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    <title>Making refugee healthcare an election issue</title>
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                    &lt;img src=&quot;http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8329_r.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;When voting in the upcoming election people should remember refugee healthcare cuts, say Halifax physicians and medical students. That&amp;#039;s why they briefly blocked the entrance to Pier 21, one of Canada&amp;#039;s best known immigration landmarks. Photo Robert Devet   &quot; width=&quot;450&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; class=&quot;imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default&quot;/&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Pier 21 on the Halifax waterfront, point of arrival for one million immigrants, was briefly (and mostly symbolically) closed today.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2015 19:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>“We have a country full of people who care and want to help”</title>
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                    Group invites Nova Scotians to candlelight vigil in support of refugees          &lt;/div&gt;
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                    &lt;img src=&quot;http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_6330_0.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;About 70 refugee supporters walked in the Labour Day parade last week to bring attention to the plight of refugees and to demand action from a reluctant federal government. The same organizing group is asking Nova Scotians to join them this Sunday evening for a silent candlelight vigil at Victoria Park in Halifax. Photo Simon de Vet  &quot; width=&quot;450&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; class=&quot;imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default&quot;/&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;KJIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) &amp;ndash; This Sunday evening Nova Scotians will gather at Victoria Park in Halifax for a silent vigil to remember the refugees who have lost their lives trying to reach safe havens in Europe and elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2015 17:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Robert DeVet</dc:creator>
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