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california

If you're really hungry in Montreal... and I mean REALLY hungry, there's only one place to eat: California Sandwiches, where the Italian-style sandwiches are total monsters and absolute units. 

Many of the sandwiches are so stuffed that when you pull them apart, gooey, melted cheese bursts out from behind the bread.

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It's the return of the bagel wars. The longstanding Twitter debate — in which New Yorkers, Montrealers and sometimes New Jerseyans (???) fight over their local recipes for bread with a hole in the middle — has reignited. 

And Montrealers aren't going down without a fight.

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Current California senator and former Montrealer Kamala Harris is projected to become the first female U.S. vice president alongside Joe Biden, according to the New York Times, which has called the presidential election for the Democratic ticket.

Donald Trump has already made clear he's going to contest election results, however, and more ballots remain to be counted.

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