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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Syria

bomb attack: Like dozens of other families from Syria, the Agigians began new lives in this country on Friday, the conclusion of a long and harrowing flight from danger, according to Globe and Mail. Two years ago, they abandoned their Damascus home when one of their daughter teachers died in a bomb attack. He has much to learn about Canada. They fled first to Latakia, and then to Lebanon. At 4:30 on Friday afternoon, they finally pulled up to the peaceful destination they have sought for so long. They made good their escape this week with a whirlwind Canadian initiation: 14-hour-flight from Lebanon to Toronto, brief airport handshake with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, health-care registration, bumper-to-bumper traffic along Highway 401. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.