April 1, 2026 — April 26, 2026 marks the Filipino community’s babang-luksa (literally translated as end of mourning) for the victims of the Lapu-Lapu Day tragedy. How does that fateful evening in 2025 expose the Filipino community’s vulnerabilities and strengths?

March 16, 2026 —  Food has always played a huge part in Filipino culture. Filipinos share food generously with family and neighbours. We offer food to new friends. When there are disagreements, food can bridge our differences. To many Filipino families, the kitchen is the heart of the home, where dishes are lovingly prepared, to sustain us through our day, and to give comfort at the end of it. And when language fails, food speaks.

March 1, 2026 — What started as a group of strangers finding community in a non-paying  arts workshop turned into a refuge for some still reeling from the tragedy that was the Lapu-Lapu festival in April of 2025.

February 16, 2026 — It was to be the highlight of Jay Legaspi’s weekend. He was to attend the 2025 Lapu-Lapu Day Festival and watch Filipino-American hip-hop musician apl.de.ap. Going to the festival was a reward waiting for him later that day. At the last minute, he skipped it. 

February 1, 2026 — “We were just there to help,” Donna Aiza Narvaza says. “We didn’t expect to witness something like that. But maybe surviving means we’re meant to remember – and to make sure it never happens again.”

January 16, 2026 — Retired hospital care aide Jhosie Sico and her mother were visiting one of her sisters in Burnaby last April 26, 2025, when she got an urgent call from her sister-in-law, Jenny de Guzman, a little past 8 p.m.