King Charles confirms having cancer, seeking treatment

Canada News, International News

75-year-old monarch issues public statement, breaks Royal tradition By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez The Buckingham Palace issued an official statement confirming that King Charles has cancer but did not give any specific details. “During The King’s recent hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement, a separate issue of concern was noted. Subsequent diagnostic tests have identified a

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Fraser Health’s Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Victoria Casas-Alcuaz is seeking a board seat for the CNA. (Photo: Facebook profile)

BC nurse takes another bid for CNA board

Canada News, Education, International News

Vancouver, B.C. Victoria Casas-Alcuaz seeks representation Teodoro Alcuitas A Clinical Nurse Specialist for the Frail Elderly-Older Adult Network is seeking a nomination for the board of the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA), the governing body for Canada’s 460,000 nurses. This is the second attempt of Victoria Casas-Alcuaz, the clinical nurse specialist at Fraser Health Authority where

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Union activist Daniel Talde becomes National Rep for the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). (Photo provided)

Unions: Winnipeg’s Daniel Talde becomes CUPE’s National Rep

Canada News

Updated: January 29, 2024, 6 PM Winnipeg Daniel Talde: Of Activism and Taking It Further By Levy Abad After 55 years of the Filipino community in Winnipeg, we have Daniel Talde taking labour activism furthest by becoming the National Rep for the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)-Winnipeg Manitoba, and the first Filipino to be a

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Canada to cut student permits by 35% this year

Canada News, Education, immigration, International News

Immigration Minister announces more changes in student visa program By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Saying that the rapid increases in the number of international students arriving in Canada put pressure on housing, health care and other services, the Government of Canada announced a reduction of student visas by 35 percent for 2024. In a press conference

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International students in Canada now at 1 million

Canada News, immigration, International News

Statistics Canada shows Filipino students comprise third biggest group By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Canada is now a temporary home to one million foreign students with over half of them in Ontario, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) reported. According to a Globe and Mail report, Canada has 1,028,850 study permit holders as of the

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Filipina is Surrey’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year

Canada News, Events

Surrey, B.C.  Board of Trade awards program celebrates businesses and the people behind them By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Janine Cindy Santiago-Nagi, owner of Sun City Optics, could not believe that she had won an award for doing something she loves. She arrived in Canada from the Philippines 13 years ago. She studied instrumentation and automation

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This is Leylah Annie Fernandez’s fourth straight Women’s Player of the Year and Women’s Singles Player of the Year awards. (Photo from Getty Images)

Leylah is Tennis Canada’s Women’s Player of the Year

Canada News, Sports, Tennis

Filipina-Canadian tennis champ was recognized for a stellar season By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Tennis Canada announced that Leylah Annie Fernandez (Laval, QC) and Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC) are the recipients of the 2023 Tennis Canada Excellence Awards for Player of the Year and Singles Player of the Year in the women’s and men’s categories, respectively. This is Fernandez’s fourth

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Shine Bright 2023 organizers hold up lanterns at the New Westminster City Hall foyer. (Photo from New Westminster City Councillor Ruby Campbell Facebook page)

Philippine parols light up New Westminister City Hall

Arts & Culture, Canada News

New Westminster, BC Traditional Pinoy lanterns are included in this year’s Shine Bright event By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez The City of New Westminster’s popular annual Christmas event called Shine Bright is including a Parol Christmas Star Lantern Display in its City Hall foyer. Presented by the Filipino-Canadian Society for International Arts and Events and the

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Comedian Jo Koy to host 81st Golden Globes on January 7

Arts & Culture, Events

Producers want “his infectious energy and relatable humor to kick off” awards season By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Comedian and actor Jo Koy will be hosting the Golden Globes on January 7 and will probably make history as the first one of Filipino descent who will do so. “We are thrilled to have Jo host the

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Ashley Noelle Arzaga holds her five-year-old daughter. (Image: Toronto Star)

Incel-member who murdered Filipina Ashley Noelle Arzaga sentenced to life

Canada News, International News, Philippine News, Politics

Toronto, Ontario The intel-inspired terrorist who killed 24-year old Ashley Noel Arzaga in 2020 has been found guilty on Nov. 28 for acts of terrorism and sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility for parole for ten years. Oguzhan Sert was a teenager at the time when he brutally killed Arzaga, the mother of

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