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Reasons why Canada is watching the new Duterte administration in the Philippines

Shortly after the May 9, 2016 presidential election in the Philippines, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the presumptive winner to congratulate him on his ...

The year that was (and never again!)
January 2021 - The year 2020 has been called many (bad) names: dumpster fire, exhausting, year of infamy, a fresh new hell at every turn.
Don’t let COVID-19 be the Grinch who stole Christmas
December 2020 - In a recent media briefing, British Columbia’s top doctor talked about what is on the mind of a lot of people: Christmas.
Pondering our Mortality: Is quality of life possible in old age?
November 2020 - When family and friends have a birthday, we often wish them many more birthdays to come as though a long life is a great gift. Is it always desirable?

Canadian Filipinos in Alberta start food drive for Fort McMurray wildfire victims

The Congress of the Philippine Associations of Alberta has taken action to help in relief efforts for victims of the wildfire that ravaged Fort ...

Flor Marcelino has been a member of the legislative assembly of Manitoba since 2007

In another first, Flor Marcelino named first Filipino woman to lead New Democratic Party in Manitoba

Flor Marcelino, the first woman of colour to be elected in the provincial legislative assembly of Manitoba, has reached another ...

Canadian firetrucks make a difference in Philippine town of Panglao

Jason Pinsoy is a fireman in Panglao, a municipality in the province of Bohol in the Philippines. He can't stop thanking Canadians for the 2015 donation of two firetrucks from Rotarians of Langley, ...

Canadian Medical Mission Society heals thousands in the Philippines

For two weeks in February 2016, 1,500 indigent Filipinos in and around Lipa City in the Philippine province of Batangas received free medical treatment from 100 Canadian, American, and Filipino ...

Filipino language bilingual program in Winnipeg school a first in Canada

Starting in September 2016, Canadian schoolchildren of Philippine ancestry in the Seven Oaks Division in Winnipeg will have the opportunity to learn more about their heritage in the Filipino ...

Canada loses up to $17 billion annually due to credential recognition problem

There are many stories about doctors and engineers immigrating to Canada only to end up in jobs like driving taxis,pumping gas, and cleaning ...

Canadian Filipinos in Alberta feel pinch of low oil prices

The oil-producing province of Alberta is reeling from the effects of low prices for its natural resource. In 2015, Alberta lost 58,000 jobs. By the end of that year, the province’s unemployment ...

B.C. town councillor wants environmental safeguards on Northern Gateway pipeline

As a councillor in Kitimat, a town on the northwest coast of British Columbia, Edwin Empinado knows a lot about the Northern Gateway ...

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