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Vignette is a form of road pricing imposed on vehicles, usually in addition to the compulsory road tax, based on a period of time the vehicle may use the road, instead of road tolls that are based on distance travelled. Vignettes are currently used in several European countries.
The Swiss autobahn/autoroute system requires the purchase of a vignette (toll sticker) — which costs 40 Swiss francs — for one calendar year in order to use its roadways, for both passenger cars and trucks. [4] The Swiss vignette is offered only as an annual toll sticker. Trucks also have to pay a toll based on the tonnage and the distance.
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Awarded title by the Montreal Athletic Commission after defeating Danno O'Mahoney in a tournament final in Montreal on August 8, 1939. [2] [9] 8 Yvon Robert: October 3, 1939: Live event: Montreal, Quebec 3 147 This was a Best 2-out-of-3 Falls match. Also defeated Cy Williams in Montreal on October 31, 1939, ending his claim to the title. [2] [9 ...
CBFT-DT (channel 2) is a television station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the French-language service of Ici Radio-Canada Télé.It is owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known in French as Société Radio-Canada) alongside CBC Television outlet CBMT-DT (channel 6).
There is a toll to use the tunnel, payable in full even for drivers who already display on their vehicles a Swiss motorway vignette. The tunnel comprises a section of the E27 route linking Belfort with Aosta. For most of its 5,798-metre (6,341 yd) length the tunnel runs in a straight line, but incorporates a gentle slope.
Vignette may refer to: Vignette (entertainment), a sketch in a sketch comedy; Vignette (graphic design), decorative designs in books (originally in the form of leaves and vines) to separate sections or chapters; Vignette (literature), short, impressionistic scenes that focus on one moment or give a particular insight into a character, idea, or ...
The vignettes became popular because of their cultural depiction of Canada, and because they represented its changing state, such as the vignette Faces which was made to represent the increasing cultural and ethnic diversity of Canada. [1]