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SURREY, BC
India
Mahila Association celebrates IWD 2010 - Fri., March 5, 7 pm,
dinner, entertainment, dance, tickets $25 at door, Bollywood Banquet
Hall, 201-8166 128 St.
VANCOUVER, BC
Left Film Night - Sun., Feb.
28, 7 pm, “Aristide and the Endless
Revolution,” Centre for Socialist Education, 706 Clark Drive, donations
accepted for grassroots Haiti relief efforts. Admission free, organized
by Vancouver East Club CPC, YCL, and Centre for Socialist Education.
Call 604-255-2041 for info.
IWD Dinner & Dance -
Thur., March 4, 7 pm, Fraserview Hall, 8240
Fraser St., tickets $35 ($20 unwaged), for info call Vancouver &
District Labour Council, 604-254-0703.
Hope for Haiti in Latin America -
Fri., March 5, 7 pm, Room 420, Van.
Community College, 250 W. Pender St., forum hosted by Haiti Solidarity
BC.
Change the system, not the climate - Sun.,
March 7, 2 pm, Unitarian
Church, 949 W. 49 Ave., public forum hosted by Canada-Bolivia
Solidarity Ctee., suggested donation $5-10.
IWD march and rally - Monday,
March 8, 5 pm, from Victory Square (E. Hastings and Cambie), organized
by Grassroots Women.
People’s Voice Pasta Dinner,
proceeds to PV Drive - Sun., March 21, 5 pm, Centre for
Socialist
Education, 706 Clark Drive. Organized by Vancouver East Club CPC,
tickets $12, vegetarian option available, call 604-255-2041 for
reservations. Followed at 7 pm by the next Left Film Night.
WINNIPEG,
MB
Solidarity Rock - Sat., March 6, 7:15 pm. Supporting cultural
exchange
between musicians and artists in Cuba and Canada. West End Cultural
Centre, tickets $12, info 998-0636.
Remembering Shevchenko - Sun.,
March 7, 3 pm, Ukrainian Labour Temple,
591 Pritchard. Celebrating the life of Taras Shevchenko, with Festival
Choir, Winnipeg Mandolin Orchestra, Yunist Dancers. Perogy dinner at
5:30 pm. Tickets $20 from 582-9269, Association of United Ukrainian
Canadians.
International Women’s Day dinner -
Mon., March 8, 6 pm, 257 King St. Tickets: Grassroots Women 237-9585.
Marxism course, classes underway; new
students still welcome. 586-7824 or cpcmb@mts.net.
TORONTO, ON
Norman Bethune Day social -
Sat., Feb. 27, at the GCDO, 290 Danforth
Ave. Tickets $5, door prize one week all-inclusive trip for two to
Cuba. For tickets or info, call media sponsor People’s Voice,
416-469-2446.
IWD 2010 - Sat., March 6,
rally 11 am at OISE Auditorium (252 Bloor St.
W), march 1 pm, Info Fair starts 1:30 at Ryerson, 55 Gould St.
Organized by Women Working with Immigrant Women and IWD Organizing Ctee.
Celebration of Life for Janet
McMurray - 2 pm, Sunday, March 7, GCDO Hall, 290 Danforth Ave.
KINGSTON, ON
We Don’t Stop!, IWD Fair - 11-4, Sat., March 6, music and
performances,
children’s activities and more, Memorial Hall, 2nd floor City Hall,
International Women’s Week Community Coalition.
OTTAWA, ON
Still Searching for Bread & Roses, IWD celebration - 2 pm,
Sun.,
March 7, information, performances and refreshments, Bronson
Centre,
Mac Hall 211 Bronson Ave.
MONTREAL, QC
Women of Rock, festival to benefit Montreal women’s shelters, 8 pm,
Sat., March 6, at L’Alizé (900 Ontario St. E., corner
St-André).