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Wednesday December 9 2015 11 POLITICS SYRIA 2015 Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. BRP. All rights reserved. and the BRP logo are trademarks of BRP or its affiliates. Offers valid in Canada only at participating Ski-Doo dealers located in Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island New Brunswick Nova Scotia Quebec and Ontario on new and unused 2015 and 2016 Ski-Doo snowmobiles excluding racing models and units sold under the Spring Fever promotion purchased delivered and registered between December 1 2015 and January 6 2016. The terms and conditions may vary depending on your province and these offers are subject to termination or change at any time without notice. See your Ski-Doo dealer for details. UP TO 3-YEAR BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY Consumers will receive a 3-year BRP limited warranty on select Summit models and 2-year BRP limited warranty on other select models. Summit Sport 600 Carb Renegade Sport 600 Carb and MXZ Sport 600 Carb models are excluded from this offer. Subject to the exclusions limitations of liabilities and all other terms and conditions of BRPs standard limited warranty contract including without limitation the exclusions of damages caused by abuse abnormal use or neglect. See your participating Ski-Doo dealer for a copy of the BRP Limited Warranty. SAVE UP TO 2000 ON SELECT 2015 MODELS Eligible units are select new and unused 2015 Ski-Doo models. Rebate amount depends on the model purchased. While quantities last. GREAT FINANCING Subject to credit approval by the participating financial institution not all applicants will qualify. Offer may not be assigned traded sold or combined with any other offer unless expressly stated herein. Offer void where restricted or otherwise prohibited by law. BRP reserves the right at any time to discontinue or change specifications prices designs features models or equipment without incurring any obligation. Always consult your snowmobile dealer when selecting a snowmobile for your particular needs and carefully read and pay special attention to your Operators Guide Safety Video Safety Handbook and to the safety labelling on your snowmobile. Always ride responsibly and safely. Always wear appropriate clothing including a helmet. Always observe applicable local laws and regulations. Dont drink and drive. 1108140 RENEGADE ADRENALINE OFFER ENDS JANUARY 6 2016 GREAT FINANCING 3-YEARBUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY 2000 SAVE UP TO ON SELECT 2015 MODELS GET UP TO ON SELECT MODELS or GET UP TO Dealer Imprint Goes Here 2015 Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. BRP. All rights reserved. and the BRP logo are trademarks of BRP or its affiliates. Offers valid in Canada only at participating Ski-Doo dealers located in Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island New Brunswick Nova Scotia Quebec and Ontario on new and unused 2015 and 2016 Ski-Doo snowmobiles excluding racing models and units sold under the Spring Fever promotion purchased delivered and registered between December 1 2015 and January 6 2016. The terms and conditions may vary depending on your province and these offers are subject to termination or change at any time without notice. See your Ski-Doo dealer for details. UP TO 3-YEAR BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY Consumers will receive a 3-year BRP limited warranty on select Summit models and 2-year BRP limited warranty on other select models. Summit Sport 600 Carb Renegade Sport 600 Carb and MXZ Sport 600 Carb models are excluded from this offer. Subject to the exclusions limitations of liabilities and all other terms and conditions of BRPs standard limited warranty contract including without limitation the exclusions of damages caused by abuse abnormal use or neglect. See your participating Ski-Doo dealer for a copy of the BRP Limited Warranty. SAVE UP TO 2000 ON SELECT 2015 MODELS Eligible units are select new and unused 2015 Ski-Doo models. Rebate amount depends on the model purchased. While quantities last. GREAT FINANCING Subject to credit approval by the participating financial institution not all applicants will qualify. Offer may not be assigned traded sold or combined with any other offer unless expressly stated herein. Offer void where restricted or otherwise prohibited by law. BRP reserves the right at any time to discontinue or change specifications prices designs features models or equipment without incurring any obligation. Always consult your snowmobile dealer when selecting a snowmobile for your particular needs and carefully read and pay special attention to your Operators Guide Safety Video Safety Handbook and to the safety labelling on your snowmobile. Always ride responsibly and safely. Always wear appropriate clothing including a helmet. Always observe applicable local laws and regulations. Dont drink and drive. 