Supun Thilina Kellapatha and Nadeeka Dilrukshi Nonis smiled as they watched their kids fling themselves in the freshly fallen snow last week.
“There is no snow in Sri Lanka or Hong Kong,” Kellapatha said.
It’s been four months since the family that helped shelter whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong arrived in Montreal after Canada granted them asylum. Now, they’re embracing the frosty weather and their new life.
“My kids have good future in Montreal and it’s a peaceful city,” Kellapatha said.
Their journey, though, has been anything but easy.
Sethumdi Kellapatha, 10, and her brother Dinath, 5, learned how to make snow angels after their first
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