National

Winnipeg Hotel Undergoing Renovation Gives Beds, Mattresses, Sofas To Syrian Refugees

Darpan News Desk, 20 Jan, 2016 12:04 PM

WINNIPEG — A hotel that is being converted into luxury apartments is giving 34-suites worth of bed frames, mattresses and sofas to Syrian refugees.

John Saad, general manager of Place Louis Riel Suite Hotel, says they could have sold the items to another hotel chain.

But he says it is a great "repurpose" of the furniture and it gives people a fresh start with their new lives in Canada.

Ahmad Jameel, a refugee, said through a translator that they are thankful for any help offered and called it "amazing" and "wonderful."

But Saad says there is nothing amazing about the donation and it was just "a natural thought process."

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

New Species Of Flightless Bird Discovered In Fossil On Vancouver Island Beach

VICTORIA — A family out for a stroll on southern Vancouver Island stumbled upon the extraordinary fossilized remains of a 25-million-year-old flightless bird that has created a flap in the world of paleontology.

New Species Of Flightless Bird Discovered In Fossil On Vancouver Island Beach

Debate Picking Up Over Whether To Put Away Statues Of Canada Historical Figures

HALIFAX — The debate over whether to knock statues of controversial figures off their pedestals has erupted again in Canada, as history writers and academics in two cities differ over how the present should influence the honouring of the past.

Debate Picking Up Over Whether To Put Away Statues Of Canada Historical Figures

Saskatoon Hotel Cancels Trade Show That Was To Promote Africa Trophy Hunts

SASKATOON — A trade show that was to showcase companies that offer trophy hunts in Africa is no longer going to be held at a Saskatoon hotel.

Saskatoon Hotel Cancels Trade Show That Was To Promote Africa Trophy Hunts

Alberta Crown Says Forensics, Phone Records Tie Vader To Mccann Killings

EDMONTON — Court documents show forensic evidence, cellphone records, an undercover sting and a bullet hole in a hat are part of the Crown's long-running attempt to tie a suspect to the mysterious disappearance of two Alberta seniors.