1108140 RENEGADE ADRENALINE OFFER ENDS JANUARY 6 2016 GREAT FINANCING 3-YEARBUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY 2000 SAVE UP TO ON SELECT 2015 MODELS GET UP TO ON SELECT MODELS or Dealer Imprint Goes Here 2015 Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. BRP. All rights reserved. and the BRP logo are trademarks of BRP or its affiliates. Offers valid in Canada only at participating Ski-Doo dealers located in Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island New Brunswick Nova Scotia Quebec and Ontario on new and unused 2015 and 2016 Ski-Doo snowmobiles excluding racing models and units sold under the Spring Fever promotion purchased delivered and registered between December 1 2015 and January 6 2016. The terms and conditions may vary depending on your province and these offers are subject to termination or change at any time without notice. See your Ski-Doo dealer for details. UP TO 3-YEAR BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY Consumers will receive a 3-year BRP limited warranty on select Summit models and 2-year BRP limited warranty on other select models. Summit Sport 600 Carb Renegade Sport 600 Carb and MXZ Sport 600 Carb models are excluded from this offer. Subject to the exclusions limitations of liabilities and all other terms and conditions of BRPs standard limited warranty contract including without limitation the exclusions of damages caused by abuse abnormal use or neglect. See your participating Ski-Doo dealer for a copy of the BRP Limited Warranty. SAVE UP TO 2000 ON SELECT 2015 MODELS Eligible units are select new and unused 2015 Ski-Doo models. Rebate amount depends on the model purchased. While quantities last. GREAT FINANCING Subject to credit approval by the participating financial institution not all applicants will qualify. Offer may not be assigned traded sold or combined with any other offer unless expressly stated herein. Offer void where restricted or otherwise prohibited by law. BRP reserves the right at any time to discontinue or change specifications prices designs features models or equipment without incurring any obligation. Always consult your snowmobile dealer when selecting a snowmobile for your particular needs and carefully read and pay special attention to your Operators Guide Safety Video Safety Handbook and to the safety labelling on your snowmobile. Always ride responsibly and safely. Always wear appropriate clothing including a helmet. Always observe applicable local laws and regulations. Dont drink and drive. 1108140 RENEGADE ADRENALINE OFFER ENDS JANUARY 6 2016 GREAT FINANCING 3-YEARBUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY 2000 SAVE UP TO ON SELECT 2015 MODELS GET UP TO ON SELECT MODELS or Dealer Imprint Goes Here 926 MACKENZIE HIGHWAY HAY RIVER NT 867-874-2771 Toll Free 1-866-327-0717 www.monsterrec.com Yellowknife dentist reects during Syrian refugee crisis You dont leave your home unless your life is under threat By DALI CARMICHAEL As Syrian refugees begin making their way across the Atlantic to Canada one of the Norths own nds himself contemplating his personal immigration process. Its unfortunate - not un- fortunate its a tragedy - that what has happened to Syria said Hazem Kobaisy a Syr- ian immigrant whohas called Canada his home for almost a quarter-century. In my opinion it could have been prevented. Now a dentist living in Yellowknife Kobaisy was born in Hama Syria a city that remains relatively un- touched by the current con- ict though this has not al- ways been the case. The troubles had been brewing in Syria since 1963 he said. Almost half of the Syrian popula- tion were in exile before the war started. We were lucky we didnt really witness much. But Hama is known for the 1982 massacre where the number of people that were killed is unknown but the same Syr- ian army attacked the city and they destroyed almost a third of it. The Syrian gov- ernmentadmitstoover5000 civilians killed in one month the people of the city esti- mate it to be around 45000 to 50000. Kobaisys family ed from Syria to Saudi Arabia when he was a young man. After my father was let out of a concentration camp in Syria in 74 Kobaisy said. His friends were killed be- cause they stayed and he was the only one who survived because he left the country and took us with him. EventuallyKobaisymadeit to Britain where he attended university. After that he and his family - his siblings and mother - applied to come to Canada in 1990. Almost two years later they landed. In his time in the country Kobaisy has lived in Ontario and the North settling in the NWT capital because of his afnity for the community. Now the owner of Sombe Ke Family Dental and Fort Smiths only dental clinic he is proud of his accomplish- ments and feels settled. My siblings also have done very well in this coun- try. Three of the siblings are physicians and university professors federal employ- ees those kinds of jobs he said. I would say that Can- ada is a great country and what it offers we take it for granted. It offers things that no other country has and the most important part is that