in kind donations of space, minor use of hydro and water and the temporary use of some tools and equipment where such use would not impact operations," Lafontaine said. In a statement to CTV News Ottawa Robert Lafontaine, the city's program manager of transit facilities maintenance says the space is needed. Volunteers have been told the streetcar has to move by the end of the month "otherwise they're going to drag it out." Laplante says the project is nearly finished but its future is unknown. "It's part of Ottawa History," said Rheume Laplante, the project's co-ordinator.
The made-in-Ottawa Streetcar is stored inside of an OC Transpo bus garage on Colonnade Road where volunteers have been restoring it for more than 20 years.
One of the last remaining - number "696," - is facing a bumpy ride to restoration. For more than a century, Ottawa residents hopped on streetcars for work or play.
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