Syrian refugee receives lifesaving heart treatment in Canada
A refugee father owes his survival to cardiology monitoring offered in Canada Before that day in May 1997 in Daraa, Syria, when he was gripped with severe chest pains, Qaseem Husainy never had any serious health problems and was far from imagining how his heart...
Canadian indie-rock group Arkells headline hometown rally for refugees
By Lauren La Rose Arkells will be rocking their hometown of Hamilton as the award-winning Canadian group headline a concert to raise funds and awareness for a cause close to their hearts: supporting refugees. The critically acclaimed rockers will be headlining The...
Racing to avert a monsoon catastrophe in Bangladesh
By Tim Gaynor in Kutupalong refugee settlement, Bangladesh Their few belongings packed into rice sacks, Momena Begum and her husband Mohammad Harez squat on a damp plot of sand just above the waterline, waiting to move out. Almost surrounded by a chest-deep stream,...