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Everyone: Border Issue and School Trips

everyone: It is not quite as exciting, but it will keep everyone together, according to Globe and Mail. We're not trying to take any political stand, said Westmount teacher Sabrina Jafralie, who organized the trip. But the border issue led to a debate and, ultimately, to a change of plans the class will now be travelling to Toronto and Niagara Falls, instead. It was just that we don't want to be separated from anybody. The climate in the United States and terrorist attacks in parts of Europe has led to potentially unprecedented decisions across Canada around school trips. The kids were very clear that we're a family and we were going to travel together. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.