ARMENIANS GATHER FOR ANNIVERSARY
Montreal Gazette, Canada
April 24, 2006 Monday
Members of Montreal’s Armenian community met yesterday to commemorate
the 91st anniversary of the Armenian genocide. More than 250 people
gathered at the Armenian Community Centre in the city’s north end
for the ceremony. A vigil also was held at nearby Marcelin-Wilson Park.
In 2004, the Canadian government voted to recognize as genocide
the mass murders of Armenians perpetrated by Ottoman troops between
1915 and 1923. Canada is home to more than 60,000 people of Armenian
descent.