Typhoon Haiyan and Sharon Creer

Sharon Creer: The Toronto nanny had flown home to be with her surviving family members after Typhoon Haiyan blasted through the countrys eastern islands on Nov. 8, killing more than 6,000 people, including her 64-year-old mother, two aunts and an uncle, according to The Star. Creer waited nearly five months for a response, which finally came on May 9. They were rejected and Sharon Creer left her storm-ravaged town in the Philippines in January expecting that her husband and children would soon follow. When the Canadian government announced it would fast-track visa applications from Filipinos significantly and personally affected by the typhoon, Creer eagerly applied for her husband and children, whose sponsorship was already in progress. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.