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• Canadian Firm Elcora Secures Manganese Mining License in Morocco
  13 March 2023, by Sylvanus

  Morocco has granted the Canadian company Elcora a manganese exploitation license, which it received through its 100% subsidiary Ermazon SARL.
  The license concerns the "Atlas Fox Deposit" site and allows Elcora to operate, extract, process and sell the manganese from its 16 km² mining concession in Morocco, the Canadian company said in a press release, noting that this deposit had been exploited until the mid-1950s. The exploitation method that the company wants to use will initially be (…)

• Air Canada Flight to Morocco Disrupted by Passenger Confrontation
  17 March 2023, by Sylvanus

  As a couple from New Brunswick were traveling to Morocco on an Air Canada Montreal-Casablanca flight, an incident occurred. They share their story.
  Chantal LePage and Marc LeBlanc were marked by the 7-hour Air Canada AC 072 flight, operated on February 16. While they were mid-flight, the conversation with a passenger sitting next to them "quickly derails," Chantal confides. "He says: ’your wife, she doesn’t respect the man. She touched me with her foot several times.’ It wasn’t true. So (…)

• EuroAirport Expands Summer 2023 Routes, Adding Morocco and 99 Other Destinations
  22 March 2023, by Sylvanus

  The international airport of Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg or EuroAirport has unveiled its summer 2023 program. In total, 100 destinations will be offered, including Morocco, Egypt and Canada.
  Starting March 26, the EuroAirport will implement its flight plan. It plans to launch or resume six (new) destinations with four airlines. The "regional hub for direct air links to Europe and the Mediterranean basin will be connected until October 28, 2023 to 100 direct destinations, among others in (…)

• Canadian Police Recover 24 Stolen Luxury Vehicles in Morocco, Including $500,000 Rolls Royce
  26 March 2023, by Sylvanus

  The Halton Regional Police have managed to recover 24 vehicles, including a Rolls Royce worth $500,000, stolen in Canada and destined for Dubai, following the dismantling of a vast international car theft network.
  This operation was only possible thanks to the collaboration between a Halton Regional Police task force, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Peel Regional Police to recover the vehicles in Morocco. "The vehicles were intercepted while transiting through Morocco and (…)

• Royal Air Maroc Flight Evacuation Strands 100 Montreal Students at Airport
  2 April 2023, by Prince

  Boarded on a Royal Air Maroc flight to Spain on Friday, about a hundred children and chaperones from the Montreal Sports School had to be urgently evacuated from the aircraft due to a mechanical breakdown, after more than an hour of waiting on board. For the past 24 hours, they have been stranded at the airport.
  The young people and the staff were supposed to take off on a Royal Air Maroc flight on Friday at 10 pm to participate in a football tournament. But an hour later, the plane had (…)

• Royal Air Maroc Flight Delayed 24 Hours, Strands 100 Teens at Montreal Airport
  2 April 2023, by Sylvanus

  Big hassle for passengers on a Royal Air Maroc (RAM) flight from Montreal to Barcelona. The plane that was supposed to transport them took off from Montreal-Trudeau airport, after nearly 24 hours of waiting.
  While Royal Air Maroc canceled its Montreal-Barcelona flight due to a mechanical breakdown, a group of about 100 teenagers and organizers from the Montreal Sports Team were waiting to board at Montreal-Trudeau airport. They claim they were not informed of the flight cancellation. (…)

• Toronto’s Moroccan-French Fusion Restaurant Closes Amid Staffing Shortage
  15 April 2023, by Sylvanus

  In Canada, a Franco-Moroccan inspired restaurant located in the city of Toronto is forced to close its doors due to a lack of manpower.
  In an Instagram post, Atai Bistro, a restaurant serving traditional Moroccan flavors with French cuisine styles, located at 3047 Dundas Street West in Toronto, announced that it was temporarily closing its doors due to a lack of staff. "The extreme lack of staff has been a constant challenge for Atai," the restaurant explains. The decision will take (…)

• Morocco Bolsters Firefighting Fleet with New Canadair CL-415 Aircraft
  25 April 2023, by Sylvanus

  Morocco should soon receive one of the three Canadair CL-415s it ordered from Canada, in order to strengthen its fleet of firefighting aircraft.
  Bombardier Aerospace should deliver to the Royal Air Force "in a few days" one of the three Canadair CL-415s - the CL-415EAF type - that Morocco ordered in September 2021, says Far-Maroc, the website specialized in Defense issues. This reception will bring to six the number of Canadairs owned by Morocco. It had acquired five Canadairs in 2011. (…)

• Nurse Exodus Threatens Morocco’s Healthcare System as 1,000 Leave for Better Pay Abroad
  6 June 2023, by Prince

  The significant exodus of Moroccan nurses to other countries, due to inadequate working conditions, could be a direct cause of the deterioration of health services in the kingdom.
  In a report presented to the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE), the Independent Union of Nurses provided worrying data on the massive departures of these, due to poor working conditions (lack of motivational bonuses, very low salaries, lack of supervision), towards Canada or other European (…)

• Royal Air Maroc Among Top Airlines for Passenger Complaints in Canada, CTA Report Shows
  8 June 2023, by Said

  The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) has released a ranking of airlines that generate the most complaints from travelers. The Moroccan company Royal Air Maroc is in the top 3 of this list.
  The study, conducted from April 2022 to March 2023, only includes carriers that received at least one complaint per 100 flights. In Canada, Flair Airlines tops the list with an average of 15.3 complaints per 100 flights, followed by Sunwing and Swoop with 13.8 and 13.2 complaints respectively. (…)