David’s Blog: Rain, rain don’t go away

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Published: December 28, 2009

I thought I'd close out the year 2009 with a little "feel good" story involving Canadian immigration.

This is about the Viviers family, who hail from sun-soaked South Africa. Unfortunately for them, three of the four family members suffer from a rare genetic skin disorder that makes exposure to direct sunlight extremely painful. As a result, they set out to find a reliably cloudy environment to move to. This prompted them, eleven years ago, to visit Prince Rupert, British Columbia, a place that holds the Canadian record for the least number of sunny days, pretty much every year.

>> Read full article on Canadavisa.com

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