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• Royal Air Maroc Faces Backlash Over Soaring Ticket Prices for Summer Travel
  24 June 2023, by Prince

  Royal Air Maroc (RAM) tickets have been exorbitantly priced for a few months, denounce several domestic travelers and also Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) who are used to spending their summer vacations in the kingdom.
  "This price increase cannot continue. Our parents are already depriving themselves so that we can study abroad and realize our dreams, and now they are adding increases on flights. Incomprehensible and huge increases, especially since the service has not changed at all. (…)

• Canadian Wildfire Smoke Reaches Morocco and Canary Islands, Impacting Weather
  29 June 2023, by Prince

  Smoke from the fires that ravaged the forests in Canada has reached Morocco and the Canary Islands and should mix with the haze on Thursday and Friday, causing temperature drops. The Canary regional authorities are on alert.
  The smoke from a hundred forest fires in Canada has reached the Canary Islands, particularly Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, coming from Morocco, reports Mundo Deportivo, specifying that ash particles should mix this Thursday with the fog that has been invading the (…)

• Canadian Miner Aya Gold & Silver to Acquire $4.9M Moroccan Copper Mine
  3 July 2023, by Prince

  Aya Gold & Silver (Aya) plans to acquire a copper mine in the Tirzzit district near Zgounder, Morocco, for around $4.9 million.
  "This acquisition adds a historic mine with a significant amount of exclusive data as well as a prolific land package with tremendous potential," Aya announced in a press release. The Canadian company will pay $800,000 in cash and issue 622,728 shares to acquire this mine, which includes seven copper and silver mining permits, including five exploration (…)

• Twitch Star Pokimane’s Emotional Return to Morocco Captured in Vlog
  28 August 2023, by Sylvanus

  Imane Anys alias Pokimane, a Moroccan-Canadian streamer, recently visited her Moroccan grandparents. An emotional reunion that she recounts in a video.
  After participating in TwitchCon 2023 in Paris, Pokimane flew to Morocco where she visited her grandparents whom she has not seen for many years. A visit full of emotions for the "Queen of Twitch". After offering some gifts to members of her extended family, she realizes that she may not meet some of them during her visit. She talks about (…)

• Couscous and pasta: the salty bill for Moroccans
  3 September 2023, by Sylvanus

  The drop in durum wheat production in Canada, currently the world’s main supplier facing climate change, has led to a rise in the price of this raw material in Morocco, where it is used to make couscous and semolina.
  In a press release, Abdul Qadir Al-Alawi, president of the National Federation of Moroccan Mills, says that the price of durum wheat (used to extract semolina flour, which is used to make pasta and couscous) has risen sharply in recent months. Thus, world markets are (…)

• Canadian Auto Dealers Seek Moroccan Workers Amid Labor Shortage
  28 September 2023, by Prince

  The president of the Saguenay-Lac Saint-Jean Automobile Dealers Association, Olivier Blouin, flew to Morocco in recent days to recruit labor.
  Facing a labor shortage, the automotive dealerships in the region need mechanics, salespeople, parts experts and cleaning technicians. "We are looking for at least twenty people," says Olivier Blouin in an interview with C’est jamais pareil reported by Radio Canada.
  Arrived in Morocco to recruit workers, the president of the Saguenay-Lac (…)

• Canadian Police Chief: Stolen Ontario Cars Found in Morocco, Fueling International Auto Theft Concerns
  4 October 2023, by Sylvanus

  During a recent police board meeting, Stephen Tanner, chief of the Halton Regional Police, stated that several cars stolen from his city have been found in Morocco.
  "We have found a large number of stolen vehicles in Morocco and other countries," said Stephen Tanner, noting that these cars are sold there with Ontario license plates. According to him, once in Morocco, the vehicles are generally shipped to markets in Europe and other regions of Africa, reports the website inhalton.com. In (…)

• Morocco Hosts International Training on Women in Peacekeeping Operations
  15 November 2023, by Sylvanus

  Morocco is organizing, in partnership with Canada, training on the integration of women and gender perspectives in the armed forces.
  This training is being held from November 13 to 17 at the headquarters of the Southern Zone in Agadir, for the benefit of FAR officers and multinational executives from 7 French-speaking countries. It aims to acquire new knowledge and consolidate the achievements in terms of gender in peacekeeping operations, thus putting into practice the resolutions of the (…)

• Royal Air Maroc Expands North American Routes, Boosts US-Africa Connections
  17 December 2023, by Sylvanus

  The national airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) plans to strengthen its program from Africa and Canada to the United States starting next year.
  Royal Air Maroc is increasing its services. From next summer, the company will operate up to 38 weekly round-trip flights to North America, including daily double flights to New York JFK and Montreal, reports Simple Flying. This is an increase compared to the usual 33 weekly departures in the summer of 2023.
  In detail, this member of the Oneworld (…)

• Royal Air Maroc Addresses Luggage Delays on Montreal Flights Amid Airport System Changes
  1 February 2024, by Sylvanus

  The national airline [Royal Air Maroc (RAM)] explains the delays recorded in the delivery of luggage for some of its clients traveling on its flights to Montreal, Canada.
  The late delivery of luggage for some of its clients traveling on its flights to Montreal, Canada, "is due to the change in the baggage handling system in transit at terminal 1 of Mohammed V airport in Casablanca (CMN), which has led to significant delays in the routing of transit baggage to their final destination," (…)