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...
1000 Days

1000 Days

A family from war-torn Ukraine is reunited at the E-Bus stop in West Kelowna. Older son, Oleksandr (far left) and his father, Serhii, remained in Ukraine because of difficulties with documentation while mother Liubov and son, Artem, travelled to Canada a year earlier....
Thankful

Thankful

Ukrainians displaced by the war gathered Saturday at Marina Way Park in Penticton to celebrate their country’s independence from the Soviet Union on August 24, 1991, and to thank Canada, Penticton, and the Ukrainian Nightingale Project. See the full story in the...
Local Dentists Step Up

Local Dentists Step Up

Dr. Azeez Swarup of Okanagan Dental in Okanagan Falls examines Sviataslav Zbrutskyi, 14.  Dentists in Penticton, Okanagan Falls, and Oliver have stepped forward to help with emergency care for Ukrainian children whose families have been displaced by the war. In April,...