Ghassan Barazi and Batal Alhasan

translator: It the kind of wintry welcome that sends most Torontonians running, but Alhasan has embraced it with open arms, according to Toronto Star. Everything is going really well, the welcoming was beyond our expectation, he told the Star with the aid of a translator, his sponsor Ghassan Barazi. When Syrian refugee Batal Alhasan first set foot on Canadian soil at midnight last Friday, he was greeted by below-freezing temperatures. Not making us feel like strangers at all. Once, he was an electrician and shop-owner, an entrepreneur who took pride in knowing the markets and supporting his family with his own business. More on thestar.com:Dear refugees: 10 things you should know about Canada Syrian refugees now must be integrated into Canadian life, ministers say The toughest part of Syrian resettlement is still ahead: Tim Harper Although he been in Canada for less than a week, Alhasan says he and his wife and four children already feel at home in their new city. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.