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Germany's president is in BC today

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 25 Apr, 2023 09:50 AM

Germany's president is visiting the Lower Mainland today on the third day of his four-day trip to Canada.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier is slated to take a tour of the Burnaby fuel cell company Cellcentric before going to Vancouver for a roundtable discussion with German and Canadian business representatives.

He will later be greeted by Premier David Eby, will tour Vancouver Harbour by boat and visit the University of B.C.'s Smart Hydrogen Energy District – a soon-to-open hydrogen fuelling station.

Steinmeier will travel north to Yellowknife and Tuktoyaktuk for the final leg of his Canadian trip on Wednesday

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