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MAD: The Legal Form of Suicide?

In Alberta, the application for medically-assisted death (MAD) – as lodged by Hanne Schafer was granted in February 2016 by then Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Justice now Supreme Court ...

November 1 - 15, 2019

Editorial: Saint Andres Bonifacio (November 2019)
November not only commemorates All Saints and All Souls days but celebrates the birth of Philippine national hero Andres Bonifacio on November 30. To most Filipinos, he may not personify the idea of a conventional saint (he was a freemason married to a Catholic Gregoria de Jesus) but looking back at his life, Andres Bonifacio truly deserves a place in heaven and worthy of emulation by so many of us Filipinos who struggle to make ends meet while aspiring to serve a purpose much bigger than our own. Read more

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Bonifest in Toronto to celebrate Philippine hero Andres Bonifacio

An event in Toronto will honour a Filipino hero who waged the first revolution in Asia against Western ...

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For Emmanuelle Chateauneuf, graphic arts imitate life

Comics creator and storyteller Emmanuelle Chateauneuf did not need to look too far from home to find love and inspiration. She already found it in her mom, a Filipina immigrant who had to find her ...

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Philippine films highlight 2019 Vancouver Asian Film Festival

Three films on the Filipino diaspora are featured in this year’s Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) to be held at the Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas in Vancouver’shistoric ...

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International migration drives Canada’s largest population growth so far

Statistics Canada on September 30, 2019 released a report showing that Canada recorded its highest population increase ever in ...

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All Saints Day in the Philippines: No Equality even in Death

November 1st or All Saints Day is a Christian holiday to honour all the saints. For Catholics, it’s a holiday of obligation. For Filipinos it is a holiday to commemorate all ...

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Lucy Lombos: Teaching children through books

Lucy Lombos shows there’s not just one way to teach children. She used to be a teacher, is currently a school directress, and, in the last few years, writer of children’s books and other genres ...

Editorial: Saint Andres Bonifacio (November 2019)

November not only commemorates All Saints and All Souls days but celebrates the birth of...

Editorial: Who do you trust as Prime Minister of Canada? (October 2019)

About two weeks before the writ dropped on September 11, 2019, signaling the start of the federal...

Editorial: Everyone Could and Should Try to Avert a Climate Change Meltdown (September 2019)

As the world warms up with the activities of its more than seven billion global population, extreme...

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