More middle-east refugees destined for Canada

Ottawa will be resettling 1,200 of the world’s most vulnerable refugees.

The Yazidis are a minority ethnic group in northern Iraq and elsewhere. About 400 asylum seekers, most of them Yazidis, have arrived here in recent months.

Conservative M-P Michelle Rempel applauded the government’s move to help resettle them in Canada…but said it’s only one small piece of a broader puzzle to save the Yazidis from annihilation.

SPORTS

In the NHL…Leafs beat the Jets 5-4 in overtime. Canadiens downed the Rangers 3-2 in a shootout.  Flames singed Nashville 6-5 in O-T.  Oilers lost 4-1 to the Lightning.  Senators beat the Devils 3-1.  Pittsburg handled Carolina 3-1.

Ontario’s Rachel Homan is the only undefeated rink left at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts at 7&0.