Ukraine

Torque Masters Car Club vice-president Curtis Smith, president Ken Coward, and vice-president Jim Clayton stand inside their clubhouse March 28. The club’s latest community effort is fundraising to buy at least one reliable used car for the Ukrainian Safe Haven in East Sooke. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)

Sidney car club fundraising to buy vehicle for Ukrainians fleeing war

Torque Masters Car Club’s latest community project to benefit Ukrainian Safe Haven in East Sooke

 

A man takes a photo of himself holding his smartphone in Kyiv, Ukraine Monday, March 27, 2023 showing the “Air Alert” application which shows regions currently under Russian rocket attacks. When air raid alarms sound in Ukraine, they also trigger the “Air Alert” downloadable app that has been voiced by “Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill. With his gravely but also calming baritone, he urges people to take cover. He also tells them when the danger has passed, signing off with “May the Force be with you.” (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Feel the Force: Mark Hamill carries ‘Star Wars’ voice to Ukraine

Luke Skywalker lend his famous voice to downloadable app linked to Ukraine’s air defense system

 

Ukrainian servicemen fold the national flag over the coffin of their comrade Andrii Neshodovskiy during the funeral ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine demands emergency UN meeting over Putin nuclear plan

Putin says he plans to station atomic weapons in Belarus

 

Oleksandra Verovkina is shown outside her home in Ottawa, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

‘Nothing to come back to,’ says Ukrainian woman in Canada, her beloved home destroyed

Oleksandra Verovkina’s old neighbourhood is now a battleground

Oleksandra Verovkina is shown outside her home in Ottawa, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly speaks to reporters on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. Joly says China’s attempts to broker peace in Ukraine will likely only help Russia re-arm and prolong the conflict. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Canada’s foreign minister says China peace talks in Moscow will prolong Ukraine war

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says China’s attempts to broker peace in…

Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly speaks to reporters on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. Joly says China’s attempts to broker peace in Ukraine will likely only help Russia re-arm and prolong the conflict. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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US ships mega generators to ease outages in Puerto Rico

US ships mega generators to ease outages in Puerto Rico

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FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin enter a hall for talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2019. The Chinese government said Xi would visit Moscow from March 20, to March 22, 2023, but gave no indication when he departed. The Russian government said Xi was due to arrive at midday and meet later with Putin.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

Putin welcomes China’s Xi to Kremlin amid Ukraine war

The neighbours described Xi’s three-day trip as an opportunity to deepen their ‘no-limits friendship’

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin enter a hall for talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2019. The Chinese government said Xi would visit Moscow from March 20, to March 22, 2023, but gave no indication when he departed. The Russian government said Xi was due to arrive at midday and meet later with Putin.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)
New anti-Ukraine graffiti, and crosses, have been left outside a Langley, B.C. townhouse that has been flying a Ukraine flag. (Courtesy Kiersten Bisgaard)

More anti-Ukraine graffiti spray painted at B.C. townhouse

‘They hit our gate again, this time with a cross’

New anti-Ukraine graffiti, and crosses, have been left outside a Langley, B.C. townhouse that has been flying a Ukraine flag. (Courtesy Kiersten Bisgaard)
FILE - Slovak Air Force MiG-29 goes through a water gate during an airshow in Malacky, Slovakia, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. On Friday March 17, 2023 Slovakia’s government has approved a plan to give Ukraine its fleet of 13 Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets, becoming the second NATO member country to agree to fulfill the Ukrainian government’s pleas for warplanes to help defend against Russia’s invasion. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek,File)

Slovakia, after Poland, agrees to give Ukraine Soviet jets

Slovakian PM says military aid key to ensuring Ukraine can defend itself and all of Europe

FILE - Slovak Air Force MiG-29 goes through a water gate during an airshow in Malacky, Slovakia, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. On Friday March 17, 2023 Slovakia’s government has approved a plan to give Ukraine its fleet of 13 Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets, becoming the second NATO member country to agree to fulfill the Ukrainian government’s pleas for warplanes to help defend against Russia’s invasion. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek,File)
Mechanical engineering professor Nick Dechev talks about a prosthetic limb made from using a 3D-printer and polylactic acid for amputees and kids in Canada and the US part of the Victoria Hand Project in the engineering lab wing at the University of Victoria in Victoria, B.C., on Tuesday, December 3, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Victoria group lends a helping hand to Ukraine, setting up prosthetic clinics

Victoria Hand Project provides low-cost, fully functioning 3D-printed prosthetic arms

Mechanical engineering professor Nick Dechev talks about a prosthetic limb made from using a 3D-printer and polylactic acid for amputees and kids in Canada and the US part of the Victoria Hand Project in the engineering lab wing at the University of Victoria in Victoria, B.C., on Tuesday, December 3, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Lyuba Pastushok tends to her growing herd of cattle on her family farm in Holoskyovchi in western Ukraine on Feb. 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Laura Osman

Canadian dairy plant becomes unlikely symbol of defiance for Ukrainian farmers

The $3-million dairy plant, funded by Global Affairs Canada, helping Ukraine dairy co-ops.

