Matt Hamel

Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival (CNUF) will be hosted virtually for the second consecutive year. The festival’s board of directors says the decision to hold off on the usual in-person event is necessary due to the uncertainty around public health rules on large group gatherings this summer. The 2021 festival — which will run from July 30th to August 1st — will once again aim to provide the best possible virtual entrainment to showcase Ukrainian culture and the spirit of the festival.

The Manitoba government has lowered the vaccine eligibility criteria for the general public to 62 years or older, and 42 and older for First Nations people. Limited appointments at pop-up clinics are available at this time due to a recent delay in shipments of the Moderna vaccine. There has yet to be any follow-up announcement on when the postponed pop-up clinics will be rescheduled.