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Raphael Assaf and Number Golden

ASF drop zone: This is a catch-all ASF view; only displays when an unsupported article type is put in an ASF drop zone It not as remote as you’d think, he said, according to Globe and Mail. We’re 12 kilometres down a logging road … and then once you get to the highway, it 26 kilometres down the Number 1 to Golden. But Beaverfoot Lodge general manager Raphael Assaf, who, along with the resort owner, is offering to temporarily house up to 70 of the thousands of refugees expected to arrive in Canada in the coming months, says it not a far-fetched idea. What they are going through right now – this would be paradise for them. Assaf suggestion – which is backed by the owner of the lodge, an Albertan who prefers to stay in the background – comes as governments, aid groups, schools and churches are scrambling to line up lodging for thousands of refugees who could come to Canada in coming weeks. Mr. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.