First Pinoy in NHL-Canada visits PNoy

Filipino-Canadian hockey player Josh Nicholls pays a courtesy call on President Aquino.

MANILA, Philippines – Filipino-Canadian hockey player Josh Nicholls paid a courtesy call on President Aquino on Thursday.

Nicholls, a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, gave the President an autographed hockey stick and taught him how to hold it.

It had a Philippine flag sticker on it and a line that says: “To my . . . → read more

Fil-Canadian couple with cerebral palsy keeps baby

Fil-Canadian couple with cerebral palsy

TORONTO – A Filipino-Canadian couple both diagnosed with cerebral palsy were allowed to keep their newborn baby at home after social workers raised the possibility of taking away their custody.

Couple Maricyl Palisoc and partner Charlie Wilton had baby William a month ago.

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Canada penniless as it marks coin’s end

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Canada's last penny was struck Friday at The Royal Canadian Mint's manufacturing facility and will become a museum piece as the one-cent coins are withdrawn from circulation.

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Indie director Lav Diaz wins in Toronto fest

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Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz’s latest six-hour epic, “Florentina Hubaldo, CTE” won the On Screen Award at the 25th Images Festival in Toronto, Canada on April 21.

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Canadians are happy people

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The United Nations reported that Canadians are some of the happiest people in the world. But the reason behind the national contentment has a lot more to do with a sense of commu-nity than with personal and material riches.

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TFC launches Balitang Canada weekly newcast

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TFC Canada announced the launch of its 30-minute weekly news program called Balitang Canada.

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Balitang Canada, now a weekly program

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MANILA, Philippines – Good news to Kapamilyas in Canada. 

“Balitang Canada” will now be a weekly newscast program beginning Sunday, April 22.

From being a weekly segment in Balitang America, Balitang Canada will become a separate news program aired every Sunday at 5:15 p.m. after TV Patrol (Canada time) in all TFC platforms. 

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Fil-Canadian shines in theater industry

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CANADA – Filipino-Canadian Joseph Sevillo from Winnipeg is one among the few who is able to break into Canada’s competitive world of theater.

“I first tried singing, dancing and acting when I was 13 years old in high school. My choir director pulled me out and told me I had a really good voice and . . . → read more

Canada to ease Federal Skilled Worker backlog

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CANADA – It was the simplest solution to solve the backlog on skilled workers applying for immigration to Canada. The Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced they are closing the files of Federal Skilled Worker Applicants before February 2008 and will refund fees that have already been paid.   An estimated 280,000 applications will be . . . → read more

US judge tells Canadian actress: Stay away from Alec Baldwin

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A Canadian actress accused of stalking “30 Rock” star Alec Baldwin has been told to stay away from him. . . . → read more