'We appreciate every kind word': Community BBQ held to welcome Ukrainian refugees
As Ukrainians continue to flee their war-torn country, many who have already left, have found asylum in Canada. "I was in Ukraine when the war started," said Valeriia Yelshynova, a refugee. Yelshynova lived in Brovary, Ukraine, just outside Kyiv, when Russia launched wide-ranging attacks on February 24th. "I had to go to work that day," she said. Instead of work, Yelshynova eventually made her way to a bomb shelter in the country's capital. "It was uncomfortable because you have no pillows there
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