B.C.’s Lebanese community calls for Ottawa to act as war spreads in the Middle East

As Israeli airstrikes have displaced nearly half a million people in Lebanon, a Vancouver artist who escaped the Lebanese Civil War in 1975 says her personal history of loss mirrors the current humanitarian crisis, which aid groups warn is reaching a breaking point. As the CBC’s Janella Hamilton reports, the Lebanese community in British Columbia is calling on Ottawa to provide urgent aid and extend visas for those seeking safety from the escalating conflict.