Back in September, the Edmonton Journal reprinted what amounts to a grossly biased piece of Russian propaganda under the inaccurate headline “Envoy honours Nazi-linked Ukrainians” followed by a misleading subhead “Attendance critized by Jewish groups.” First and foremost, the Aug. 21 ceremony of sanctification of the future “Remember” Memorial Complex to victims of the Second World War in Ukraine was organized by the Kyiv City Jewish Committee and the Toronto-based Ukrainian Jewish Encounter. It was attended by the Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav, the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epiphanius, and the Chief Rabbi of Ukraine, Yaakov Dov Bleich, whose presence was conveniently omitted from the report.
Read more from Marco Levytsky, the former editor, publisher and owner of Edmonton-based Ukrainian News, which merged with Toronto-based New Pathway in 2017, here. Levytsky currently serves as western bureau chief and national affairs Editor for New Pathway – Ukrainian News.
