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Detention Room: Petra Glynt and Gatwick Airport

detention room: Instead, she spent 51 hours between the detention room at London's Gatwick airport and the Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre, according to NOW Magazine. But the story has a bright side on Tuesday, October 31, after finally returning to Canada, she set up a GoFund Me campaign to return to her tour. The Montreal-via-Toronto electronic artist, who recently celebrated the release of her debut full-length This Trip at the Baby G, had planned two weeks in Europe as the drummer for Doldrums and opening with Petra Glynt. And, though she says she's uncomfortable asking for handouts, especially given Canada's granting systems, she met her goal of 1,802.06 within one day. Back in Montreal and awaiting her flight to Zurich, newly freed from the financial anxiety of paying for the one-way ticket on credit, Mackenzie warns me over the phone that this will be a long story. It helped that her community rallied behind her, with shares from Arbutus Records, Exclaim!, Doomsquad and Lido Pimienta, among others. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.