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Go Transit: Enjoy your ride with unlimited entertainment

GO TRANSIT HAS YOUR NEW DESTINATION FOR ENTERTAINMENT – ON-BOARD wi-fI AND MORE  As you return to the office, Metrolinx has been working to making your return to GO trains and buses a little more fun. Keep your Wi-Fi on, and your journey to work or school is instantly transformed to a journey into a […]

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Federal elections: The bare-foot campaigner?

Vancouver, B.C. Liberal Virginia Bremner keeps knocking Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com (PCN.Com) Being a first-timer and an underdog doesn’t faze Virginia Bremner who is running in the Vancouver-Kingsway riding for the Liberal Party. Since her acclamation , she has been busy knocking on as many doors as she can. She hopes to topple

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Federal elections: Liberal candidates face harassment

Ontario “I feel like I have a target on my back”, say Elizabeth Quinto First-time Liberal candidate Elizabeth Quinto insists that most people in her southern Ontario riding of Oxford aren’t hostile. But recent events makes her feel anxious when putting up signs and tries not to door-knock alone. Over the past two weeks, Quinto

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Filipino Canadian woman runs for mayor of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta Tony A. San Juan “My focus and vision are a Calgary where businesses grow and families thrive.” This is the “battle cry” of Grace Yan, a Filipino Canadian of considerable political ambition and great personal determination. Grace Yan is running for Mayor of Calgary, Alberta this coming civic election on October 18, 2021.

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Liberal bigwigs rally around colleague Virginia Bremner

Vancouver-Kingsway “Shameful, shocking, blatant racism” After Virginia Bremner tweeted @Virginia Bremner how she was treated  by her NDP opponent Don Davies, a number of Liberal candidates  tweeted back their support including former cabinet ministers. Bremner tweeted @DonDavies :”Today Don Davies said that because I am a Filipina-Canadian woman running in federal politics that I am

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Blind Filipino Canadian Woman Empowers and Engages Fellow Blind Canadians

Toronto, Ontario Elena Laude Aguilar surmounts disability to help others By: Tony A. San Juan Being a person with a physical disability especially a “woman of colour”, is considered a great burden to people with such an affliction and misfortune. But not to Elena Laude Aguilar, a Filipino Canadian woman who has been a resident of  Toronto for the

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Winnipeg brothers found niche in snacks

Updated:  August 24, 2021, 5:27 A.M. Winnipeg, Manitoba Cheer and nostalgia for  products brought customers during the lockdown Charmaine Y. Rodriguez ASIDE from their very sweet intentions, three brothers found success in a candy and snacks business that has left a very good taste in the mouths of their customers in Winnipeg. To honor the

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First Songwriting Competition-2021

PIDC MABUHAY PHILIPPINES FESTIVAL LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE SONGWRITING CONTEST The  Mabuhay Philippines Festival, a flagship project of the Philippine Independence Day Council(PIDC), is holding its “First Songwriting Competition-2021” in Canada. The competition is open for Canadian Residents only. This songwriting competition is a part of  PIDC’s Mabuhay Philippines Festival 2-day Virtual Event on November 27 – 28,

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Breaking: MISSING PERSON ERIC CARDENO FOUND DECEASED

New Westminster, B.C. Statement from the New Westminster Police New Westminster – On August 14th, 2021, the New Westminster Police Department asked for the public’s assistance in locating 38-year-old New Westminster resident Eric Cardeno. On August 17th, 2021 at approximately 5:00pm, Mr. Cardeno was located deceased and this matter has now been turned over to

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Philippine elections: Reflections of an expatriate

Updated:August 17, 2021, 10:37 A.M. Toronto, Ontario THINKING ALOUD ON HOW I WILL VOTE IN THE UPCOMING PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ELECTIONS Oswald Magno Considering what we’ve been through during the last five and a half years, I share the sentiment of many Filipino voters about replacing the current administration with something new and different. I use

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