Medium, a play by Karla Comanda Playwright Karla Comanda’s short play, MEDIUM will be shown on Thursday, March 23, 25 at Studio 1398 in Granville Island as part of this year’s Brave New Play rites festival. Performance Times: |March 24th 7:30pm | March 25th 2:00pm | March 26th 7:30pm Medium is a comedy about Anna, a […]
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Edmonton, Alberta Diversity is real, and we are all part of it By Mila Bongco-Philipzig Diversity Magazine More than thirty years ago, I came to Canada alone as a graduate student. Assimilation was much harder back then. Throw in my own lack of information on inter-cultural interactions and general naiveté due to my
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Montreal, Quebec Martial law from below’ By Ted Alcuitas A Philippine activist nun called for the Philippine church to be “prophetic” as it faces the prospect of martial law under President Rodrigo Duterte. “Duterte is having a martial law from below, ” Sr. Mary John Mananzan (OSB) told philippinecanadiannews.com in a telephone interview from her
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Toronto, Ontario Senator Enverga ‘happy’ with result By Ted Alcuitas Updated: March 25, 2017, 9:18 PM The publisher of Toronto’s Balita and his editor has been found guilty of contempt March 8 for violating the injunction in a previous libel case filed by Senator Tobias Enverga. Balita Inc., its publisher, Tess Cusipag and Editor Romeo
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Vancouver, B.C. Breaking: Pinoy grad student wins Teilhard ‘Ty’ Paradela has been elected Vice-President Academic and University Affairs of the UBC Graduate Student Society (GSS). He thanks his supporters with this message posted on his Facebook page. Dear Friends, I would like to thank you all for your support in my candidacy for the position of
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Montreal, Quebec International Women’s Day Sr. Mary John Mananzan still running at 80 By Ted Alcuitas An activist nun who quotes Marx and Jesus spoke at Montreal’s Women’s March to celebrate International Women’s Day today. Sr. Mary John Mananzan, OSB, was cited as one of the 100 Most Inspiring Persons in the World on March 8,
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Toronto,Ontario Genesis of play came from workshop By Ted Alcuitas Stories of their families’ struggles and their own struggles growing up in Canada shared during workshops morphed into ANAK – a play about a Filipino Canadian family’s hopes, dreams, secrets and lies. Toronto’s Carlos Bulosan Theatre (CBT) premiered the play on March 3 in Scarborough. It will run
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Manila Grille doesn’t make the grade by Monica Urrutia whatsinmymouth I had been away from the beginning of winter and upon my return, I was happy to see that the Manila Grille, another Filipino restaurant, had taken over the former Cucina Manila’s spot on Joyce Street in Vancouver. This past weekend was my first chance to
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Vancouver, B.C. Teilhard Paradela wants to ensure continuity By Ted Alcuitas UBC doctoral candidate Teilhard Paradela is running for Vice-President, University and Academic Affairs of the Graduate Student Society. The Society is the independent voice of graduate students on campus. Voting starts today (March 6) and will run until March 10, 2017. A teaching assistant
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Vancouver, B.C. Press Release UNITE HERE! Local 40 calls for a picket of Trump Hotel Vancouver! Gather with Local 40 Hotel and Food Service Workers, along with community allies on March 16th to stand up to racism, sexism, hate, and ongoing attacks on immigrant workers and families! In cities across North America, members of UNITE
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