Thousands of Winnipeggers create living maple leaf at Portage and Main
CBC News
Over 3,600 red-shirted Winnipeggers filled Portage and Main to create a giant maple leaf in the city’s historic intersection on a historic Canada Day.
Click on the link for full details
Refugee organization steps up to teach newcomers how to swim after drowning deaths
By: Holly Caruk, for CBC News
N.E.E.D.S. Inc launched the swimming program in January and has seen between 30 and 40 youth, ages 12-21 take part in a 10-week course at Winnipeg’s Sherbrook Pool. NEEDS hopes to put 100 youth through the program by the end of the year.
Click on the link for full details
Thousands of Manitoba’s Muslims gather to end month of fasting
Over 10,000 people in Winnipeg attended the festival to mark the end of the month of fasting, also known as the month of Ramadan.
Click on the link for full details
Asylum Seekers welcomed in Gretna after opposition
‘On a regular basis residents come and play board games with asylum seekers, children invite their kids to play at the local play structure, while donations of food, hygiene kits and stuffed animals pour in. Last week, residents and newcomers built a small community garden together.’
Click on the link for full details
Bill C-6 Receives Royal Assent
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Exciting news – Bill C-6 has finally received Royal Assent and is now law… Permanent residents of Canada may apply for citizenship sooner than previously.
Click on the link for full details
Teen Syrian refugee who survived bombing of her home has long road to recovery in Winnipeg
By: Nelly Gonzalez, for CBC News
‘Maryam is a 13-year old Syrian refugee who survived the bombing of her home in the city of Idlib in 2015. She arrived in Winnipeg last year as a government-sponsored refugee… Despite all the challenges ahead for Maryam and her family, she said she’s happy and grateful to be in Canada. Maryam’s words, “I want to say thank you for, like, all the people that have helped us, and take care about us.”
Click on the link for full details
From child soldier to Winnipeg engineer, how 1 boy escaped the bloodshed
By: Austin Grabish, for CBC News
Daniel Mach is an engineer in Winnipeg shared his story of growing up in a child soldier camp in South Sudan at refugee benefit concert Tuesday, on World Refugee Day.
Click on the link for full details
Refugee who lost fingers to frostbite wins bid to stay in Canada
By: Austin Grabish, for CBC News
Razak Iyal, a refugee who lost all his fingers to frostbite after walking into Canada on Christmas Eve, has won his bid to stay in Canada.
Click on the link for full details
From Somali refugee to college graduate, Marcus Askar achieves goal 20 years in the making
CBC News
When Marcus Askar came to Winnipeg in 1997 he made it a goal to get a diploma and after 20 years, he has finally achieved that goal.
Click on the link for full details
Winnipeg newcomer housing centre gets facelift
CBC News
Congratulations to IRCOM – Immigrant & Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba our member organization to their successful grand opening of the transitional housing building – IRCOM Isabel.
Click on the link for full details
