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These new Canadians left Brazil for Halifax before COVID-19, and they have a warning for others
COVID-19 surges across the globe as countries report new records The couple hails from Porto Alegre, a city of 1.5 million in southern Brazil.“Since I was a teenager, my dream always was to live in Canada,” Koch explained.So in 2014, the two began researching the country in earnest and saving money. They had no pre-conceived ideas about which province they would settle in, and left it up to good old-fashioned Google.“Our first decision was Winnipeg but because the weather is too cold there, we decided to look (at) more cities, more provinces from Canada,” said Luckmann, with a laugh.“And we found Halifax.”The couple says aside from Halifax’s mild weather, the region’s beaches and lakes attracted them.