Julia Cardy will spend two weeks walking across Prince Edward Island with a flag her friend April Huggett carried for 700 kilometres in Ukraine. The journey is raising money for Ukrainian soldiers and bringing their stories closer to home.
Julia Cardy plans to cover more than 250 kilometres from East Point to Tignish along the Confederation Trail
Polina Kozlova · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 10, 2026 1:44 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
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Fredericton’s Julia Cardy is shown with the Alcatraz Battalion flag, getting ready for her walk across Prince Edward Island to support her friend in Ukraine. (Submitted by Julia Cardy)
A flag can be folded into a backpack, cross an ocean, and carry a story from Ukraine all the way across Prince Edward Island.
Julia Cardy, who lives in Fredericton, begins her walk on Oct. 14. Over two weeks, she plans to cover more than 250 kilometres from East Point to Tignish along the Confederation Trail, carrying the flag of the Alcatraz Battalion, part of Ukraine’s 93rd Mechanized Brigade.
“I was looking for something that was a sacrifice,” Cardy said. “Because what they are doing,
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