The family of Jessy Bourgeois, a 46-year-old man from B.C., is mourning his death after he was killed on Aug. 18 in Ukraine’s Donetsk region near the Russian border. His father, James Bourgeois, said he “paid the ultimate price for Canada and Ukraine.”
WHO:James Bourgeois
WHAT:Family mourns the death of Jessy Bourgeois, who was killed in Ukraine.
WHEN:Aug 18, 2026
WHERE:Donetsk region, Ukraine
WHY:No specific cause was reported beyond the fact of his killing in Ukraine.