Lyuba Pastushok tends to her growing herd of cattle on her family farm in Holoskyovchi in western Ukraine on Feb. 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Laura Osman
Someone spray painted a swastika and anti-Ukraine graffiti (left) at a Langley townhouse on Thursday, March 9. The next day, someone else painted out part of the message (right) and converted the rest into a pro-Ukraine comment. (Courtesy Kiersten Bisgaard)

Anti-Ukraine graffiti spray painted on B.C. townhouse

RCMP investigating incident

Someone spray painted a swastika and anti-Ukraine graffiti (left) at a Langley townhouse on Thursday, March 9. The next day, someone else painted out part of the message (right) and converted the rest into a pro-Ukraine comment. (Courtesy Kiersten Bisgaard)
The train station in Lviv, western Ukraine, is lit up by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Ukrainian officials in Lviv say there’s another way Canadians can support the embattled country’s economy and war effort, but it’s not for the faint of heart: pack your bags and come be a tourist. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP -Petros Giannakouris

‘Welcome to Lviv’: Ukrainian city ready for ‘brave’ Canadian tourists

Despite mayor’s welcome, western Ukraine city cannot actively encourage people to enter

The train station in Lviv, western Ukraine, is lit up by Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Ukrainian officials in Lviv say there’s another way Canadians can support the embattled country’s economy and war effort, but it’s not for the faint of heart: pack your bags and come be a tourist. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP -Petros Giannakouris
President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz after the first day of the closed meeting of the German Cabinet in Gransee, Germany, Sunday March 5, 2023. Von der Leyen is in Canada for a short visit aimed at promoting transatlantic ties. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-dpa, Soeren Stache

Trudeau announces supports for Ukraine, hydrogen deal with Europe as EU head visits

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced more support for Ukraine and a new…

President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz after the first day of the closed meeting of the German Cabinet in Gransee, Germany, Sunday March 5, 2023. Von der Leyen is in Canada for a short visit aimed at promoting transatlantic ties. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-dpa, Soeren Stache
BC Liberal leader Kevin Falcon calls on government to approve outstanding LNG projects to help Europe find alternative energy forms as the world marks the one-year-anniversary of Russia’s attack on Feb. 24. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

B.C. has ‘obligation’ to help Europe find alternative forms of energy: Falcon

Falcon made the statement as world marks one-year-anniversary of Russia’s attack on Ukraine

BC Liberal leader Kevin Falcon calls on government to approve outstanding LNG projects to help Europe find alternative energy forms as the world marks the one-year-anniversary of Russia’s attack on Feb. 24. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Ukrainian military medics help their wounded comrade to get out from an ambulance after arriving from the battlefield to the field hospital near Bakhmut, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

UN chief points to ‘massive’ rights violations in Ukraine

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has triggered “the most massive violations of…

Ukrainian military medics help their wounded comrade to get out from an ambulance after arriving from the battlefield to the field hospital near Bakhmut, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, on Thursday, April 7, 2022. Expanding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has become a major focus of Parliament’s foreign affairs committee as it tours several European countries to study the impact of the war in Ukraine, the committee chair said in an interview in Warsaw Sunday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Olivier Matthys Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, on Thursday, April 7, 2022. Expanding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has become a major focus of Parliament’s foreign affairs committee as it tours several European countries to study the impact of the war in Ukraine, the committee chair said in an interview in Warsaw Sunday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Olivier Matthys

NATO expansion focus of parliamentary committee trip to Europe to study Ukraine

Committee studying impact of war, considering new countries to join NATO

Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, on Thursday, April 7, 2022. Expanding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has become a major focus of Parliament’s foreign affairs committee as it tours several European countries to study the impact of the war in Ukraine, the committee chair said in an interview in Warsaw Sunday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Olivier Matthys Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, on Thursday, April 7, 2022. Expanding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has become a major focus of Parliament’s foreign affairs committee as it tours several European countries to study the impact of the war in Ukraine, the committee chair said in an interview in Warsaw Sunday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Olivier Matthys
FILE - Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns speaks at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Va., July 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

CIA director: Putin too confident he can grind down Ukraine

Burns adamant the U.S. will continue its support of Ukraine

FILE - Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns speaks at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Va., July 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Graphics show how territory has shifted hands since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in March 2022. (The Associated Press)

Map shows territorial shifts in Ukraine since war began 1 year ago

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has covered a large part of the country’s…

Graphics show how territory has shifted hands since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in March 2022. (The Associated Press)
Viacheslav Samsonenko, a Ukrainian newcomer who fled his home country in May, poses in Saanichiton, B.C., on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Ukrainians welcomed in workplace, but still finding jobs below their qualifications

Employers often fail to recognize education and work experience from outside of Canada

Viacheslav Samsonenko, a Ukrainian newcomer who fled his home country in May, poses in Saanichiton, B.C., on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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