A Yellowknife man in Edmonton for cancer treatment and his wife have found an unexpected source of comfort — a large family of Syrian refugees.
Andre Dorais was diagnosed last year with cancer, though he declined to say the form of the disease he's battling. He and his wife, Carole Mills, have been staying at a hotel near the hospital where he's getting stem cell therapy.
The hotel is also the first stop for hundreds of Syrian refugees in Edmonton as part of the federal government resettlement plans.
Mills said she and her husband would often see a family of nine in the hotel dining area where they would eat with the newly arrived Syrians. She said it was the youngest child in the family — a two-year-old girl — who broke through the language and cultural barriers to initiate a friendship, starting with Dorais.
Read the link. THIS is how things should be. Cultural barreirs, language barriers, national identity barriers, all pale in comparison to basic humanity.
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