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Every week, the National Post rounds up Canada’s top local news stories. This week, the state visit nobody noticed and municipal planning so terrible, it must have been intentional.

In an event that was overlooked by virtually every single newspaper, radio station and T.V. crew in the entire western world, the leader of two million Macedonians conducted his first state visit to Canada this week.

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On Tuesday, President Gjorge Ivanov was in Hamilton to meet mayor Bob Bratina. The day before, he appeared before a small crowd of Macedonian-Canadians in the Toronto-area municipality of Markham to inaugurate some new streets. The Macedonian International News Agency chronicled the excitement:

President Gjorge Ivanov attended inauguration ceremony of three streets named “Bitola,” “Pelister” and “Dame Gruev” [a Macedonian city, mountain and revolutionary leader, respectively] in honour to Macedonian community in the city of Markham in Canada. Previously, Ivanov attended a ceremony of raising the Macedonian flag in front of civic centre of Markham community followed by Canada and Macedonia anthems playing.

Although Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne was scheduled to make an appearanceat a Saturday banquet for President Ivanov, the pickings were much slimmer in Ottawa, with the 52-year-old leader only able to score an audience with House of Commons speaker Andrew Scheer, as well as Mr. Scheer’s Senate equivalent.