News - Canada, Ottawa, Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria

On October 1, 2023 - the International Day of Music, Theodosii Spassov Folk Quintet performed a spectacular concert in Ottawa, which kicked off the Bulgarian Cultural Days in the Canadian capital. The organizers of the event - the National Capital Region Bulgarian Community, the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Ottawa and Senator Yonah Martin, Co-chair of the Canada-Bulgaria Parliamentary Friendship Group addressed the audience with opening remarks.

Mr. Yvan Baker, Liberal MP for the riding of Etobicoke Centre payed tribute in the House of Commons to the Bulgarian-born Canadian business magnate, philanthropist, late Honorary Consul of the Republic of Bulgaria in Mississauga Mr. Ignat Kaneff.

As from 1 March 2020, road vehicles with a total technically permissible maximum weight exceeding 3,5 tonnes circulating on paid road sections in Bulgaria will have to pay for their use distance-based road charges – toll. The toll replaces the electronic vignette for heavy vehicles and buses.

According to the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Ottawa, six people including the bus driver died in the tragic accident between a passanger train and a city bus on September 18, 2013. 31 are injured, of which 11 in serious condition.

The Embassy in Ottawa says that the result of checks are that at this time, there is no information that any Bulgarian citizens have been injured as a result of the derailment of a freight train on July 6 2013 in the town of Lac-Megantic in the province of Quebec.