Immigration Services Society Of B.C.: B.C.

Ecological Devastation Dept: Today, a B.C. non-profit organization will mark World Refugee Day by unveiling plans for a state-of-the-art centre for people escaping war, famine, ecological devastation and persecution, according to Vancouver Sun. The group has also organized a major international conference on the plight of the world's more than 10 million refugees, being held today through Friday in Vancouver and Richmond and the agony and desperate hopes of the world's refugees will be in the spotlight this week in Metro Vancouver. The Immigration Services Society of B.C. - which has been hosting refugees for four decades at its cramped facilities at 530 Drake St. - will reveal architectural plans for its much bigger Welcome House Centre at 10th Avenue and Victoria Drive. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.