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Join USRL for their wonderful Shishliki DinnerSunday, October 18th, 4:00pm - 6:00pmTwo settings of 50 seatsTickets: $20S...
10/09/2026

Join USRL for their wonderful Shishliki Dinner
Sunday, October 18th, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Two settings of 50 seats
Tickets: $20
SELO Gardens Community Centre Dining Room
1106 McNiven Avenue, Regina

10/04/2026

Today! Tickets at the door!

This October, the Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Regina Branch joins Ukrainian Canadians across the country in rememberin...
10/02/2026

This October, the Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Regina Branch joins Ukrainian Canadians across the country in remembering the 112th anniversary of Canada’s First National Internment Operations (1914–1920).

During this period, thousands of Ukrainians and other Europeans were unjustly labelled “enemy aliens.” Many were interned, while thousands more were subjected to registration, restrictions, and other hardships.

We invite our community to join us for a Service & Program commemorating those who were affected:

🕯 Sunday, October 25, 2026
⏰ 2:00 PM*
📍 Holodomor Monument, Regina, Saskatchewan

National Internment Commemoration Day is Wednesday, October 28. Throughout October 21–28, we encourage everyone to take time to learn, reflect, light a candle, and remember the individuals and families whose lives were forever affected by Canada’s First National Internment Operations.

May their stories continue to be told and remembered.

**We Remember. Ми пам’ятаємо.** 🇨🇦🇺🇦

10/02/2026

The Ukrainian Canadian Congress of Saskatchewan was saddened today to learn of the passing of Ken Krawetz.

On behalf of our Board of Directors, Staff and the Ukrainian community of Saskatchewan, we extend sincere condolences to his wife Gail Krawetz, the Krawetz family, their friends, and former colleagues.

As a dedicated public servant, former Deputy Premier of Saskatchewan, Honorary Consul of Ukraine to Saskatchewan, UCC Saskatchewan Nation Builder Award recipient and proud Ukrainian Canadian, Mr. Krawetz made significant contributions to our province, its people, and our Ukrainian Canadian community in particular, through many years of leadership and service.

One of his important legacy contributions was the shepherding of Bill 40 The Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act for adoption in 2008 by the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, making Saskatchewan the first legislature in Canada to recognize the Holodomor as genocide.

We join Saskatchewan residents in mourning his loss and honouring his lasting legacy. Thank you, Ken!

May his memory be eternal. Вічна йому пам'ять.

Ukrainian Canadian Congress of Saskatchewan

It is with great sadness that we extend our deepest condolences to the family, friends, and loved ones of Ken Krawetz.Ke...
10/02/2026

It is with great sadness that we extend our deepest condolences to the family, friends, and loved ones of Ken Krawetz.

Ken was a valued friend and supporter of Regina’s Ukrainian community and a proud Ukrainian Canadian. His genuine commitment to our community and his pride in his Ukrainian heritage were evident in the many ways he supported and participated in our community over the years.

Ken’s kindness, generosity, and friendship will be fondly remembered by those who knew him. His passing is a loss not only to his family and friends, but also to the Ukrainian community he cared so deeply about.

On behalf of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Regina Branch, we extend our heartfelt sympathies to Ken’s family and loved ones. May they find strength and comfort in the memories of a life well lived and in knowing how much Ken meant to our community.

On behalf of a grateful party, government and province, I want to offer my deepest condolences to the family and many, many friends of former MLA, opposition leader, minister and Deputy Premier Ken Krawetz, one of the founding members of the Saskatchewan Party.
 
This one hurts a lot.  In any room Ken was in, whether as a teacher, school board trustee, opposition or government caucus member, cabinet minister or at the kitchen table talking to a constituent, Ken was always the guy who brought the logic, integrity, compassion and common sense to arrive at the right decision.
 
Ken loved his community.  He loved his province.  He loved serving his province.  He loved his friends and he loved his family more than anything.  He even loved the Toronto Maple Leafs.  His big heart struggled at times, but it was only because he shared pieces of it with so many.
 
Flags at the Legislature will be lowered to half-mast in honour of Ken Krawetz.

🇨🇦 UNYF Regina invites everyone to our next play: Natalka Poltavka 🌻After months of hard work, and thanks to the incredi...
09/26/2026

🇨🇦 UNYF Regina invites everyone to our next play: Natalka Poltavka 🌻

After months of hard work, and thanks to the incredible generosity of the Artesian, UNYF Regina has been able to practice and perform an orginal adapted version of Natalka Poltavka! All proceeds from the play will go towards the restoration of the UNF Regina hall after the devastating fire that occurred on June 13th, 2026.

