Helped by Us

Helped by Us

Three years ago, on Feb. 24, the lives of the Kiladze family — Salome, Lasha,Amiran, and Milena — were torn apart when Russia invaded Ukraine. They escaped to Georgia and finally to Canada and have established new lives in Keremeos. They want to stay, but they, like...
Three Year Anniversary

Three Year Anniversary

Andrea Malysh, whose paternal grandfather came to Vernon in 1903, performs with her dance troupe Sadok, which she started in 1999. The dance is called Pryvit, a traditional welcome dance. Malysh, head of the Okanagan-Thompson branch of the Ukraine Canada Congress,...
Poet & Volunteer

Poet & Volunteer

Dr. Gerald Partridge volunteered to drive Milena and Amiran to their first day of school in Keremeos.  Afterward, Gerald couldn’t help but think about the horrible circumstances that the war had brought to these innocent children…and he wrote this poem...