Many Ukrainian Orthodox Christians in Manitoba, including the Kowalchuk family, celebrated Christmas Eve and its traditional 12-dish vegetarian meal on Saturday for the last time in January.
Volunteers at St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church in Montreal's east end estimate it could cost as much as $200,000 to ship to Ukraine 40 tonnes of donations, including medicine, clothing and hygiene products, now piling up at the church and in a warehouse.
Ukrainian Montrealers are rallying in solidarity with Ukraine and calling for the international community to fully isolate Russia, after it launched a full-scale attack on several Ukrainian cities overnight.