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Cont?d from page 1 Olympic experience had been like while dealing with the sudden death of her mother Thérèse in Vancouver at the age of 55 from a massive heart attack. ?I?m extremely proud of the incredible battle I won in Vancouver,? Rochette said. ?I left having in mind I was going to war to win a battle but the battle was obviously tougher than expected. Yes I lost someone very important in my life but she lives through me and what I want in the future is for her legacy to go on. I know she would want me to smile and enjoy my Olympic moment. It took me a long time to try to separate the athlete from the person but I know that 10 years from now I can look back knowing I did everything I could and not be thinking I should have.? Rochette became the first Quebec skater to medal in the singles category at the winter games and the first Canadian woman to reach the podium at the Winter Olympics in 22 years. Support and encouragement came from around the globe but the one that reached Joannie the most came from an eight-year-old girl. ?The same thing had happened to

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Cont?d from page 1 were traveling west on the green line when two STM inspectors approached them to ask for their POP-Proof Of Purchase stubs. When Samantha Hyman-Roberts told them she had already thrown her ticket away, the officers asked her to step out of the car at the next stop. When asked why, as she wanted to go home, the young woman said the officers immediately pinned her to the ground and arrested her. The situation immediately degenerated into violence and all three women received tickets for obstructing justice. Apart from the original $250 ticket, court costs and administration fees mean the ticket adds up to $324 which means it costs a lot of money to get into an argument with Montreal?s Métro security personnel. Hyman-Roberts also received a $214 ticket for failing to show her POP stub. ?If she didn?t have the POP stub, she?s guilty and she will have to pay the fine,? said STM spokesman AnneMarie Rouette. ?Whatever

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