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Pearson International Airport and Annette Wilde

plane carrying: It the fourth such plane to touch down in Canada, the third in Toronto, according to Toronto Star. It sad they’re coming in the middle of winter, it sort of a shock, said Annette Wilde, a volunteer with Save a Family From Syria. On Friday, a plane carrying about 214 refugees landed at Pearson International Airport around 5 p.m. The organization has helped privately sponsor five families to Canada — the first of which is set to arrive within the next few days, she said. The family of two parents and two children — a 3-year-old and a 1-year-old — will need help with everything from learning how to navigate the TTC to learning how to shop in a Canadian grocery store. She and other volunteers have been busy preparing for their arrival, scouting an apartment in Scarborough, buying furniture and finding ESL classes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.