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Breaking: Liberals win two Toronto ridings in by-election sweep

Toronto, Ontario  Conservatives Julius Tiangson a strong second Analysis Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian News. Com The federal Liberals retained the two seats as expected in the first federal election during Covid. Ya’ara Saks, a small business owner, was elected as the MP for York Centre after what was, at times, an incredibly close battle. […]

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Breaking: Mable Elmore wins 4th term, NDP wins majority 

British Columbia NDP forms majority government Analysis Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian news.Com The first and only Filipino provincial politician has been declared elected by the CBC two hours after the polls closed in today’s election. Mable Elmore took her Vancouver-Kensington seat for the fourth term defeating her Liberal opponent by a wide margin. Jaeden

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B.C. Election: Will it be an NDP majority tomorrow?

Updated: October 23, 2020, 8:10 PM Three Filipinos in the running Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian news.Com The New Democrats are predicted to win a majority in tomorrow’s provincial election according to polls. With 87 seats in the B.C. legislature up for grabs, the NDP needs to win 44 seats to win a majority. In

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LGTB+:Filipinx-Canadians applaud Pope Francis’ endorsement of same-sex union 

Canada Canadian bishops silent  Opinion By Teodoro Alcuitas Editor, Philippine Canadian news.Com Two Filipino gay Catholics have expressed support for the Pope’s endorsement of civil union laws for same- sex couples which has stirred the long-simmering conflict between the left and right of Church  adherents. In the documentary,”Francesco,” Francis says that gay people are “children

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Ekis: The Gigil over Filipinx

Philippines Ekis: The gigil over Filipinx Tuting Hernandez September 7   The x in Filipinx is rooted in the 1970s English neologism Mx., an alternative to Mr. and Ms. for people who do not identify with neither Mr. nor Ms. By analogy, this morphological process was extended to Latinx and folx and more recently to Filipinx.

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Alberta Culture Days and Show Your Colours extended to October 25

Edmonton, Alberta Culture Days is the largest celebration of arts, heritage By Ida Beltran-Lucila Culture Days 2020 was celebrated in Alberta for the whole month of September, which was also the Month of the Artist. The national celebration of Culture Days, however, is always on the last weekend of September and for this year, extended

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Unemployment: Filipinos top – iPolitics

Female, racialized and young Canadians less likely to benefit from jobs increase By Jolson Lim. Published on Sep 4, 2020 5:24pm Photo by Jolson Lim/iPolitics EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedIn Among visible minorities, Filipino Canadians had the lowest unemployment rate of 12.7 per cent, followed by 13.2 per cent for Chinese Canadians, 13.9 per cent for Latin Americans, and

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Immigration: The 2020 Parents and Grandparents Program is now open until November 3rd.

How to sponsor your parents and grandparents for Canadian immigration Kareem El-Assal Published on October 17th, 2020 at 05:00am EDT     Canadian citizens and permanent residents can now apply to sponsor their parents and grandparents for Canadian immigration. The Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) expression of interest window began on October 13 and will remain open

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Caregiver Chronicles: Sampang starts series on Filipino women

Vancouver,B. C. “Success is a journey, not a destination”…Arthur Ashe, US tennis hero My editor asked me the other day, ‘Why don’t you write about the Filipino caregivers? It doesn’t need to be all about their successes, but more about their daily lives.’    I immediately agreed. It’s about time.  The hired help has never

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LGTB: “‘Are you gay?”How a young Filipino ‘came out’

Editor’s note: Yesterday (October 11) was National Coming Out Day. We thought that it is appropriate to post the story of one who ‘came out’ albeit reluctantly. PCN.Com has always been a supporter of LGTB+ and we have featured several stories in our pages over the years. We believe that we should give a platform to the

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