Ukrainian Community in Canada Hopeful but on Edge as Tensions Escalate With Russia

Ukrainian Community in Canada Hopeful but on Edge as Tensions Escalate With Russia
Members of the Saskatoon chapter of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress of Saskatchewan holds a rally outside Saskatoon City Hall in a Feb. 6, 2002 handout photo. The Canadian Press/HO-Ukrainian Canadian Congress of Saskatchewan
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Iryna Matsiuk checks the news as soon as she wakes up each morning, hoping the escalating Russian-Ukrainian crisis won’t put her family in harm’s way.

Matsiuk, who has been living in Saskatoon since 2011, has a sister living in the capital city of Kyiv and her mother and grandmother live in the northwestern area of Volyn.