CANADA

Two Filipino Canadians are seeking to become part of the legislature in British Columbia. One is a political veteran, while the other is a young blood who wants to be a voice for the new generation....

The Canadian government is vowing to expedite the processing of 50,000 spousal applications by the end of 2020, in an effort to clear the backlog due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rowena Papasin has this report....Read More

Canadian Immigrant magazine has named Virginia Guiang-Santoro and Arlene Ruiz on its list of Top 25 Canadian Immigrants of 2020. Rowena Papasin talks with the awardees about the big honor in this report....Read More

The federal Liberal Party’s decision to pick a candidate for the seat in the Toronto Centre has sparked disappointment among some Filipinos who had hoped for another Fil-Canadian representative in the Parliament. The details from Vanessa...

The spike in coronavirus cases prompted Canadian health authorities to appeal to citizens to forgo a traditional Thanksgiving celebration and gather virtually. Rowena Papasin reports....Read More

Filipinos in Canada relying on financial assistance from the government are on edge as some forms of the benefit end this week. Rowena Papasin with the full story....Read More

Montreal and two other regions of Quebec are now on red alert as the COVID situation in the province has reached a critical level. Premier Francois Legault announced tighter measures to curb the spread of the...

Filipinos are behind a short film that dominated this year’s Vancouver Asian Film Festival. Rowena Papasin tells us more about “Dirty Laundry”, and the the so-called “Team Tsinelas” that brought the action film project to life....Read More

COVID-19 is back in full force in Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised this alarm as he warned that this second wave could be worse than what Canadians experienced last spring....Read More

Canada’s top doctor, Theresa Tam, says the COVID-19 data collected over the last seven days shows an average of more than one thousand daily reported cases, compared to just under 400 in mid-August. The short-term forecast,...