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Mount Royal University is hosting about 100 Ukrainian refugees at its townhouse residences and offering free use of some campus facilities. The Calgary post-secondary has offered the accommodation at a discounted rate. Each townhouse has four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen and living room, allowing enough room for families, according …
Read More »Decades-old plaque stolen from Calgary park dedicated to Ukrainian pioneers
A plaque — funded by donations from Calgary’s Ukrainian community to thank Canada for accepting people from the country — has been stolen, a community group says. The Calgary branch of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) found out last week the plaque at Ukrainian Pioneers Park was missing. The park was …
Read More »Russian attacks on residential areas near Odesa kill at least 19, Ukrainian officials say
Russian missile attacks on residential areas in a coastal town near the port city of Odesa early Friday killed at least 19 people, Ukrainian authorities reported a day after Russian forces withdrew from a strategic Black Sea island. Video of the pre-dawn attack showed the charred remains of buildings in …
Read More »Russia attacks Ukrainian capital Kyiv for 1st time in weeks
Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Sunday morning, striking at least two residential buildings, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said, as elsewhere Russian troops consolidated their gains in the east. Associated Press journalists in Kyiv saw rescue services battling flames and rescuing civilians. Klitschko said two people …
Read More »Why Ukrainian newcomers are not refugees and why that matters
This month the New Brunswick government chartered a plane to bring in 170 Ukrainians fleeing the war. At the airport, the tearful reunions and welcoming hugs looked the same, but despite having travelled to find safety, these newcomers in Canada are not considered refugees. In March, the federal government created a special program …
Read More »Ukrainian forces withdraw from Severodonetsk amid widespread Russian shelling
Russian missiles rained down across Ukraine on Saturday, hitting military facilities in the west and the north as well as a southern city as the biggest land conflict in Europe since the Second World War entered its fifth month. Russian artillery and airstrikes pounded the twin cities of Severodonetsk and …
Read More »Ukrainian doctors find new life on P.E.I. as resident care workers
Trained as physicians in their country, a Ukrainian couple is now building a new life on P.E.I. as resident care workers at a long-term care home in Charlottetown. Olena Yevchenko, 29 and Yehor Polusmiak, 28, were on vacation in Africa when war broke out in Ukraine. Polusmiak’s parents moved to …
Read More »Second planeload of Ukrainian refugees arrives in N.L.
Iryna Krasilnikova travelled with her dog Prince from Ukraine to Poland to St. John’s. (Ted Dillon/CBC) A second plane carrying Ukrainian refugees fleeing war has arrived in Newfoundland and Labrador. The flight, chartered by the provincial government and carrying 177 people and their pets, landed Tuesday night at the St. John’s …
Read More »Montrealers open their homes to Ukrainian families fleeing war-torn country
Tatiana and Daniel Romano have been sleeping in their basement, as they renovate their home to house Ukrainian families fleeing the war. In the past month, they’ve torn down walls to create spare bedrooms and bathrooms to make their guests comfortable. For them, revamping their home in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Que., a …
Read More »Different country, same scissors: Ukrainian barber ‘crushing it’ in St. John’s
Serhii Firsikov flew to St. John’s on May 9 aboard a plane that the Newfoundland and Labrador government chartered for Ukrainian refugees. (Caroline Hillier/CBC) The hairdryer and hair clippers that Serhii Firsikov brought from Ukraine don’t plug in to the sockets at his new chair at Fogtown Barber Shop in downtown …
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