Mississauga, Ontario Pop up store draws lines of bao lovers By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Over the weekend, bao lovers lined up to taste the Filipino hand-made bao buns at the Food District in Square One mall. The mompreneur tandem of Niña Abacan-Galarde and Elizabeth Buenaventura, owners of Bao Mama, were overwhelmed when they sold out […]
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Calgary, Alberta Roxanne Singlot advocates for mental health support for immigrants By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez With her deep understanding of the challenges faced by any other immigrant to Canada, community builder and advocate Roxanne Singlot started the Youth Empowerment Program six years ago to help newcomers handle the barriers that came their way. Her advocacy
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Updated:January 9, 2023, 7:35 P.M. Calgary, Alberta Lourdes Juan wears many hats—one of them is of a food security activist By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Shocked at how much unsold pieces of bread a bakery in Calgary had before it closed for the day, Lourdes Juan founded Leftovers Foundation in 2012. Today, the organization works with
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Abbotsford, B.C. Parents say timing of daughter’s birth was a ‘surprise’ to them By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez A baby girl born to Filipino parents is British Columbia’s first baby delivered in one of its hospitals in the year 2023. Born in Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre, Gabriella Louise V. Camayang was welcomed into this
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Winnipeg, Manitoba Cake design that includes Philippine carabao and Canadian polar bear got top prize By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez A team from a Filipino-Canadian bakery won this year’s The Big Bake: Holiday, which is Food Network Canada’s baking competition. The team that represented Sugar Blooms and Cakes, located on McPhillips Street in Winnipeg, beat two
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Edmonton, Alberta Parols light up famous Canadian Christmas market By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Filipino-Canadian entrepreneur Romina Fundal decided to bring another famous Filipino Christmas tradition to Canada—the lantern or parol. She is one of the vendors in Glow, the largest indoor Christmas festival in greater Edmonton. This year, Glow Edmonton features more than 60 local
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