"They're amazing kids," said Leno Ribahi, president of the group that brought the Barho family to Nova Scotia as Syrian refugees in 2017. The seven Barho children — three-month-old Abdullah; Rana, 2; Hala, 3; Ola, 8; Mohamad, 9; Rola, 12; and Ahmed, 14 — died Tuesday morning after a fire swept through their Halifax home. The Barho family's life in Canada would have likely been unimaginable to them before they arrived. "They had the best 14, 15 months of their life," said Ribahi of the children. They were this beautiful, shiny, happy family who were so grateful to have had the opportunity to start a new life in Canada.

Source: CBC News February 20, 2019 22:41 UTC