Ukrainian Canadians mark solemn Independence Day, as Carney visits Kyiv | Unpublished
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Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Fakiha Baig
Publication Date: August 24, 2025 - 19:12

Ukrainian Canadians mark solemn Independence Day, as Carney visits Kyiv

August 24, 2025

It wasn’t lost on some people marking Ukraine’s Independence Day during a festival at Alberta’s legislature grounds on Sunday that their loved ones were still defending their own sovereignty back home.

Anastasiya Kvashyna said she immigrated to Alberta from Ukraine when she was 10, and commemorating the 34th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence in Edmonton felt bittersweet.



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