Update: Montreal cancels controversial Formula E race

The Formula E car race will not take place in Montreal in 2018, Mayor Valérie Plante announced Monday.
The announcement comes in the wake of uncomfortable questions over the event’s actual success and organization, as well as Plante’s election-campaign promises.
News last week that Montréal c’est électrique, the non-profit organization that oversaw the local organization of the event, was millions in debt and had used up most of the $10-million line of