every human being is treated as a human being under the law and the social justice of the country. People are kind welcoming and all you have to do is work hard. While he has grown to love his new home he un- derstands the trepidation some refugees have in trav- eling away from their homes even in the face of danger and war. Only 6.3 per cent of refugees who have been surveyed have expressed interest in migrating to the Great White North. Its their homes - you dont leave your home unless your life is under threat or basi- cally there are some extenu- atingcircumstanceshesaid. People dont generally pack their bags and leave because they want to knowing that once you leave theres no way youre going to return. As some Syrians do decide to make the leap Kobaisy hopes the palpable tensions of extremists crossing into Canada will subside. People are worried about Syrians coming to Canada and having come from that culture I know that people are not - by nature or cul- ture - extremists Kobaisy said. Theyre hard work- ing theyre honest and there is really nothing to fear from them. Also they are surrounded and wel- comed by the local Syrian communities and helped in the process of integration so they can be as little of a burden to the social system as possible. Hisadvicetorefugeescom- ing to Canada Work hard and dont give up. Its going to be hard at the beginning but then it will be ne. Editors note This article originally appeared in the Slave River Journal on Sept. 2 2011. As Canada and the world grapple with the cur- rent Syrian refugee crisis we thought it would be ap- ropos to re-print the follow- ing excerpt. By DON JAQUE Each morning Hazem Ko- baisy wakes up with forebod- ing that more of his family members have been killed or torturedbutatthesametime there is a sense of hope that the Arab Spring may soon ar- rive in his Syrian homeland. TheowneroftheFortSmith and SombeKeDentalClinics is pleased with the good life he has carved out for his fam- ily in Canadas North. But his thoughts areconstantlyonthe terrible situation in his home countryandtheprecariouspo- sitionthepeoplearein.Heisat the same time afraid for them andproudofwhattheyaredoing. The people are peaceful armedonlywithrocksagainst tanksandgunshesaid.Their weaponsarecivildisobedience strikes and rallies. Kobaisy says he has aunts uncles and cousins there and it is not unusual to get news thatoneofthemhasbeenshot. Hesaidtheroutineispeople gather at a funeral or demon- stration and then thugs start shooting with some deaths. Then at night police raid the homestoarrestandtakepeo- ple away. He said it is getting worse and now they are start- ing to burn homes. They are using tanks navy gunships and helicopter gunships against ordinary people. We have had a few deaths. Cousinskilledinfrontoftheir families. It is common prac- tice anything from impris- onment to torture to death Kobaisy said. My mother called from Montrealtosaymycousinwas shot. She was sad. Two weeks latertwomorewereshot.When neighborsrushedtohelpthey wereshottoo.Oftenitissnip- ers shooting and they aim for the head or chest. Another part of the bru- tality is that the wounded are deniedtreatment.Thehospitals are surrounded. Anyone with gunshotwoundsaretakenaway. Youhavetobetreatedathome. Kobaisy said the whole thingissurrealunbelievable. We have a general feeling of incomprehension of it all because we are so lucky to be in Canada he said grate- fully. We enjoy the rule of law and freedom of expres- sion something many people in the world dont enjoy. Fleeing from terror - nding safe haven in the North My father was a school teacher and an ordinary man doinghisjobandnothingelse. Hehadgonegroceryshopping and was picked up by the se- cret service. It was common practice. He was thrown in jail for no reason gone for four months. After his father was nally released Kobaisy and his family packed up and left. All we took was the be- longings we could carry. We left our home the way it was. I was nine years old. I had no idea where we were going. His family moved to Saudi Arabiatheclosestneighbour- ing country where his father couldndwork.Helivedthere nine years until he was n- ished Grade 12. Then he went to Bristol England to study. FromtherehewenttoDundee Scotland where he studied dentistry. After graduation he worked for a few years in Ireland. Then he moved to northern Canada. Thatwasin1992.Fortwelve yearshewasadentistinsmall communitiesintheCanadian Arctic serving Rankin Inlet CambridgeBayKuglutukand Flashback Northern dentist fears for his people POLITICS SYRIA others travelling between them. Then he moved to Yel- lowknife in 2003 and started the Sombe Ke Dental Clinic. Following that he started the Fort Smith Dental Clinic. He nowhas11permanentstaffin a very successful dental prac- tice in the two communities. HislifeintheNorthandall he went through to get here is a sharp contrast to the cir- cumstances in the childhood home his family had to ee. It was a challenge I would say. I did not know a lot about Canada but when I came North it became home.