Updated: June 27, 2023, 12:25 PM Toronto, Ontario Second Chinese-Canadian next to Vancouver’s Ken Sim Ricardo Jorge S. Caluen Torontonians woke up today with a new mayor and anticipated change in politics in Toronto City Hall. Chow, 66, clinched the mayoralty with 269,372 votes or 37.2% of the total votes cast. Earlier polls showed her […]
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New Westminster, B.C. Organizers bring indie movies to celebrate culture, heritage By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez The Filipino Indie Film Festival rolls out today in celebration of Philippine Heritage Month in Canada. In British Columbia, Filipino films will be featured at the Anvil Centre in New Westminster starting at 12 noon. The first featured film is
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“Lessons in Fusion” is about embracing multiple, complex identities By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Filipina-Canadian author and playwright Primrose Madayag Knazan was a co-winner in this year’s The Manitoba Book Awards. Her book “Lessons in Fusion” was chosen as the McNally Robinson Book for Young People (Older Category) together with The Stone Child: The Misewa Saga,
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Vancouver, B.C. A dream revisited… Analysis Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.com The architect who designed the Filipino Plaza more than 30 years ago in 1986 was delighted his work has been refurbished for the celebration of Filipino Heritage Month. A flag-raising ceremony on June 4 at the plaza ushered the month-long celebrations in the
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Celebrating Filipino culture, heritage all over Canada By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez June is Filipino Heritage Month and all over Canada, the festivities are getting grander every year. Philippine Canadian News is taking part of the celebration by sharing the events to watch out for. Friday, June 16 Street Eats Market 500 Progress Ave., Scarborough, Ontario
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Immigration Minister said demand exceeded their expectations By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez As Canada celebrates Filipino Heritage Month, Filipinos made history when they caused the country’s portal for visa-free travel to crash. It took three days or from June 8 to June 10 for Canada’s eTA (Electronic Travel Authorization) to be out of operation because of
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Eligible travellers need to be holders of US visa or had Canadian visa By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Filipinos with the right travel documents can now enter Canada for just $7 and with an authorization that can be secured in just a few minutes. Canada has introduced visa-free air travel to travelers from 13 countries, including
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Ottawa Invitations will be sent out this summer to address labour shortage By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez To invite more skilled workers to Canada, the Ministry of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship announced the first-ever launch of a category-based selection for Canada’s flagship economic immigration management system, Express Entry. Category-based selection will allow Canada to issue invitations
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Updated:June 2, 2023, 1:36 PM Analysis Can history be repeated? Teodoro Alcuitas On the sidelines of the Canadian Nurses Association’s (CNA) annual general meeting (AGM) on June 15, 2023, it is proper that we look back at its history. The first elected president of the CNA (then known as National Federation of Nurses’ Union) was
2nd Update: June , 2023, 9:39 AM Updated: June 1, 2023, 8:67 AM Toronto, Ontario Paying tribute to my Ibanag-Ilokano heritage Ricardo Jorge S. Caluen Today, June 1st, marks the 4th year anniversary of the first time the Canada-wide celebration of Filipino Heritage Month was launched by the federal government. I celebrate it by paying tribute
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