Very high transportation, food, shelter costs plagued residents especially in first six months By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez As expected, the year 2022 was an expensive one for those living in Canada. Statistics Canada, in a news release Tuesday, said the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 6.8% on an annual average basis in 2022—a 40-year high or the
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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