Tag: War in Ukraine
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Stand with Ukraine: October 17, 2026 Update. Voting Day and Saturday #243
Day 1,696 since February 24th, 2022 (1 696 ะดะตะฝั ะฟะพะฒะฝะพะผะฐัััะฐะฑะฝะพั ะฒัะนะฝะธ: Day 1,696 of the full-scale war)Day 4,622 since February 20th, 2014, Temporary Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation Thank you to all who #StandWithUkraine Greetings from Kamloops! Dobryi den (good day), dear friends, Today is our 243rd Saturday near Kamloops City Hall since…
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To the Last Ukrainian: What Happens If the World Stops Standing with Ukraine
The grave of Yevhen Konovalets at Crooswijk Cemetery, Rotterdam, on November 18, 2025. He lay here from 1938 until Ukraine brought him home in August 2026. Photo: Oleksandr Kondrashov. Why I am sharing this essay If Ukraine surrenders, Russia will not bring peace. It will bring filtration, deportation and erasure, and it will reach Ukrainians…
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Standing Free Returns to Kamloops, Opening with the Strings of the Bandura
This event took place on June 12, 2026. One year ago, Kamloops gathered in a university classroom to bear witness. We watched Standing Free together, asked Maxim Khomenko our questions, and turned a documentary screening into direct support for Ukraine. That evening, the distance between Kamloops and the frontlines disappeared for two hours. On Friday,…
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May 9, 2026 โ Shame Day, Not Victory Day
This event took place on May 9, 2026. Eighty-one years ago today, Nazi Germany was defeated. Millions died to make that defeat possible. Ukrainians, Russians, Belarusians, Kazakhs, Jews, Poles, Roma, Indigenous soldiers from across the Soviet Union, Allied forces from around the world. Their memory belongs to all of humanity, and it deserves better than…
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When Children Lead: American Students, a Canadian Initiative, and the Evidence That Simple Acts of Care Change Wars
The Video That Stopped Me A former classmate recently shared a video that has stayed with me since I watched it. American children, elementary school students, had written letters to Ukrainian soldiers. Not typed them. Written them. In Ukrainian letters, carefully copied from Google Translate, imperfect and sincere. “Dear Ukrainian soldiers, stay safe.” “Come home…
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What Are We Teaching Our Children? Four Years of Full-Scale War and the Generation That Will Not Forget
February 24, 2026: Four Years Since Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine Four years ago today, the world woke up to the sound of explosions over Kyiv. Four years ago, millions of children woke up to russia’s full scale invasion. Today, a four-year-old child in Ukraine has never known a morning without the possibility of sirens.…
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Four Years of Full-Scale Invasion. One City. One Heart. ะัะบัั, Kamloops! ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ
On Saturday, February 21st, something truly remarkable happened at the Old Courthouse in Kamloops. What was organized in just a few days became one of the most moving and meaningful events our community has ever hosted, and it happened because of you. To everyone who walked through those doors, put on the VR headset, stood…
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๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐จ๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ โ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ญ๐ณ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐จ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ
The events listed here took place from February 21, 2026 to March 6, 2026. Day 1,454 since February 24th, 2022 (1,454 ะดะตะฝั ะฟะพะฒะฝะพะผะฐัััะฐะฑะฝะพั ะฒัะนะฝะธ) Day 4,380 since February 20th, 2014, Temporary Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation Thank you to all who #StandWithUkraine Greetings from Kamloops, British Columbia! Dear Stand with Ukraine supporters, As…
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A Week of Solidarity: Kamloops Stands with Ukraine
This event took place from February 21, 2026 to March 6, 2026. February 21โ28, 2026 | Kamloops, British Columbia As the world marks the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2026, the Kamloops community is coming together for a powerful week of commemorating events, honouring those who have fallen, celebrating…
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Every Photo Is a Life: The Stories Behind Heraskevych’s Banned Olympic Helmet
This has been a week of mourning. On Tuesday, a mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in northeastern British Columbia killed eight people, including five children. A small community of 2,400, where the mayor says he doesn’t call residents “residents,” he calls them “family” was shattered in minutes. Canada lowered its flags. The nation…
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Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Vladyslav Heraskevych and the Helmet the IOC Doesn’t Want You to See
There is something deeply uncomfortable about being told to die quietly. On February 9, 2026, Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych arrived at the Olympic track in Cortina d’Ampezzo wearing a helmet painted with the faces of more than twenty Ukrainian athletes killed by Russia’s war. Figure skater Dmytro Sharpar, killed in combat near Bakhmut. Yevhen…
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Postcards That Carry Courage
How a Simple Act of Writing Connects Hearts Across Oceans The Power of a Postcard In the age of instant messaging, email, and video calls, who would have thought that a simple 4×6 inch piece of cardstock could carry such profound power? Yet, as I listened the Postcards to the Front presentation on a December…