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Russia’s disinformation campaign tests Canada’s support for Ukraine

To the average Canadian, the moral lines of the war in Ukraine remain clear. But behind the closed parliament doors, a different picture is emerging. National Security Advisor Nathalie Drouin warned parliament in February that more Canadians are beginning to believe the Kremlin's narrative: that Kyiv, not Moscow, provoked the 2022 invasion. On the surface, this shift isn't visible. Public polling commissioned by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) shows that nine in 10 Canadians still blame R

President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, on Sept. 22, 2023.

It's official — Ukraine has a new bank

Ukraine will have a new bank on its books as of tomorrow, after Estonian fintech Iute Group finalized its entry into the market on March 16 — the first foreign bank to enter the country's competitive banking sector since 2021. Representatives from Iute and Ukraine's Deposit Guarantee Fund announced on Monday at a press conference in Kyiv that Ukraine's central bank had approved the sale, paving the way for the bank to begin operations tomorrow. Iute purchased a bridge bank from Ukraine's guara

One battle after another: Kyiv's historic markets lose ground to trendy food halls

The food hall development revolution spreading across Europe has reached Ukraine's historic markets. At the end of 2025, Kyiv's historic Bessarabskyi market — a more than 100-year-old, 900-square-meter brick building located at the western end of the city's main thoroughfare Khreshchatyk — was reopened as a brightly-lit, upscale food court. While the status-protected exterior remained unchanged, the market's center now features a large bar, with most of the interior converted into a dining are

A view at the coffee shop at the Bessarabskyi market in Kyiv, Ukraine on Feb. 11, 2026.
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