He was born in Beaver Hills, Saskatchewan, the son of Lev Korchinski and Pauline Hryciw, both Ukrainian immigrants.
He taught school for 39 years in various locations including Ituna, Holdfast, Hafford, Rama, Speers and Regina.
Korchinski was provincial director of the Emergency Measures Organization and served as a judge for the Saskatchewan Citizenship Court.
[1] Korchinski wrote articles for the Ukrainski Visti (English: "Ukrainian News") newspaper in Edmonton and authored the book Pioneer Bishop about Nykyta Budka.
[1] Korchinski was defeated by Dmytro Zipchen of the CCF when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1952.