Four Nova Scotia high school students have each won $5,000 in tuition for a Nova Scotia university or college of their choice through the online game Mission Tuition.  Hear from the winners by visiting:  http://gov.ns.ca/news/smr/20090626missiontuition.asp
 

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My family came to Canada in 1996 when I was doing my Ph.D. at Memorial University in Newfoundland. It was an amazing experience to come from the warm weather in Egypt to Newfoundland but we loved it.  People over there are so friendly.  After I finished my degree in marine engineering we went back to Egypt for almost one year but my kids who started their school in Newfoundland wanted to come back to Canada, so we applied for immigration and came to Nova Scotia in summer 2000. It was hard at the beginning to find a job here for my husband who is a mechanical engineer in Egypt..."
Amal Hamdy
Halifax, Nova Scotia
I left Nova Scotia in 2000 and headed out west, like many other Maritimers. But as they say, you don't know what you've got until it's gone. I always knew I'd come home again. The pull of the Maritimes is a strong one. The whole time I was away I missed family, friends and Nova Scotia. I love this province. It's hard to pinpoint why because there are so many things that make it special; the heritage, the people, the music, the scenery, and the list goes on and on..."
Charlene
Halifax (Soon to be Pictou), Nova Scotia

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