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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2016 Lion in the house!
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Rolly Lumbala of the B.C. Lions wades into a crowd of students while delivering the Energy Champions program at Cliff Drive Elementary last week. Lumbala and teammate Shawn Gore emphasized the importance of environmental responsibility during their visit to Tsawwassen. See more photos at www.delta-optimist.com.
Third Syrian family on its way Delta Safe Haven to provide support to more refugees after additional accommodation offered JESSICA KERR
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South Delta could soon be welcoming a third family of refugees from Syria. In an update sent out over the weekend, Delta Safe Haven
announced the group had been contacted by the Immigrant Support Society of B.C. A third home has been offered in Ladner for a refugee family and the society asked if the organization could support that family as well.
“We, of course, said yes and so we are waiting with patience and hope for another family arriving in Canada to spend their time at Welcome House and make the move to Delta/Ladner,” Rev. Jim Short, co-chair of the group, stated in an email.
The first two families arrived in Ladner earlier this month and are settling into their new lives in Canada. “Very quickly they were talking about and finding the best places to shop for food and various other sundries,” said Short,
the minister at Ladner United. He added most of the eight children, who range in age from three to 14, will be starting school full-time this week. The adults will soon start English language training. PUBLIC: see Page 3
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