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Party leaders from left: Erin O'Toole, (Conservatives), Jagmeet Singh (NDP), Justin Trudeau (Liberals) and Annamie Paul (Greens)

Breaking: Updated: Governor General dissolves Parliament, elections on September 20

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Canada Updated: August 15, 2021, 8:33 A.M. Trudeau announces Governor General accepts his request to dissolve Parliament Analysis Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com) As has been widely predicted, a federal election will be held on September 20, 2021 after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau goes to see the Governor General this Sunday (August 15) to ask […]

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Baited, gaslighted, and exploited

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COLUMNISTS SAFE SPACE By: Anna Cristina Tuazon – @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer is a news partner of Philippine Canadian News.Com  / 04:04 AM August 11, 2021 Over the last few days, Filipino netizens were outraged with the unfolding scandal surrounding content creator Nas Daily, also known as Nuseir Yassin, who was accused of exploiting Whang-Od,

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Ang Kasaysayan at Diwa ng Pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng Wika

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By Cielo Fernando July 15, 2021 Ang Buwan ng Wika ang pagdiriwang sa wikang Filipino na ginugunita taon-taon tuwing Agosto. Layon nitong pagtibayin, at maipalaganap ang kamalayan sa pagdiriwang at kahalagahan ng Wikang Filipino. Alamin sa artikulong ito ang diwa at kasaysayan ng naturang selebrasyon. Anong nilalaman ng blog na ito? Ano ang Buwan ng

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Agosto: Buwan ng Wika

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A short history of History Week By: Ambeth R. Ocampo – @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer is a news partner of Philippine Canadian News.Com Philippine Daily Inquirer / 04:06 AM August 04, 2021 When references to History Week or Buwan ng Kasaysayan appeared in my social media feed over the weekend, I got confused. Isn’t August

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Phil de Luna (Greens) Elizabeth Quinto (Liberal) and Virginia Austria Bremner (Liberal) are in the running for Parliament. (Composite by PCN.Com)

Federal elections: Three candidates still in the running

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Updated, August 9, 2021, 3:02 P.M. Canada One bows out and another defeated in nomination Analysis Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, PhilippineCanadianNews.Com (PCN.Com) With the defeat of the NDP’s Naden Abenes in the Vancouver Centre nomination and the withdrawal of Liberal Paul Saguil from Brampton Centre, only three candidates are still on the running in the federal election

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Jyn San Miguel seeks to be first Filipino-Canadian to be elected in Canmore, Alberta. ( Photo:JYN SAN MIGUEL FOR COUNCIL - TOWN OF CANMORE)

Municipal politics: Jyn San Miguel announces candidacy

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Canmore, Alberta Former housekeeper seeks municipal seat Mildred German Canmore, AB – Jyn San Miguel has officially announced his candidacy for the next municipal election on October 18, 2021  in Canmore, Alberta. Canmore is located within the Treaty 7 Region of Southern Alberta, and is the 9th-largest town in Alberta. It is about an hour’s

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2020 Olympics: Philippines haul four medals including one Gold

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Philipines Olympics awaken national pride Charmaine Y. Rodriguez As the Philippines ended its historic quest for medals in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, August 7, 2021, its lone gold, two silver and one bronze medal haul changed the lives of the athletes who won them and had awaken national pride in such a time

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Cover of the Zine Page -Stop the Killings! (Photo provided)

‘Stop the Killings’ : Campaign tackles mental health and police brutality

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Vancouver, B.C. A collaboration project by Filipinx queer multi-disciplinary PulitiQ with fellow Filipino artists and community members to launch on August 13, 2021 at the VINES Arts Festival 2021. Press Release: Unceded Territories – On August 13, 6pm, PulitiQ (Arts_Sounds_Kritikal_Filipinx_Queer) will be part of the VINES Art Festival 2021’s “OUR HOMES OUR STORIES” that will

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Screen grab of Carlo Escario minutes before he was to be deported. (Twitter photo by Monica de Veyra)

Breaking: Immigration – Nakaligtas na naman si Carlo Escario

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Toronto, Ontario Escario is given Temporary Residence Permit Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News.com (PCN.Com) Carlo Escario couldn’t believe he is still in Toronto. The 36-year-old health worker was at Toronto Pearson International Airport Thursday morning, (August 5, 2021) to be deported back to the Philippines after he was given a reprieve from his original

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Virginia Austria Bremner is running for the Liberals at Vancouver Kingsway. (Photo provided)

Federal politics: Liberals pick secretary of former Premier Christy Clark

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Vancouver, B.C. Virginia Austria Bremner is acclaimed for Vancouver Kingsway Opinion Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian news.Com (PCN.Com) Federal Liberals have acclaimed Virginia Austria Bremner who worked for former Premier Christy Clark during her term as Premier for B.C. and is now Program Coordinator for the World Trade Centre Vancouver. Bremner will face the NDP’s

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