August 1, 2023 - A labour lawyer by training and now Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia gets it right on the nail about foreign credentials.

July 16, 2023 - Eleanor Laquian is a founding member of the Maple Bamboo Network Society, publisher of CanadianFilipino.Net.

July 16, 2023 - Following a unanimous vote by city council on June 14, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim sent a letter of support for a Filipino cultural centre to B.C. Premier David Eby.

July 1, 2023 - Over 300 nurses and healthcare professionals from the Philippines are expected to arrive in Manitoba as early as late summer with more arriving in the fall to join the province’s healthcare workforce. 

July 1, 2023 - The nonprofit that publishes Canadian Filipino Net has received a boost with the addition of Dr. Rey Pagtakhan to its board of directors.

June 16, 2023 - In commemoration of the Filipino Migrant Worker’s Day and Filipino Heritage Month in Canada, the Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver, in partnership with MWO-Vancouver and OWWA-Vancouver, successfully launched the book “Indomitable Canadian Filipinos” edited by Ms. Eleanor R. Laquian on 07 June 2023 at the PCG Lobby.

June 16, 2023 - Vancouver city council has expressed full support for the development of a provincial Filipino cultural centre.

June 16, 2023 - On June 6, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (IRCC) Sean Frase rannounced the addition of 13 countries to the electronic travel authorization (eTA) program, including the Philippines.

June 1, 2023 – Throughout the month of June, Filipinos all over Canada will celebrate Filipino Heritage Month (FHM) to highlight  Philippine culture and Filipino achievements and contributions to Canada  as the third largest and fastest growing Asian immigrant group in the country.  

June 1, 2023 - This year’s Honda Celebration of Light (HCOL) in Vancouver will be especially exciting for Canadian Filipinos. For the first time in the world’s longest-running offshore fireworks competition, the Philippines’ Blue Peacock Fireworks is set to wow audiences on July 29 with what it promises to be a light and sound show highlighting the country’s story of its struggle towards independence. 

May 16, 2023 –   CFNet editor Eleanor Laquian will host the 2022 McLuhanfellow, veteran journalist and ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) anchor Karmina Constantino, on Wednesday, May 24,in meeting with Filipino community leaders in Vancouver.

May 1, 2023 - CFNet’s Outstanding Canadian Filipinos for 2023 are not only successful in their respective fields of work but have also helped or influenced Filipinos and Canadians in general in a lasting way while contributing to the multicultural nature of Canadian society and promoting Canada’s prosperity at home and stature in the world.

April 16, 2023 - The BC Government is set to provide substantive funding for the establishment of a Filipino cultural centre in the province.

April 16, 2023 - On April 27, 2023 the Office of Parliamentary Secretary (Anti-Racism) MLA Mable Elmore will sponsor a bill with the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia to proclaim April 27 as Lapulapu Day in BC. 

April 16, 2023 - In May of this year, the Filipino community in Alberta will have much to be excited about. The first Edmonton Philippine International Centre (EPIC) is scheduled to open its doors located on south Edmonton.

April 16, 2023 - The fight to stay has been won by a woman from the Philippines who lost her status as a temporary foreign worker and faced deportation along with her Canadian-born daughter.