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Burial Grounds and Words Saguenay

sign: And in Sherbrooke, Que., anti-immigration stickers have appeared in the city's downtown area, according to CBC. Anti-immigration signs and stickers plastered around Saguenay Saint-Honor Mayor Bruno Tremblay told CBC News the sign near the cemetery was unacceptable. In Saint-Honor Que., a wooden sign bearing the words Saguenay, White City, in French appeared overnight at the entrance to a cemetery that could offer burial grounds for the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region's Muslim community. He said he was having breakfast at a local diner when other patrons informed him about the sign because they were concerned. We're having it taken down later, I've sent one of our guys from public works, he said. I found it very xenophobic, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.