📅 Date & Time: Sunday, September 27th. Doors open at 6:00 PM. Play begins at 6:30 PM.
📍Location: The Artesian (2627 13th Ave)
🍻 Bar will be available and hosted by the Artesian

For tickets visit the link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_pLxUsNOoCD-keKYAEhed8XCqsngGAHxMkd2gA9Y2_Q/viewform?edit_requested=true , scan the QR code, or message Andrii Keniuk at 306-216-2777.

We can’t wait to show you what we have been working on!

🇺🇦МУНО Реджайна запрошує всіх на нашу виставу — «Наталка Полтавка»🌻

Після кількох місяців наполегливої праці та завдяки неймовірній підтримці й щедрості від Artesian, МУНО Реджайна отримала можливість підготувати та представити орігінальну інтерпретацію Наталки Полтавки!

Усі кошти, зібрані під час вистави, будуть спрямовані на відновлення залу УНО Реджайни після пожежі, яка сталася 13 червня 2026 року.

📅 Дата та час: неділя, 27 вересня
Двері відчиняються о 18:00, початок вистави — о 18:30.
📍Місце: The Artesian (2627 13th Ave)
🍻 У барі можна буде придбати напої — бар працюватиме за організацією Artesian.

Щоб придбати квитки: переходьте за посиланням: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_pLxUsNOoCD-keKYAEhed8XCqsngGAHxMkd2gA9Y2_Q/viewform?edit_requested=true, скануйте QR-код або пишіть за номером 306-216-2777.

Ми вже не можемо дочекатися, щоб показати вам те, над чим так довго працювали! 💛💙

До зустрічі на виставі!

09/25/2026

Ukrainian Heritage Month takes us to Regina, where the community built and still keeps four Ukrainian churches.

St. Athanasius Ukrainian Catholic Church. The parish was formed in 1966 and worshipped in a school auditorium until 1971. The first Divine Liturgy in the church itself was celebrated on February 26, 1978.

St. Basil's Ukrainian Catholic Church. Ukrainians began settling in Regina and district around 1890, most of them from Bukovyna and Halychyna. Construction of the first parish church began in 1925, and the first Liturgy was served there on April 28, 1929. The brick church you see today replaced it around 1960.

Descent of the Holy Spirit Ukrainian Orthodox Sobor. Founded in 1924 by newly arrived immigrants. The first church went up in 1928, the larger one in 1960, and in 1978 it was proclaimed a Sobor, a cathedral church.

St. Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Built by Ukrainians from Bukovyna. The parish says it will mark one hundred years next year.

Four buildings, four histories, one community. Turn the sound on: the priests welcome you themselves.

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Місяць української спадщини привів нас до Реджайни, де громада збудувала і досі тримає чотири українські храми.

St. Athanasius Ukrainian Catholic Church. Парафія сформувалася 1966 року і до 1971-го молилася в шкільній актовій залі. Першу Божественну літургію в самому храмі відслужили 26 лютого 1978 року.

St. Basil's Ukrainian Catholic Church. Українці почали осідати в Реджайні та околицях приблизно з 1890 року, здебільшого з Буковини і Галичини. Будівництво першого парафіяльного храму почалося 1925-го, першу літургію відслужили там 28 квітня 1929 року. Цегляний храм, який ви бачите зараз, постав йому на зміну близько 1960-го.

Descent of the Holy Spirit Ukrainian Orthodox Sobor. Засновано 1924 року новоприбулими іммігрантами. Перший храм звели 1928-го, більший 1960-го, а 1978 року йому надали статус собору.

St. Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Її побудували українці з Буковини. За словами парафії, наступного року їй виповниться сто років.

Чотири будівлі, чотири історії, одна громада. Вмикайте звук: священники вітають вас самі.

🌻 HOTDOG FUNDRAISER - TOMORROW! 🌭Come out and support the Ukrainian Canadian Congress - Regina Branch at our Hotdog Fund...
09/25/2026

🌻 HOTDOG FUNDRAISER - TOMORROW! 🌭

Come out and support the Ukrainian Canadian Congress - Regina Branch at our Hotdog Fundraiser!

📍 North Canadian Tire 655 Albert Street
📅 Saturday, September 26
⏰ 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Stop by, grab a hotdog, and support our Ukrainian community! 💙💛

Bring your family and friends, we’d love to see you there! 🌻

Please share and help us spread the word!

09/21/2026

Saskatchewan said it first / Саскачеван сказав це першим

In 2008 the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan passed The Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act. With that vote, this province became the first jurisdiction in North America to recognize the Holodomor as a genocide.

Not the first province. The first anywhere on this continent.

In 1932 and 1933 the Soviet government engineered a famine in Ukraine. The harvest was a record one. Grain was confiscated anyway, and rules were imposed to stop people from leaving their villages to look for food. Up to 10 million people died. For decades afterward it was denied, and many who lived through it could not bring themselves to tell their own children.

Saskatchewan recognized it because Saskatchewan knew. Some of the people who survived that famine rebuilt their lives here, growing the grain that had been taken from them.

