Tuesday October 18, 2011
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Thanks Parkdale!
Ilona and Laura help Matt Galloway introduce our special broadcast of Metro Morning. Thanks to everyone who came out and made our morning great.
Citizenship Week is Oct. 16 - 22. To celebrate, Metro Morning broadcast live from Queen Victoria Public School in Parkdale, where fifty new Canadians took the oath of citizenship.
Dr. Rita Cox is an award-winning storyteller. She presided over the ceremonies as Citizenship Court Judge.
Check out a slideshow of Aparita Bhandari's interviews with kids from Queen Victoria Public School.
Zeni Ashine was the chef who supplied the delicious Ethiopean breakfast that we enjoyed.
Queen Victoria Public School student Mahaliny Santhirakumar introduces the show with Matt.
Local musician and Parkdale resident Waleed Abdulhamid was born in the Sudan and has lived in Parkdale for two decades. He plays with the band Nomad.
Salima Hardt, originally from Trinidad, will become a new Canadian citizen today.
Queen Victoria Public School student Elizabell Efram welcomes listeners to the show.
Scott Regehr and Matt Galloway enjoy the first sportscast of the day - under the mobile.
Principal David Finkelstein and teacher Claire Silva talk about the school spirit at Queen Victoria Public School.
Find out more about our special broadcast from Parkdale.
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- Immigrant families under pressure.
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- A new role for government: the catalyst for collaboration.
- Turning Point
- Our town hall on family violence on March 29, 2010.
- Mary Wiens
- Listen to the latest report from Metro Morning's Mary Wiens.
- JOpublic
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