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Winnipeg’s Bahay Perlas breaking stigmas against Drag Culture

Winnipeg, Manitoba Collective seeks to break stigma Mildred German Winnipeg, Manitoba – Bahay Perlas (House of Pearls) is the first of its kind in Winnipeg, MB. It is a welcomed space to break stigmas against drag culture. It is a collective that welcomes drag and non-drag artists. Such that the unique approach is necessarily timely. […]

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“Not Your Exotic” panel at Ryerson University

Toronto, Ontario East and Southeast Asian women addresses gender-based violence Mildred German With the long history of Asian communities being targeted, exoticised, being used as cheap labour, and labeled as the “model minority,” 2020 saw a nearly doubled increase in anti-Asian attacks and vandalism. On March 4, 2021, ​activists, advocates and writers presented East and

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Filipina artist featured in International Women’s Day today (March 8)

Vancouver, B.C. Stephanie Comilang brings the Practices of Care in Art Connects 2021, Vancouver Art Gallery Mildred German Unceded Territories – 2019 Sobey Art Award winner, Filipina artist Stephanie Comilang, will be in conversation with Melissa Karmen Lee, Director of Education and Public Programs, today March 8, 2021 at 12 PM  to discuss the art and

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Fr. Joaquin Bernas, SJ: Torontonian remembers an intellectual and spiritual giant

Updated:March 6, 2021, 4:10 PM Toronto, Ontario Ricardo Jorge S. Caluen  One week in silence with an intellectual “An earthly life filled with meaning and purpose…” It was not until the papers announced in mid 1986 the list of the fifty members of the Commission that would draft what eventually came to be known as

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Filipina-Jamaican chef de cuisine to compete in Top Chef Canada

Vancouver, B.C. Andrea Alridge of Cincin Ristorante + Bar Mildred German Once again chefs and culinary masters across Canada will be competing in the popular tv show Top Chef Canada. Its Season 9 airs on April 19, 2021 at the Food Network and Vancouver will be represented as well. Filipina-Jamaican Chef de Cuisine Andrea Alridge,

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Pinay among those arrested at TMX protest

Vancouver, B.C. Four arrested after  blockade at major port access Opinion Mildred German ​As the sacred fire burnt at the Clark Drive and East Hastings port entrance blockade in East Vancouver earlier this week, Indigeneous youth, community members, and supporters gathered to show support for Indigenous land defender Stacy Gallagher. Protesters demanded  his 90-jail charges

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Oswald Magno settles lawsuit against Cusipag and sons out of court

Updated: March 4, 2021, 8:50 PM Toronto, Ontario “Nightmare is over” Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.Com A long-standing legal battle between Oswald Magno and Balita Editor/Publisher Teresita Cusipag and her three sons, Michael, Anthony and Lyle De Juan came to end with the acceptance of an out-of-court settlement recently. “I am glad our

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Breaking: Lola patay sa bangaan Marcelina (Lina)Perdido Agulay dies in head-on collision, husband in critical condition

North Vancouver Drunk driving suspected in death of grandmother With files from Mildred German and Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas  “Tireless” and “mabait”  says friends who knew Agulay who died when the car she was travelling with husband Leonilo was hit head-on by an allegedly drunk driver just before midnight yesterday (March 2). Agulay was picking up

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Immigration: Canada announced it would target the arrival of 401,000 immigrants in 2021

The voice of Canadian immigration Where Canada’s immigrants settled in 2020 The drop in immigration was felt across the country in 2020. Looking ahead, Canada is already ahead of schedule to welcome 401,000 immigrants this year. Kareem El-Assal Published on February 25th, 2021 at 03:26pm EST Updated on February 25th, 2021 at 04:28pm EST While

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A lookback: How we covered the Covid-19  pandemic and its effect on Filipino-Canadian workers

Canada Four heroes of the Covid-19 pandemic All four frontline workers died in April 2020 Opinion Teodoro ‘Ted’ Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian news.Com (PCN.Com) As we begin a new year full of hope that the pandemic will eventually end, we look back at the year that has just passed and how the pandemic affected the lives

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