A small Nova Scotia town with a big heart is being featured in a new United Nations film series about Syrian refugee settlement. The Hadhad family went on to donate to the Fort McMurray wildfire relief effort, raised from their new chocolate business. "It's quite incredible to see how Canadians are coming together to bring in Syrian refugees," U.N. filmmaker Annie Sakkab told Radio-Canada on Sunday. United Nations filmmaker Annie Sakkab says she's found small communities embrace refugees warmly. (Stephanie Blanchet/Radio-Canada)Cross-Canada film tourThe film series will highlight a different Canadian small town weekly from mid-November to January, filmmaker Leyland Cecco said.

Source: CBC News October 23, 2016 23:37 UTC