Tag: #Montreal
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally in US cities
Thousands rally in N.America in solidarity with Palestinians
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High Commission in Ottawa, Consulates hold E-Katchehry with Pakistani Diaspora in Canada
ISLAMABAD, Feb 25 (APP):The High Commission for Pakistan in Ottawa along with Consul Generals in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver held an E-Katchehry with members of the Pakistani community in Canada on Thursday. High Commissioner for Pakistan in Canada Raza Bashir Tarar made the opening and concluding remarks while Consul General in Toronto Abdul Hameed moderated…
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Canada will provide swab tests at land crossings on its border with the US
Montreal, Feb 21 (AFP/APP): Canada will provide mandatory swab tests at over a hundred land crossings on its border with the US from Monday, Ottawa said, as concerns over the spread of new coronavirus variants grow. “Travellers entering Canada at land borders, unless exempt, will be required to take a test using a self-swab kit,” a statement…
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Jubilant Canadians head to reopened Montreal fine arts museum
Montreal, Feb 12 (AFP/APP):Pandemic-weary Montrealers rejoiced as a local fine arts museum reopened Thursday after being shuttered for months, telling AFP it “feels so good” to get some cultural exposure again. “Our first visitor!” exclaims museum director Stephane Aquin, greeting Sylvie Sills at the entrance of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The 57-year-old visitor…
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Canada’s Most Populous Province Announces New Lockdown
Canada’s most populous province has announced a new lockdown.
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First coronavirus death recorded in Canada
Montreal, March 10 (AFP/APP): Canada has recorded its first death from the new coronavirus, health officials in the westernmost province of British Columbia announced Monday. The victim, a man living at an elderly care facility, “was infected with COVID-19 (and) passed away last night,” the province’s health officer Bonnie Henry told reporters. Officials have not…
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Police in Canada clears rail blockade
Ottawa, Feb 25 (AFP/APP):Canadian police Tuesday cleared out indigenous protesters blocking a key east-west rail artery for nearly three weeks to protest a pipeline, causing major disruptions to the economy. The protesters, confronting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with a political crisis, had mounted the blockade on a Canadian National Railway line east of Toronto and…
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Canada reports second ‘presumptive’ coronavirus case
Montreal, Jan 27 (AFP/APP): The wife of a man hospitalized in Toronto with a suspected Chinese coronavirus infection has herself contracted the virus, making her Canada’s second “presumptive” case of the contagious disease. The province of Ontario had announced Saturday that Canada’s first suspected case involved a man in his 50s who had been in…
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Trudeau environment policy a letdown for young Canada activists
Montreal, Oct 20 (AFP/APP): Bearing posters of Justin Trudeau’s face, written over with green crosses and the word “pipeline,” students gathered in front of the prime minister’s Montreal campaign headquarters. “Three steps forward, three steps back, that’s government policy,” they chanted. They — like many other young Canadians — were railing against what they consider…
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Climate protestors climb Montreal bridge
Three Protestors arrested after climbing a bridge in Montreal