Toronto Star and Principal Applicant

: He died of a stroke on March 28, while settling his affairs in Aleppo and arranging for the trip to Canada, according to Toronto Star. He was 74. But the documents came too late for Kassir father, the principal applicant on the sponsorship. Only after the Toronto Star launched inquiries into their case, can Kassir widowed mother finally make the journey to her son in Toronto. His widow was told she must reapply for a visa under the family sponsorship program for parents. That because the elderly couple permanent-resident visas were cancelled by Canadian Citizenship and Immigration when Kassir father died. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.