A new $10 banknote featuring Viola Desmond's portrait will go into circulation in a week, just over 72 years after she was ousted from the whites-only section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow, N.S.
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New $10 bill featuring Viola Desmond goes into circulation next weekA new $10 banknote featuring Viola Desmond's portrait will go into circulation in a week, just over 72 years after she was ousted from the whites-only section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow, N.S.
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A Viola Desmond primer: Who’s the woman on today’s new Canadian $10 bill?In 1946, Viola Desmond’s stand at a segregated Nova Scotia movie theatre made her into a civil-rights icon for black Canadians
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New $10 bill featuring Viola Desmond enters circulationDesmond’s sister will make the first purchase with the new bill during a ceremony Monday at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg
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Some cash-handling machines rejecting new $10 Viola Desmond bills pending updatesHundreds of thousands of machines have alrerady been altered to handle the new currency, featuring a vertical portrait of the Nova Scotia civil rights advocate. However, some others still awaiting changes are rejecting the distinctive banknotes.
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Cash-handling machines across Canada have to be upgraded to handle new $10 Viola Desmond billsThe Bank of Canada said it had been working with financial institutions and manufacturers to minimize the impact of the new bill on the cash-handling industry
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Cash-handling machines being upgraded to handle new $10 Viola Desmond billsHundreds of thousands of cash-handling machines across the country have had to be upgraded to handle Canada's distinctive new $10 bill, featuring a vertical portrait of Nova Scotia civil rights advocate Viola Desmond, while some others still awaiting changes are rejecting the distinctive banknotes.
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