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Flag raising for Jamaican independence anniversary
Monday 6 August The Jamaica Ottawa Community Association (JOCA) marked the country’s 56th independence day anniversary with a Jamaican fla...
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Igbo Women’s Association host fund-raiser
Sunday 26 August 2018 Over a hundred people were at Our Lady of Mount Carmel church on St. Laurent Boulevard on Sunday to participate in the ch...
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TrinBago Day celebrates twin-island culture
Sunday 19 August 2018 The Trinidad and Tobago Association of Ottawa (TTAO) hosted its annual TrinbaGo Day on Sunday, an opportunity for the island cou...
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Ghana Association hosts annual picnic
Saturday 14 July The Ghana Association of Ottawa held its annual picnic at the Brewer Park last Saturday. On a hot steamy summer afternoon, some 200 f...
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NCAO inaugurates new Board of Directors
Sunday 8 July Close to a hundred members of the Nigerian Canadian Association Ottawa were at the Jim Durrell Community Centre on Walkley Road to witne...
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Nigerians welcome Bishop Ezeokafor
Friday 22 June The Nigerian community in Ottawa welcomed His Lordship, Most Reverend Paulinus C. Ezeokafor, the Catholic Bishop of Awka Di...
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Nigerian Association elects new executive
Sunday 17 June The Jack Purcell Community Centre off Elgin Street was jam packed with close to 400 Nigerians as they gathered to elect the new ...
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Ethiopian Church celebrates 25th anniversary
Saturday 19 May St. Teklehaimanot Ethiopian Orthodox Twehedo Church on Carling Avenue was the scene of a most colourful celebration as over 200 church...
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Nigerian Canadians join national conversation
“Nigeria conversation” offers opportunity to diaspora to participate in national debate on governance and national development Saturday 7 ...
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Rwanda genocide remembered
Parliament Hill ceremony commemorates 24 anniversary of Rwandan genocide Saturday 7 April by Sarah Onyango Honoured to have attended the 24th an...