Community builder, youth leader makes it to 20 compelling Calgarians list

Arts & Culture, Canada News, culture, immigration

Calgary, Alberta Roxanne Singlot advocates for mental health support for immigrants By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez With her deep understanding of the challenges faced by any other immigrant to Canada, community builder and advocate Roxanne Singlot started the Youth Empowerment Program six years ago to help newcomers handle the barriers that came their way.  Her advocacy […]

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Filipino cultural centre soon to rise in BC

Arts & Culture, Canada News, Philippine News, Politics

Vancouver, B.C. Premier Eby signs letter mandating initiatives against racism, promotion of culture By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez The Government of British Columbia has officially mandated to advance proposals for the creation of a provincial Filipino cultural centre in the Lower Mainland.  “British Columbians continue to recover from and respond to the upheaval caused by the

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Filipina entrepreneur is part of 20 Compelling Calgarians of 2023 list

Arts & Culture, Canada News, culture, International News, Philippine News

Updated:January 9, 2023, 7:35 P.M. Calgary, Alberta Lourdes Juan wears many hats—one of them is of a food security activist  By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Shocked at how much unsold pieces of bread a bakery in Calgary had before it closed for the day, Lourdes Juan founded Leftovers Foundation in 2012.  Today, the organization works with

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‘Record-breaking’ number of newcomers in Canada for 2022

Canada News, immigration, OFWs

Ottawa, Ontario  Over 431,000 target for new permanent residents met  By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez The Government of Canada believes it made one of the fastest recoveries from the pandemic due to its approach to immigration. Newcomers enrich our communities, and contribute to our economy by working, creating jobs and supporting local businesses, the Immigration, Refugees

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Writer remembers her mother as a “hardheaded woman”

Arts & Culture, Canada News, Philippine News

Toronto, Ontario Hardheaded Woman Patria Cabatuando-Rivera My mother, in her prime, was a straightshooter; she wouldn’t mince words if she felt that it was needed. So, when Joe R and I decided to get married in the early seventies and asked for my parents’ permission and blessing, she told Joe R right off the bat

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Filipino-Canadian baby girl is B.C.’s first newborn for the year 2023

Canada News, culture

Abbotsford, B.C.  Parents say timing of daughter’s birth was a ‘surprise’ to them  By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez A baby girl born to Filipino parents is British Columbia’s first baby delivered in one of its hospitals in the year 2023. Born in Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre, Gabriella Louise V. Camayang was welcomed into this

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Photos of today’s Vancouver Polar Bear Swim at English Bay

Canada News, Philippine News

Vancouver, B.C. We did not take a dip but enjoyed watching! Here are some photos we took. The weather was cooperating and was sunny. The English Bay Polar Bear Swim is one of the longest-running events of its kind in the world. In 1920 it started with less than a dozen swimmers. In recent years

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Filipino-Canadian criminal barrister among 15 outstanding B.C. residents

Canada News

Richmond, B.C.  Government to award Medal of Good Citizenship for this year’s winners for their service to their communities  By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Filipino-Chinese Canadian Winston Sayson, K.C., is among the 15 recipients of the 2022 Medal of Good Citizenship award given by the Government of British Columbia to exceptional community leaders who have shown

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Pumanaw: Atty. Arturo S. Alafriz Jr.

Canada News, International News, Philippine News

Vancouver, B.C. Pumanaw Arturo S. Alafriz, Jr., first Filipino to practice law in B.C. dies at 85 The first Filipino to be admitted to the B.C. Law Society died on Christmas Day (December 25, 2022) according to a Facebook post by family. He was 85. Arturo ‘Art’ S. Alafriz, Jr. was the first Philippine-educated lawyer

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Filipino-Canadian bakery’s team wins cake competition

culture, Food/Restaurants, Restaurants

Winnipeg, Manitoba Cake design that includes Philippine carabao and Canadian polar bear got top prize By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez A team from a Filipino-Canadian bakery won this year’s The Big Bake: Holiday, which is Food Network Canada’s baking competition. The team that represented Sugar Blooms and Cakes, located on McPhillips Street in Winnipeg, beat two

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