'Welcome home': New Canadians sworn in on Canada Day

Deepa Varghese’s name was called first at the Canadian citizenship ceremony at the NAC Studio on Saturday afternoon, and although the 35-year-old has been living in Canada for six years — and her second child, four-year-old Elena, was born here — she admits she felt some sudden nervousness as she approached the stage.
“I don’t know why,” she said. “I felt a bit tense.”
Earlier, she’d noted how chuffed she was that her ceremony had been schedu