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Boglarka Kincses to be deported to Romania as Ottawa deemed her medically ineligible

Mother, disabled daughter face deportation

CBC News Posted: Jan 28, 2013 2:57 PM CST  Last Updated: Jan 28, 2013 6:14 PM CST 

Reka Kincses and her daugher Boglarka face deportation to Romania because the federal government says the medical costs for the 22-year-old are excessive.Reka Kincses and her daugher Boglarka face deportation to Romania because the federal government says the medical costs for the 22-year-old are excessive. (CBC)
Legal efforts are underway to stop a mother and her disabled daughter in Saskatoon from being deported to Romania Wednesday.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada wants to send the women back to the country because the 22-year-old daughter is deemed to be medically ineligible.

Boglarka Kincses has cerebral palsy and Ottawa says she places an excessive demand on the country’s health care and social systems.

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Alberta to allow Sikhs to wear religious dagger in court

Sikh wearing kirpan banned from Calgary court in 2008

The Canadian Press

Posted: Jan 28, 2013 12:56 PM MT

Last Updated: Jan 28, 2013 12:54 PM MT

Alberta has come up with a policy to allow Sikhs to wear a ceremonial religious dagger called a kirpan in courthouses.

Under the Justice Department policy, a person must tell security officers they have a kirpan and wear it in a sheath, under clothing.

The blade of the kirpan can be no longer than 10 centimetres.

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