(L-r) Newcomers from Syria, Limar (17 months), Abdule Azez Hamra, and Rimas (age four) are welcomed to Clearwater by town councillors Ken Kjenstad and Shelley Sim recently. Not in the photo is mother Bayan Hamoud.
Originally from near Damascus, the family came here by way of Lebanon and Jordan.
They are happy to be in Canada and are finding the people of Clearwater friendly and helpful (although they wish they knew of an Arabic speaker here).