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Canada gives Ukrainians who fled war another year to apply for work permit extensions
The federal government is giving Ukrainians who fled the Russian invasion another year to apply for work permit extensions. Ukrainians who came to Canada before March 31, 2024, will now have until nex...
Apr 01, 2026 Rescue workers try to put out a fire in a residential building after a Russian drone attack on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)
Weary Ukrainian newcomers receive heartfelt welcome at Saskatoon airport
Elizabeth Andres has been waiting five months to meet the mom and her seven-year-old son who will be living with her and her family face to face. The Andres' will be hosting Elena and Zhenya for as lo...
Nov 23, 2022 Elizabeth Andres embraces the Ukrainian mom, Elena, she has been waiting five months to meet face-to-face at the Saskatoon airport on Nov. 23, 2022. (Libby Giesbrecht/650 CKOM)
Sask. remembers the Holodomor, fourth flight from Ukraine set to arrive
MLAs along with Ukrainians and members of the public gathered at the Saskatchewan Legislature on Tuesday afternoon to remember the tragic event that was the Holodomor. The Holodomor took place from 19...
Nov 23, 2022
New arrivals from Ukraine settling in across Sask. as third flight looms
A third flight is scheduled to arrive in Regina late this month, bringing hundreds more newcomers from Ukraine to Saskatchewan. That has the Ukrainian Canadian Congress preparing for the new arrivals ...
Oct 14, 2022 The flag of Ukraine flown at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building. (Sarah Mills/980 CJME)
Accommodation and services will be waiting when second Ukraine flight arrives in Sask.
A flight scheduled to touch down in Saskatchewan next week will bring about 230 Ukrainians to the province, where supports, housing and other services will be waiting. The flight was announced Tuesday...
Aug 03, 2022
Ukrainian newcomers adjusting to life in Saskatchewan
The two things Khrystyna Gogol and her brother Kyrylo Shcherbakov want to see the most this summer are the Great Sand Hills, and a lush Saskatchewan forest. The 31-year-old Gogol and her 17-year-old b...
Jul 11, 2022 Khrystyna Gogol (left) and Kyrylo Shcherbakov (centre) are adjusting to life in Saskatoon with the help of Vitaliy Kushnir (right). (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
SUMA eager to welcome Ukrainian newcomers
After the arrival of more than 200 Ukrainians in Saskatchewan this week, people in rural parts of the province want to pitch in to make them feel welcome. Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association...
Jul 06, 2022 Displaced Ukrainians fleeing the war in their home country step from a plane that brought them from Warsaw, Poland to Regina on July 4, 2022. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
Sask. Ukrainian community rolling up sleeves to help those fresh off the plane
The flight has landed, but the work is just beginning for Saskatchewan’s Ukrainian community after welcoming newcomers fresh off a plane from Warsaw. On Monday, a flight landed in Regina carryin...
Jul 05, 2022
Ukrainian family looks forward to calling Saskatchewan home
Right now, 16-year-old Volodimir Doskochynskiy, his 21-year-old sister Lydia and their mother Natalia are on a nine-hour charter flight coming from Poland directly to Regina's airport. The plane, sche...
Jul 04, 2022
Flight filled with Ukrainian refugees coming to Sask. next month
More Ukrainians are about to call Saskatchewan home. The province has organized a flight to bring Ukrainian refugees here. "We have been working directly with the Ukrainian embassy," Saskatchewan Immi...
Jun 21, 2022
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