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Vancouver writer Larah Luna wins 2026 CBCShort Story Prize.(Photo by Laurie Clarke)

Breaking: Larah Luna wins 2026 CBC Short Story Prize for her story, A Season of Crows.

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Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News Also a successful marketing and communications professional Vancouver-based writer and marketing professional Larah Luna has won the prestigious CBC Short Story Prize for her story, A Season of Crows. Selected from nearly 3,000 entries, Luna wins $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, a two-week writing residency at […]

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MLA Mable Elmore and RJ Aquino in the aftermath of the tragedy. The former allies are now on opposite camps.(CBC)

The Lapulapu Festival Tragedy: A Year After

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Analysis Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News Nagka watak watak ang komunidad It was meant to be a ‘Day of Togetherness’ but instead it became a spectacle of divisiveness – exposing a gaping wound in the community. The event put up by Filipino B.C. last  April 19  to commemorate the tragic event on April

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From left: Ting Catura, Vancouver City councillor Rebecca Bligh, Burnaby City Councillor Maita Santiago, Anna Lu, chair of the Benson Flores Committee of Pinoy Festival, Ted Alcuitas, Rennie Nahanee and wife Emma, Squamish Elder Wendy Charbonneau, MOV CEO Randy Hunt accepting the portrait from artist Reva Diana. Behind is Deputy Consul General Paul Vincent Uy. (Photo credit: Mike Mesa)

Portrait of first Filipino settler in Canada finds home in Museum of Vancouver

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Vancouver, BC By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez An artist copy will also be found at the museum of Bowen Island, which Flores called home After almost a century of a forgotten pioneer, the legacy of Benjamin ‘Benson’ Flores, the first Filipino to settle in Canada in 1861, will now be preserved for generations to come. His

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Filipino filmmaker, writer receives Toronto Newcomer Artist Award

Arts & Culture, Canada News, immigration

Toronto, Canada Jim Libiran moves to Canada to pursue filmmaking and art education The Toronto Arts Foundation presented the Toronto Newcomer Artist Award to Filipino filmmaker and writer Jim Libiran. The Newcomer Artist Award recognizes immigrant and refugee artists who are building their creative careers in Canada. Libiran is an internationally awarded filmmaker and writer

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Inclusive education is about ensuring all students, regardless of ability, gender or background, are welcome in the classroom. (Pexels photo by Alex Koch)

Equity vs Equality: In the Classroom and Beyond

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By Gabrielle Abad Educator explains need for “systemic change” to achieve goals   What is my philosophy in teaching? That was the question asked as I was sitting in one of my third-year education classes. It’s such a broad question that it was hard to put into words what matters most to me and how

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Filipino-Canadian broadcaster to publish memoir this Fall

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By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Blue Jays sportscaster Hazel Mae writes about her childhood in the Philippines, career life in the US, Canada   Toronto Blue Jays sportscaster Hazel Mae will publish her memoir, Before I Let You Go: My Life in Broadcasting, Baseball, and Beyond, on Nov. 10, HarperCollins Canada announced Tuesday. “We are thrilled to share

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Community advocate Narima Dela Cruz is among the four municipal council candidates running with mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk in Surrey. (Photo from Narima's Facebook page)

Filipina-Canadian leader joins Mike Starchuk’s municipal council slate for Surrey

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Surrey, B.C. By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Diverse group vows to transform Surrey into a “City of Champions” Surrey mayoral candidate Mike Starchuk and the Imagine Surrey team announced their first four candidates for the 2026 municipal slate. They are William Li, Kevin Wilkie, Narima Dela Cruz and Yousef Aldabainah-Barakat, who represent diverse neighborhood roots, united

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Residents of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia hold a vigil Wednesday night, a day after a mass shooting inside the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School where a teacher and five students were killed. (Photo from Tumbler RidgeLines Facebook page)

9 dead, including suspect, in mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge School

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Tumbler Ridge, B.C. By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Canadian PM Carney addresses ‘emotional’ Parliament as he orders federal response for BC town   A lone shooter open fired inside Tumbler Ridge Secondary School killing a teacher, 5 students and was later found deceased on what appeared to be a self-inflicted injury at around 1:20 p.m. Tuesday,

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Sportsnet's Hazel Mae interviews Ernie Clement on the field during the Toronto Blue Jays' game against the LA Dodgers. (Photo grab from Sportsnet)

The Blue Jays sportscaster is Filipina Canadian Hazel Mae

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Toronto, Canada By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Bohol-born daughter of a sports fan rose to fame as a baseball on-field reporter In what is described as one of the most exciting times for sports fans and for Canadian baseball fans specifically, a familiar voice has been adding to the excitement during every game. To her fans,

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PCN Editor honoured

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Toronto Ricardo Jorge Caluen Congratulations to my Editor! For so many years, the reckoning of the arrival of the first Filipinos in Canada usually starts in the year 1947. But even this immigration info is not accurate because Filipino immigrants were lumped with others falling under the general category of “Southeast Asians”. Fast forward to

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