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Thursday, June 15, 2017
Syrian family arrives in Petrolia
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Five years after eeing their home in Syria, a family is nally in their new Can- adian home in Petrolia.
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Ezz El Deen and his family arrived in Canada Thursday after a 20-hour journey from Lebanon to Frankfurt to Toronto. They travelled with members of the Lambton Anglican Refugee Committee to their new home in Petrolia and arrived just before midnight.
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Sylvia Fairbank, one of the Petrolia members of the refugee committee, says while the family doesn’t speak any English, they’re very happy to be here.
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“How do you like Petrolia?” Fairbanks asks as her phone app translates the question into Arabic.
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The refugee committee has been working with translators to complete a lot of the es- sential paperwork for the Canadian govern- ment, including setting up a bank account and getting their Ontario Health Insurance Plan cards.
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Fairbank says Ezz El Deen, who worked in landscaping while his family waited to come to Canada, will begin English as a Second Language lessons in July, while his wife, Nahed, will likely have some lessons at home and then start in earnest in Septem- ber. “She’s anxious to learn English,” says Fairbank.
A Syrian refugee family arrived in Petrolia this week. They had been living in Lebanon for the last ve years a er eeing their homeland in the middle of a war. Ezz El Deen and his wife, Nahed, are se ling into their new home with their ve children, Hanna, Ali, Maysaa, Chifa and baby Khaid.
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The refugee committee has not learned a whole lot about the family yet. Fairbank says they’re trying to get the essential paperwork done and allow them to relax after a stressful period in their lives.
Fairbank says so far, the family has almost everything it needs. The refugee committee is still looking to buy an inexpensive van for seven for the family and would welcome anyone to contact them if they’re consid- ering selling their vehicle.
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“What we have learned is they are kind, gentle people who love their children very much,” says Fairbank.
Fairbank would also like a wooden children’s wagon. If you have any items to share, contact Fairbank at 519-882-0394.
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Mayor John McCharles says the county is also dis- cussing rural transportation issues and is doing a survey adding perhaps it should be involved in the conversation as well. “If we can help our residents get back and forth between the city and other communities that would be
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Tra c might have been a li le slower than normal in Petrolia Thursday
as LCCVI celebrated Tractor Day at the high school. Dozens of tractors from the very small to new and larger models lined the parking lot and toured the main street.
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many people were look- ing for transportation help. “There was a lot of inter- est, not just from students, but from people needing to go to Sarnia for hospital appointments and doctors visits,” she says.
The college had con- sidered a partnership with the City of Sarnia, but that community already uses electric buses.
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