FREDERICTON, N.B. The escalating violence in the Middle East prompted a number of rallies across the Maritimes, including a large gathering at Fredericton City Hall on Sunday. More than 150 people gathered in downtown Fredericton on Sunday afternoon to show their solidarity with Palestinians. “In Canada we enjoy a lot of things that people don’t really enjoy in the Middle East, like freedom of speech and respect for human life and human rights,” says Amir Rached. “I have family in Palestine and Gaza, and I have family in the West Bank, and they’re living in fear all the time of losing their homes, losing their land and losing their loved ones,” says rally organizer Laila Abuamar.
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FREDERICTON - A committee at Fredericton City Hall has come up with new terms for what s expected from the city s poet laureate.
Fredericton City Hall is shown on Friday February 5, 2021. A committee at Fredericton City Hall has come up with new terms for what s expected from the city s poet laureate. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Stephen MacGillivray
FREDERICTON - A committee at Fredericton City Hall has come up with new terms for what s expected from the city s poet laureate.
The role has been in question for some time after some councillors felt poems read by the former poet laureate on such issues as the Black Lives Matter movement and abortion rights were too political.
FREDERICTON A committee at Fredericton City Hall has come up with new terms for what s expected from the city s poet laureate. The role has been in question for some time after some councillors felt poems read by the former poet laureate on such issues as the Black Lives Matter movement and abortion rights were too political. Jenna Lyn Albert s two-year term as poet laureate ended in January, and a replacement is expected to be chosen in the coming months. Henri Mallet, chair of the livable communities committee, says while Albert s poems generated some reaction, he didn t have a problem with them.
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Fredericton City Hall is shown on Friday February 5, 2021. A committee at Fredericton City Hall has come up with new terms for what s expected from the city s poet laureate. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Stephen MacGillivray February 26, 2021 - 11:53 AM
FREDERICTON - A committee at Fredericton City Hall has come up with new terms for what s expected from the city s poet laureate.
The role has been in question for some time after some councillors felt poems read by the former poet laureate on such issues as the Black Lives Matter movement and abortion rights were too political.
Jenna Lyn Albert s two-year term as poet laureate ended in January, and a replacement is expected to be chosen in the coming months.
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