Hundreds rally against racism outside U.S. Embassy

Protesters at the peaceful noontime rally sported colourful placards, including one reading 'No Trump, no KKK, no fascists U.S.A.,' and marched around the embassy.

The RCMP estimated that some 700 people were in attendance at the peak of Wednesday's anti-racism rally outside the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT

August 23, 2017

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa on Wednesday in a show of strength against racism following a deadly attack on anti-racism protesters in a Virginia college town earlier this month. Protesters at the peaceful noontime rally came sporting colourful placards, inc...

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