Browsing Archive: November, 2013

The Holodomor

Posted by on Saturday, November 16, 2013,
This week the local Ukrainian community is holding an annual feast to commemorate the Holodomor which occurred in the Ukraine in 1932/1933. Although my own Ukrainian ancestors left Europe in the 1900s, and were therefore not affected by it, it is still worth remembering the dark times some people have lived through, in the hope that it will never be allowed to happen again.

The Holodomor was a famine in the Ukraine and Cossack territories that last through 1932 and 1933, and which killed milli...


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Rememberance Day

Posted by on Monday, November 11, 2013, In : Events 


As Remembrance day arrives again, and people around the world (or at least the Commonwealth) take time to remember the sacrifices of so many young men and women in too many wars, peacekeeping missions, and 'police actions', it is also a good time for individuals to look back on their own family members and extended family members who served. Whether they were killed, injured, or simply gave years of their lives for the common good, it is worth remembering what they did for all of us.

For my...


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