Canada

by Marjorie Carmona Newman EDMONTON, ALBERTA — A group of Pinoy international students in Edmonton has filed a lawsuit against a private college and an immigration consultant. These kababayans entered Canada on a work permit, but because of...

Pinoy festivities are already visible in the month of June, when Filipinos commemorate Philippine Independence Day. This year was the launch of the first Annual Filipino Heritage Month in Toronto. The Filipino Heritage Month formally celebrates...

ALBERTA, CANADA — A Filipino family is in mourning after a car crash claimed the lives of the family’s father and their grandmother, who was visiting from the Philippines. On Sunday, Ellen Palencia of Lethbridge was on...

Renowned Filipino artist Sym Mendoza leads the Dimasalang International Artist Group in an exhibit that paid homage to their roots as part of Asian heritage month in Vancouver. Sofronio Ylanan Mendoza, better known as Sym, is...

by Quay Evano, ABS-CBN News ALBERTA, CANADA — June is celebrated by Filipinos around the world as Philippine Independence Month. Now, Filipinos in Alberta have another reason to celebrate this month. The government of Alberta has proclaimed June...

by Krystle Alarcon, ABS-CBN News MONTREAL — A nanny in Montreal is owed more than $40,000 in compensation. She won her human rights case last year, but has yet to see a penny. Gelyn Dasoc-Hilot arrived in Montreal...

In Manitoba, Canada, the search continues for a missing Filipino man, with members of the Winnipeg Homicide Unit now assigned to the investigation. 59-year-old Eduardo Balaquit was last seen on Monday, June 4th, at approximately 6pm...

ALBERTA, CALGARY — A Philippine-born Canadian was recently appointed as one of the country’s newest judges. Justice L. Bernette Ho of the court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta was sworn-in on May 25th. Ho, who is of...

by Marlou Tiro, ABS-CBN News TORONTO — Police have arrested 22-year-old Yostin Murillo in the first-degree murder of Rhoderie Estrada. Estrada died on May 26 in her home in Toronto. In a news conference, Detective Mike...

by Krystle Alarcon, ABS-CBN News MONTREAL, CANADA — This play, called Lucky, examines the myth that Asians are “model minorities.” It’s inspired by a true story of a Vietnamese woman in Toronto who hired hitmen to kill her...