An ear, nose and throat specialist from Ukraine wants to work in Nova Scotia, but she s facing difficulties in getting a visa approved for her nine-year-old child.
The Ukrainian-trained general practitioner and gynaecologist had a meeting Friday morning with operators of a program to integrate foreign educated health professionals, and now he finally has the ball rolling.
Pushed from home in central Ukraine by Putin s war, Julia Guk s aunts and cousins finally arrived in Halifax over the weekend and into her family s arms.
Julia Guk, Ukrainian Canadian living in Timberlea, N.S., says she is concerned for family in Kyiv, but is remaining cautiously optimistic for those trying to come to Canada.