Lesya Kyrpenko, who fled Kyiv with her 13-year-old twins last year, will mark the Ukraine war’s one-year anniversary as featured chef of a fundraising dinner she and other Ukrainians are preparing to share their country’s food and culture.
Lina Dzubenko sat down in the pews of Winnipeg's Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral on Remembrance Day, filled with thanks for the brave people who have been fighting for years for her home country's independence.
Athletes at B.C. Place carried Ukrainian flags, people rallied in Richmond, and others made donations in Vancouver on Saturday to support Ukraine as it faces ongoing attacks by Russia.
To Vancouver s Michelle Petrusevich, the scenes of fire and devastation look like something out of a Hollywood war movie. In reality, they are the images sent to her by family in eastern Ukraine, where the Russian invasion is intensifying.