Slow Wine Montreal 2015

Le Salon des Vins Natures

4th Edition: Salon of Slow Food

The tasting of the organic wine, known as the Slow Wine Salon, will take place in Montreal, at the Bonsecours Market, on February 4, 2015, between 18:00 - 21:00. 

The Slow Wine 2015 is on its North American tour, and this is its Montreal stop. This event will be represented by 35 Italian wine producers, as well as 35 Quebec agencies and wine producers. In total, there will be 125 natural, organic, and bio-dynamic wines to taste. In addition, 5 artisan food producers will also participate in this show.

At the same time, there will take place a launch of the Slow Wine 2015 guide.

For more information, visit the Slow Food website.

2015 Montreal Auto Show: Campagna Motors

Montreal International Auto Show 2015
Campagna Motors - Quebec Sport Cars

January 16 - 25, 2015

Campagna Motors Corporation is also known as T-Rex Vehicles Inc. It was founded  by Daniel Campagna in Quebec, Canada. Daniel Campagna was a Formula One Ford Team racer in 1976, 1977 and 1979. 

The company has two basic models: the T-Rex 16S and V13R. The grey car in the topmost image of this article is a T-Rex 16S, the orange car just above is a V13R.

Daniel Campagna had personally built the first model of the T-Rex. It took him more than 8 years to hand-craft his first prototype in 1994. Since then, this unique car occupies a special niche on the Quebec car industry scene.

Since the development of the first T-Rex prototype in 1994, Campagna Motors has established a reputation within the automotive industry because of its unique, one-of-the-kind design features, and also because of craftsmanship and reliability. The company now has a creative team of technicians who propagate the T-Rex heritage vision.

These sport cars only have 3 wheels and they sit rather low above the ground. They also have no roof. They definitely were not made for Canadian winters. But they have some very unique design features that make them very attractive. Just have a look, for instance, how the storage space problem was solved.

I advise you to go to the Montreal International Car Show and see this car personally. You will also have many other unique, not to be missed experiences at this year's auto show.

For more information about opening hours and directions visit Montreal International Auto Show website.

Also, visit the Campagna Motors Corporation website.

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2015 Montreal Auto Show: Electric Circuit

Today, at the opening of the 47th edition of the Montreal International Auto Show, the Electric Circuit had a double launch. This year will be marked by the development of the fast-charge network. Also, the St. Hubert Barbecue will be outfitting all their restaurants with electrical charging stations by the end of 2015, in addition to the 28 charging stations that are already in service in various St. Hubert Barbecue locations. 

The Electric Circuit is the largest public charging network in Quebec.It is undertaking a major initiative in providing the charging infrastructure required to support the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles in Quebec. The network has more than 360 public charging stations including 8 fast-charging stations. The map above shows the extended circuit of the presently available charging-servicing points. This network will be growing in the future.

Below on the left is a picture of the regular 240 Volts charge station. On the right is the new 400 Volts fast-charge station. On its right side, the fast-charge station has the North American plug-in charging connector. On its left side it has the Japanese type of a plug-in charging connector. In this way the 400 Volts station can accommodate cars with different designs of charger intake. 

The Electric Circuit is planning to roll out 50 new fast-charge stations in 2015. It will also continue to deploy the slower 240 Volts charging stations.

For more information, visit the Electric Circuit website.

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Half Your Plate Canada

Today, the Canadian Produce Marketing Association and its partners announced and also celebrated the Quebec launch of Half Your Plate program for consumers.

Rather than to have people to count servings, this program simply states that in order to be healthy and maintain vigour and well-being, half of a plate should be filled with the fruits and vegetables. This makes it very simple for people to remember what proportions of fresh produces should be included with every meal.

Although Canadians are becoming more conscious of what they eat, the study shows that they only consume 3.5 - 4.5 servings of fruit and vegetables every day instead of 7 - 10 servings recommended by Canada's Food Guide. The Half Your Plate program offers a visual alternative to Canadians instead of counting the servings. This facilitates the planning of the meals and and the serving of the healthy food,

The event took place at a Montreal's Metro Plus store on Notre-Dame street.

To better acquaint yourself with the Half Your Plate program and to learn new health recipes, visit the program's website.

Montreal International Auto Show 2015

2015 MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW

47th edition

Friday, January 16 - Sunday, January 25, 2015

MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW HISTORY

The Montreal International Auto Show (MIAS) is produced by the Montreal Automobile Dealers Corporation (MADC). It was first launched in 1969. The show’s aim was to increase car sales during a time of the year (January) when business was somewhat slow for car dealerships.

After all those years, this annual Montreal Auto Show still is much-anticipated among Montrealers. It is one of the most important events of its type in Canada.

2015 Show Hours:

From Friday, January 16 to Saturday, January 24 :
10:00 am - 9:30 pm

Sunday, January 25 :
10:00 am - 7:00 pm

Location:
Palais des congrès de Montréal

For more information visit the Montreal International Auto Show website.