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5i3iwahbuhhii aarfiiivteaab- 17 ears to become canadian from page 1 enthusiastically made snow angels and threw snowballs sharnae hasalready been bit ten by the skiing bug i like to make snowmen michailah said another local resident waited 17 years before becoming a citizen thursday camilla demelo who came to canada after finish ing high school in sweden to work as a nanny finally decid ed to make her citizenship official whats unique about canada mrs demelo has found is the wide variety of people who live here from dif ferent backgrounds joe and camilla demelo and their two children michael 11 and isabel 9 moved to stouffville in 1999 the demelo children attend summitview public school canadian citizenship judge normand a allaire pre sented the new canadians with their certificates assisted by anna del medico citizen ship and immigration coun selor family and friends as well as students from the school almost filled the st mark gym the quintessential symbol of canada was there in the person of mountie david fen- chak markhams town crier john webster came to stouffville to clang his bell and welcome all to the ceremony several members of whitchurch- stouffville fire and emer gency services attended the st mark choir per formed at the solemn cere mony under the direction of teacher susan whitebread mrs demelo and the minalingham family are among the 150000 people who become canadian citi zens every year camilla demelo for information on becoming a citizen go to cicgcca the minaling ham family garmelle from left and michailah par ents natalie and paul mina and sharnae sing o canada after being sworn in as canadian citizens at st mark catholic school thursday the stouffville resi dents left zim babwe for the peace and free dom of canada staff photohannelore volpe