Since then the province has marked International Holodomor Memorial Day every year, on the fourth Saturday of November, with a service at the Legislative Building and a memorial candle that burns through Holodomor Memorial Week.

The connection did not start in 2008 and it did not end there. In 1993 the province set up a citizens' committee to build business, cultural and educational ties with Ukraine. That work continues today as the Saskatchewan-Ukraine Relations Advisory Committee, whose mandate the government extended to 2027. In the autumn of 2022 Ken Krawetz, a former Deputy Premier of Saskatchewan, was appointed Honorary Consul of Ukraine in this province.

A law keeps memory on paper. In Regina, memory also has a face.

In May 2015 a life-size bronze girl was unveiled in Wascana Centre, southeast of the Legislative Building. She is an exact copy of Bitter Memories of Childhood by sculptor Petro Drozdowsky. The original stands at the entrance to the National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide in Kyiv.

Look at her hands. She is holding five ears of wheat.

That number is not an accident. People called the decree of August 7, 1932 the Law of Five Ears of Grain: a few ears picked up in a collective farm field after the harvest could mean ex*****on or ten years in prison. The girl stands for the children of the Holodomor, the 3.5 million who died, by the count of the museum in Kyiv, and those who survived without a childhood.

The statue was not a government project. The Ukrainian Canadian Congress Regina Branch bought it and brought it here, and the Ukrainian community has cared for the site ever since.

After more than ten prairie winters, the site needs work: new stone facing on the wall, a durable walkway, new commemorative plaques, and levelling of the podium and base. The plan also includes new plates with the names of donors and a fund for future upkeep. The branch is raising the money now.

In 2020 the original in Kyiv had to be restored after vandals damaged it. Here the threat is quieter: weather and time. If this history matters to you, help keep her standing.

Donate: https://wl.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E343735QE&id=81

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У 2008 році Законодавчі збори Саскачевану ухвалили The Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act. Цим голосуванням провінція стала першою юрисдикцією в Північній Америці, яка визнала Голодомор геноцидом.

Не першою провінцією. Першою взагалі на цьому континенті.

У 1932 і 1933 роках радянська влада влаштувала в Україні штучний голод. Урожай був рекордний. Зерно однаково забрали, а людям заборонили залишати свої села в пошуках їжі. Загинуло до 10 мільйонів людей. Десятиліттями це заперечували, і багато хто з тих, хто пережив, не міг розповісти про це навіть власним дітям.

Саскачеван визнав це, бо Саскачеван знав. Дехто з тих, хто вижив у тому голоді, відбудував своє життя тут, вирощуючи те саме зерно, яке в них колись забрали.

Відтоді провінція щороку відзначає Міжнародний день памʼяті жертв Голодомору, у четверту суботу листопада, службою в Законодавчій будівлі й памʼятною свічкою, яка горить упродовж Holodomor Memorial Week.

Цей звʼязок не почався у 2008 році і не закінчився ним. У 1993-му провінція створила громадський комітет для розбудови ділових, культурних і освітніх звʼязків з Україною. Ця робота триває донині як Saskatchewan-Ukraine Relations Advisory Committee, чий мандат уряд подовжив до 2027 року. Восени 2022 року Кен Кравець, колишній віцепремʼєр Саскачевану, став почесним консулом України в цій провінції.

Закон зберігає памʼять на папері. У Реджайні в памʼяті є ще й обличчя.

У травні 2015 року в Wascana Centre, на південний схід від Законодавчої будівлі, відкрили бронзову дівчинку в людський зріст. Це точна копія скульптури «Bitter Memories of Childhood» Петра Дроздовського. Оригінал стоїть біля входу до Національного музею Голодомору-геноциду в Києві.

Погляньте на її руки. Вона тримає пʼять колосків.

Це число не випадкове. Постанову від 7 серпня 1932 року в народі назвали законом про пʼять колосків: за кілька колосків, підібраних на колгоспному полі після жнив, могли розстріляти або дати десять років. Дівчинка уособлює дітей Голодомору: 3,5 мільйона тих, хто загинув, за підрахунками київського музею, і тих, хто вижив, але лишився без дитинства.

Памʼятник не був урядовим проєктом. Філія UCC в Реджайні купила скульптуру й привезла її сюди, і відтоді за ділянкою доглядає українська громада.

Після понад десяти прерійних зим ділянка потребує ремонту: нове камʼяне облицювання стіни, довговічне покриття доріжки, нові памʼятні таблички, вирівнювання подіуму й основи. План також передбачає нові плити з іменами донорів і фонд на подальший догляд. Філія саме зараз збирає кошти.

У 2020 році оригінал у Києві довелося реставрувати після того, як його пошкодили вандали. Тут загроза тихіша: погода і час. Якщо ця історія для вас важлива, допоможіть їй вистояти.

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