How a Ukrainian couple fled war and built a food business in Calgary

For Anna and Vladimir Posikera, leaving Ukraine to escape the war and starting afresh in Calgary was a life-changing decision that was difficult to execute.

“We didn’t know where to go. We didn’t know what to do. We just left Ukraine and we just tapped to the unknown,” Anna said in an interview with The Calgary Eyeopener. 

“It was the hardest part in our life. We came here without language, without understanding what to do next. We have just a huge hope that now we are in [a] safe place. But thank God people here help us.”

The Posikeras are from a small