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Cunard Centre: Family Months and Winter Sun

cunard centre: As they filled a stage, a heartrending sobbing could be heard, the anguish of a woman who lost all of her children in Tuesday's fast-moving fire, and whose husband was in hospital being treated for severe burns, according to CTV. Mourners offered love and support to Kawthar Barho, who arrived in Canada with her family 18 months ago as Syrian refugees. Seven black hearses lined up under the cold winter sun, the caskets brought inside the Cunard Centre by an honour guard. But the overwhelming devastation of losing seven children in one night -- from an infant baby to a teenager -- hung heavy over the funeral. More than 2,000 people attended the two-hour service, with every seat filled and hundreds more people standing. I've done many funerals but nothing like this, so please bear with me, an overwhelmed Sheikh Hamza said as he offered the ceremony's English sermon. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.