At a time when the food industry is relentlessly moving forward, there is a place in the western part of Toronto where modernity harmoniously blends with tradition. Here, they still believe in the power of quality products, time-tested recipes, and…
UCC statement on Trump-Putin meeting
August 14, 2025 Recently, US President Trump said that the Russians would have been in Kyiv in “four hours” but the Russian tanks “got stuck in the mud.” It was not mud that stopped the Russian tanks. It was Ukrainian…
Volodymyr Zelenskyy Meets with U.S. Special Envoy Keith Kellogg
In Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine, General Keith Kellogg, in both one-on-one and expanded formats. The President thanked Keith Kellogg for visiting our country and for participating in the Ukraine Recovery Conference and…
BCU Foundation Donor Appreciation Evening (June 26, 2025)
On June 26, 2025, BCU Foundation hosted its biannual Donor Appreciation Evening, titled “Celebrating Our Legacy, Building the Future,” held at Old Mill Toronto. This special evening provided a wonderful opportunity to connect with our dedicated supporters, showcase the tangible…
BCU Foundation Announces Alexandra Shkandrij as Recipient of $10,000 “Canada 150 Fund” Graduate Scholarship for 2025
Toronto, ON, July 7, 2025 – BCU Foundation is proud to announce that Alexandra Shkandrij of Winnipeg, MB, has been awarded the $10,000 “Canada 150 Fund” Graduate Scholarship for 2025. This marks the fourth year of the scholarship, established…
A partnership that delivers hope & a future
L to R Neil Koziak, Sister Partenia, SSMI, Wanda Kowalchyk, Dr. Serge Cipko, Dobrodiyka Luba Kowalchyk, Maryana Dublanko and Sister Myroslava, SSMI The Bishop Budka Charitable Society’s 2025 Annual General Meeting held June 18, 2025 in Edmonton, once again…
Bozena Hrycyna awarded 2025 “REACH Mentorship/Residency for the Arts” funding
Bozena Hrycyna, a folk artist and community educator based in the Ottawa Valley, Ontario, has been awarded the annual REACH Mentorship/Residency for the Arts for 2025, a project of the Shevchenko Foundation in partnership with the Ihnatowycz Family Foundation. Now…
'Our identity': Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village damaged in Good Friday wildfire
Fort Saskatchewan RCMP closured a section of Highway 16 east of Edmonton on Friday after a wildfire broke out east of Elk Island National Park, behind the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, razing a number of structures. Supplied/Fort Saskatchewan RCMP…
UCC polls Canadian politicians ahead of parliamentary elections
The Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) has published findings of its election survey of national political party leaders ahead of Canada’s upcoming federal election on April 28 to the nation’s legislature – the House of Commons. The poll collected responses from…
In the century since his birth
Yaroslav Sokolik Yaroslav Sokolik was born in 1925 in the spring, the joyful month of April. And that’s what he was: joyful, humorous, full of energy, initiative. He loved music, sports, company, movement, traveling, traveling. He was a gentleman, sincere,…
Painting for a just peace
Guardian Angels Ukraine, established in 2014, is a project of the League of Ukrainian Canadian Women (LUCW) that provides mental health supports, rehabilitation, medical equipment for hospitals, organizes educational programs for medical personnel and supports the social reintegration of wounded…