Posts Tagged ‘Canada’

Ethiopian church hit by vandals in Canada

August 31 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Crime, News, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , , ,

Board members of an Ethiopian Christian church in Hammonds Plains, N.S., met Tuesday night after the church’s sign was cut down and stolen by vandals. The sign outside St. Gebriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church on Hammonds Plains Road had only been up for about six months when it was cut down with a chainsaw Monday night. RCMP said... Read more

Ethiopian boy who fell to his death from 28 storeys ‘big-hearted’

July 30 | Posted by ocean | Uncategorized, United States, World Tags: , , , , , ,

CALGARY – When Luleseged Bete left for work Tuesday morning, his son, Sami, was asleep. With no way of knowing hours later his only child would fall to his death from a 28th floor balcony of his family’s Beltline apartment suite, he let him be. But the big-hearted nine-year-old, true to his loving nature, ensured... Read more

Big dreams for ‘Little Ethiopia’ dashed

July 27 | Posted by ocean | News, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , , ,

Business Improvement Association says multicultural Danforth-Greenwood area too varied for one group to have special designation In the soft tones of his traditional Amharic language, Samuel Getachew orders lunch – flatbread and a minced-beef dish – from the waitress at Wazema Restaurant. He gazes out the window of the Ethiopian eatery at the shops and restaurants lining the... Read more

Protest against Meles Zenawi at G 20 summit Canada

June 28 | Posted by ocean | News, Uncategorized, Video, World Tags: , , ,

KITCHENER – Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is a repressive dictator who shouldn’t be allowed to visit Canada and participate in the G20 summit this weekend, says an Ethiopian-born Kitchener man. Semou Zinabou and about 60 local Ethiopians are taking their disdain to the streets and participating in a protest against Zenawi at Queen’s Park in Toronto... Read more