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New Brunswick submitting bid for 2021 Francophone Games

The province of New Brunswick is submitting a bid to host the Francophone Games in 2021.

The bid proposes the games be held in Moncton and Dieppe

A Lebanese woman holds a placard with the name of Canada, right, as Canadian participants, left, wave their country flag during the opening ceremony of the Sixth Francophone games in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday Sept. 27, 2009. (Hussein Malla/Associated Press)

The province of New Brunswick is submitting a bid to host the Francophone Games in 2021.

The games are considered the biggest sports and cultural event in the French-speaking world.

New Brunswick's bid proposes the games be held in Moncton and Dieppe.

Canada last hosted the event in 2001 when it was held in Ottawa and Gatineau, Quebec.