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‘There is some urgency for us to move forward now, as the fourth wave is upon us’ Oakville town council has unanimously voted to mandate vaccination for its municipal workers, as well as council members. However, two municipal workers’ unions representing workers of the Town of Oakville, and members of the public, object to the…
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The mosque occupies a 145-year-old former church in Ballinafad It’s Saturday night and the Istiqlal Islamic Centre of Toronto – located in Ballinafad – is having its weekly dinner that accompanies Sunday school-like lectures called halaqas. As the largest group of worshippers is from the Indonesian community, their particular recipes are served up for all to enjoy. The…
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“My father equally loved his new adopted home in Canada while never, ever forgetting his proud Armenian heritage,” said a son of one orphan who arrived in Georgetown a century ago” Their voices carry on through their descendants, and through them their language has, once again, reverberated in Cedarvale Park in Georgetown. Hundreds of Armenian-Canadians,…
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While the Armenian orphans known as the Georgetown Boys have garnered much attention, some may be surprised to learn there was a small but mighty group known as the Georgetown Girls too Armenian-American George Aghjayan remembers spending hours with his great-grandmother, Nevart Demirjian playing a Turkish card game with her called iskambil. While working as…
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With a ceremony honouring the orphans’ arrival 100 years ago set for this weekend, HaltonHillsToday is sharing the life stories of some Georgetown Boys Georgetown’s Cedarvale Farm was never meant to be a permanent home for the 109 Armenian boys who lived there a century ago – nor for the 39 girls who joined them. It…
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