Welcome to the Iranian Cultural Centre / Khaneh Iran (House of Iran) in Montreal. This grassroots socio-cultural community centre is a non-profit, non-religious & non-political establishment. It has no affiliation and do not receives any sorts of support from any government(s) and entities, with main objective of promoting Iranian culture and heritage in Quebec. Our strength strives solely from our members and volunteer directors and executives elected by membership into the office.
The theme for the 2011 edition of the Festival is Kaleidoscope – A celebration of spring awakening through colour, culture and community. The Festival will run for 18 days, from Friday May 6 through to the end of the Victoria long weekend on Monday, May 23. In partnership with the National Capital Commission (NCC), the [...]
Water levels in the Montérégie could rise 7 cm more by Saturday
Soldiers help flood-weary southern Quebec residents
MONTREAL - Water levels on the swollen Richelieu River and Lake Champlain are expected to rise even more on Friday and into Saturday before stabilizing, an expert says.
The rise for Friday is expected to be between one and three [...]
MONTREAL - The province’s largest school board is warning its teachers to show up for a training session next Friday on the new uniform report card that will be used in all Quebec schools starting next fall.
The training is being held on a board-wide “ped day” at the Commission scolaire de Montréal.
But the Alliance des [...]
TOKYO — The Japanese prime minister said Friday that he had ordered a nuclear plant in central Japan closed until it could build stronger defenses against earthquake and tsunami risks in the region.
Nuclear safety advocates have long warned that the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant, about 120 miles southwest of Tokyo, lies on a part of [...]
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Thousands of protesters gathered after noon prayers in dozens of towns and cities across Syria in what activists declared a “Friday of Defiance,” despite the government’s deployment of security and military forces in the most restive regions, activists and human rights groups said.
In a bid to squelch a seven-week uprising, security forces [...]
Al Qaeda released a statement on militant Web sites Friday confirming the death of Osama bin Laden, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadi Web sites. The lengthy statement, dated May 3 and signed by Al Qaeda’s General Command, warned of new attacks and called on the Pakistani people to rebel against their [...]
