Anti-war protests were also held in cities across Canada, a chorus of voices growing in size over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thousands rallied in Toronto, joined be Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is horrific and people are dying in Ukraine right now for absolutely no reason, and we have to remember that,\u201d she said during the rally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Freeland told the crowd to be proud of the courageous stand Ukrainians were taking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Ukrainians are doing one hell of a job,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Edmonton, Vitalii Haponiuk joined thousands to march on Sunday. Like many in the protest, she is from Ukraine, having come to Canada as a student three years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI’m worried about my parents,\u201d Haponiuk told The Canadian Press. \u201cThey live in a small town, but even there they heard Russian planes, Russian bombs. It’s very scary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Montreal\u2019s protest, 17-year-old Anya Dashe told The Canadian Press that her father is in Ukraine and called them today to say goodbye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe thinks he\u2019s going to die today because there are multiple bombs going over my city,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There was a large crowd outside the B.C. legislature on Sunday to express their anger over the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The crowd included local politicians as well as people like Oleksandr Filonovych, who is afraid for the safely of his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Pretty much all of my family except my wife and my kid are in Ukraine, so my mom, my brother, my dad, all my cousins, everybody,” Filonovych said, adding that many of them are in the capital, Kyiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the Russian embassy in Ottawa, families are fearing for loved ones now sleeping in bomb shelters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jane Rubina\u2019s family is in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt this point, everybody is alive and that\u2019s all we are praying for at the moment,\u201d she told CTV News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With Ottawa still recovering from a three-week occupation of truckers and other demonstrators protesting against vaccine mandates and the government, Ottawa resident Jordyn Kiteley said she was surprised by the number of people who turned up to condemn Russia\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI’m proud to be Canadian, especially after all the dumb convoy stuff we saw,\u201d she told The Canadian Press. \u201cThis is just overpowering to watch and to see how people are feeling about it, and that I’m not alone with this.”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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