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Filipino amateur baker Jomar Manzano's Halo-halo cake was a delight for fellow contestants and judges of The Great Canadian Baking Show Season 6. (screen grab from CBC)

Filipino engineer demonstrates baking, decorating skills on TV show

Arts & Culture, Canada News, Food/Restaurants

Toronto, Ontario Refreshing takes on the halo-halo, pan de sal, lumpiang gulay thrill famous judges Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Halo-halo cake? Yes, please. This amazing creation is by The Great Canadian Baking Show (GCBS) contestant, Jomar Manzano, who is a structural engineer from Toronto, Ontario. Now on its 6th season, GCBS features 10 amateur bakers who […]

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Filipino-Canadian stunt actress Maya Macatumpag (right) is featured in a car commercial as a Dora Milaje, which she plays alongside Zola Williams and Danai Gurira, weeks before the world release of Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever.

Filipino-Canadian stunt actress is part of Black Panther 2 cast

Canada News, Events

Vancouver, British Columbia Maya Macatumpag also stars in car commercial as a Dora Milaje By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Filipino-Canadian stunt actress Maya Macatumpag is excited for the November 11, 2022-release of Marvel Studios’ Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever. She is not only part of the full-time stunt team, she got to be a Dora Milaje,

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Restauranteur Audie Louie Banania,wins Chamber of Commerce Award. (Image: Matt Preprost, Alaska Highway News)

Fort St. John restaurant ‘Audielicios’ wins award

Canada News, Food/Restaurants

Fort St. John, B.C. Audie Louie Banania’s Audielious restaurant wins presigious award By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez A restaurant owned by a Filipino-Canadian chef won the Business of the Year award in this year’s Fort St. John Chamber of Commerce Annual Business Awards. Audielicious, a seafood restaurant located at 9720 100 St., Fort St. John in

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Filipina transgender January Marie Lapuz’ legacy remembered

Arts & Culture, Canada News, Opinion, Philippine News, Politics

Updated:October 18,2022, 12:o8 P.M. Vancouver, B.C. Keeping January’s legacy alive ten years after her murder The tragic death of January Marie Lapuz ten years ago in 2012 shocked her family and communities. A local support group responds with actions to cherish her legacy and to highlight the struggle of immigrant transgenders of colour. Mildred German

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Dr. Flordeliza (Gigi) Osler becomes the second Filipino-Canadian to be appointed to the Senate of Canada. (Photo: Canadian Medical Association (CMA))

Breaking: Manitoba’s Dr. Flordeliza (Gigi) Osler appointed to Senate

Canada News, Education, International News, Philippine News, Politics

Winnipeg, Manitoba First woman and racialized person to head Canadian Medical Association    Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, philippinecanadiannews.com Winnipeg surgeon and assistant professor Dr. Flordeliza (Gigi) Osler has been appointed to the Senate for Manitoba, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office announced yesterday. She will replace former Justice Murray Sinclair,  who retired from the Red Chamber in January 2021.

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The Philippines' Maria Ressa is in town to speak at SFU's Speaker Series tonight and will receive her honorary degree. (Photo: McGill University)

Breaking: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa to speak at SFU tonight

Arts & Culture, Canada News, Education, International News, Philippine News, Politics

Vancouver, B. C. Ressa is first and only Filipino to receive an honorary degree from a Canadian university Charmaine Y. Rodriguez and Teodoro Alcuitas Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Simon Fraser University (SFU) Honorary Degree recipient and renowned journalist Maria Ressa is in town for the SFU Vancouver Speaker Series to discuss the threat disinformation

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Long-time educator Herman Viloria enters politics. (Photo provided)

Filipino-Canadian school principal runs for Catholic School Board Trustee in Ontario

Canada News, Education, Philippine News

Ontario Wants to bring fresh perspective By Tony A. San Juan, OCT.   Herman Viloria, a long-serving Catholic high school principal in Mississauga and Brampton, is seeking election as Separate School Trustee for Wards 2 & 8 of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic School Board (DPCDSB) this coming municipal election on October 24, 2022.  Wards 2 and

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Lolita and Cesar Oandasan pictured here in their visit to India's Taj Mahal in 2013. (Photo provided)

Early immigrants to Winnipeg: a teacher’s experience

Canada News, Education, Philippine News, Politics

2nd Update: August 21, 2022, 4:12 PM Updated: August 20, 2022, 10:00 A.M. Part Two Early teaching experiences of Filipino Teachers in Winnipeg Lolita Tumanguil Oandasan When I arrived in Winnipeg in 1965 there were no Filipino teachers  in Winnipeg public schools. As far as I knew there was only one female Filipino teacher teaching

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Saskatchewan Filipino Music and Food Street Festival

Arts & Culture, Canada News, Events, Food/Restaurants, Philippine News

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Celebration of Filipino culture and cuisine on August 5-7 By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez A celebration of Filipino culture and cuisine will again take center stage in the  Saskatchewan Filipino Music and Food Street Festival 2022 this August 5, 6 and 7 at the Kiwanis Memorial Park. With the theme “Bring the taste and

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