Hope and skepticism at open house for high-speed rail megaproject

Kate Twiss wishes she could visit her ailing sister in Peterborough more often — and she believes a high-speed train would help make that possible. But on Wednesday, at the first of two days of public information sessions at Bayview Yards in Ottawa, Twiss joked: “I don’t think I’ll ride it before I’m gone.” Among the hundreds of Ottawa residents who stopped by the open house, Twiss wasn’t alone in her skepticism. A high-speed rail line in the Quebec City