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Bells ring for mines ban.


On Monday, March 1, people around the world celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines becoming international law. To mark the milestone, churches across Canada Across Canada was an afternoon program that formerly aired on The Weather Network. The segment ran from early 1999 until mid 2002. The show ran from 3:00PM ET until 7:00 PM ET.  rang their bells for 10 minutes, beginning at 5 p.m. In Ottawa, the bell ringing coincided with a march from the University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa or Université d'Ottawa in French (also known as uOttawa or nicknamed U of O or Ottawa U) is a bilingual [1], research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario.
 to the Human Rights Monument, organized by Ottawa's Youth Mine Action Ambassador and Mines Action Canada The Action Canada movement was an attempt to establish a new political party in Canada in 1971.

Paul Hellyer, who had been a senior cabinet minister in the Liberal governments of prime ministers Lester B.
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Title Annotation:Canada Briefs
Publication:Anglican Journal
Date:Apr 1, 2004
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