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Victoria News – Ukrainian refugees in need of support (September 17, 2022)
CFAX 1070 Radio – What are locals doing to help Ukrainians? (September 15, 2022)
CBC Radio – Helping Ukrainians find safe and secure housing on the island (September 14, 2022)
Times Colonist – Condo neighbours get married, offers extra unit to Ukrainians (August 23, 2022)
Victoria News – Ukrainians coming in to B.C. see rise in human trafficking risks (August 22, 2022)
Saanich News – Seniors home reopens for Ukrainian newcomers (August 6, 2022)
Chek News – Ukrainian Village opens (August 6, 2022)
Peninsula News Review – Ukrainian couple, daughter, land in North Saanich (August 5, 2022)
Times Colonist – Different war, same story in Fort Street barbershop (July 24, 2022)
Times Colonist – Kiwanis Village residents prepare to welcome Ukrainian refugees (July 23, 2022)
Saanich News – 3 groups build relationships to house Ukrainian family in Oak Bay (July 14, 2022)
Saanich News – Ukraine refugees reclaim wellness, discover community with Saanich Recreation (July 11, 2022)
Chek News – Community rallies to bring Ukrainian teen refugees to Victoria (June 20, 2022)
Peninsula News Review – ‘I got a lot of help from kind people’: Ukrainian refugees settling in Langford (June 10, 2022)
Times Colonist – Big promises and small deliveries for Ukrainians arriving on Vancouver Island (May 24, 2022)
Chek News – Ottawa’s $98 million for artillery applauded by Victoria’s Ukrainians (May 24, 2022)
Times Colonist – Defence minister in Victoria, announces $98M in artillery rounds for Ukraine (May 24, 2022)
Global News – Canada to provide 20k rounds of artillery to Ukraine in latest military aid (May 24, 2022)
Times Colonist – Victoria’s Ukrainian Cultural Centre becomes a de facto refugee centre (May 15, 2022)
Victoria News – Ukrainian Refugee Finds Home in Cowichan Valley (May 10, 2022)
Ukrainian Canadian Congress Press Release – Arson Attack on Ukrainian Priest, Family, in Victoria (April 20, 2022)
CTV Vancouver Island – Langford family opens home to Ukrainian refugees (April 19, 2022)
CBC News- Victoria paramedics raise enough money to donate 3 ambulances to war effort in Ukraine (April 19, 2022)
Victoria News- Victoria’s Kiwanis Village offers spaces to Ukrainian refugees (April 16, 2022)
Victoria News – Victoria rug-cleaning company floored by incoming donations for Ukrainians (April 15, 2022)
Times Colonist – As Ukrainians seek sanctuary on Island, logistics still being worked out (March 16, 2022)

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