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Immigration Minister Announces New Pathway to Permanent Residence for over 90,000 Essential Temporary Workers and International Graduates

April 16, 2021 - On April 14, IRCC Minister Marco Mendicino announced a new pathway to permanent residence for over 90,000 essential workers and international graduates in recognition of their contribution to Canada’s fight to control the spread of covid-19 and efforts to accelerate Canada’s ...

Editorial
Anti-Asian hate is racism reaching its boiling point
April 2021 - News and the impacts of Atlanta spa shootings in the US on March 16 reverberated quickly on Canadian shores with protest rallies happening in major cities like Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal and Vancouver.
Beware of the infodemic: like a virus, it could fan out, spreading fake news
March 2021 – We’re not going to rehash the minute details, as many of you have probably heard of stories about Bill Gates and the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 Pandemic: Third Wave Calls for Intensive Public Health Action

[Ed’s Note: In February 2020, CFNet started publishing Dr. Rey Pagtakhan’s column, Medisina at Politika, on COVID-19. Now on Part 28 of his running commentary, Dr. Pagtakhan’s ...

Tennis player Leylah Annie Fernandez leads Team Canada in Billie Jean King Cup

April 16, 2021 - Canadian Filipino and World No. 72 seeded tennis pro Leylah Annie Fernandez leads Canada in its bid for the Billie Jean King Cup against host Serbia on April 16 and ...

Winnie Chan finds new passion with pandemic-era beauty and care

April 16, 2021 - When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in March 2020, Winnie Chan was working for an insurance ...

Charlie Frenal wins top prize in 2021 exhibition by Federation of Canadian Artists

April 16, 2021 – The year 2021 has been a busy and rewarding one for Charlie Frenal, a Canadian Filipino artist based in Kelowna, ...

Filipinos Now Third Largest Immigrant Group in Canada

April 1, 2021- A youtube video showing the dramatic change of the country source of origin of immigrants to Canada in just 30 years provides a fascinating review of a rapidly changing scenario from ...

COVID-19 Pandemic: Mass Vaccination and Related Issues More Crucial Than Ever

[Ed’s Note: In February 2020, CFNet started publishing Dr. Rey Pagtakhan’s column, Medisina at Politika, on COVID-19. Now on Part 27 of his running commentary, Dr. Pagtakhan’s twice monthly ...

Canadian Filipino film garners special award at SXSW film festival

April 1, 2021 - A Canadian Filipino film stood out from the rest of competitors at the recent US-based South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival held virtually March 16 to 20. Islands, directed by ...

Canadian Filipino poet Therese Estacion explores disability, grief and recovery in Phantompains

April 1, 2021 – For Therese Estacion, her first book of poetry is a journey for ...

Artful design on Filipino cakes gets recognition for Shannon Nocos in Toronto

April 1, 2021 - On March 1 this year, Canadian Filipino Net reported about a young Toronto chef who is getting a lot of attention for his pop-up dining ...

Baisas brothers dominate 43rd Winterlude ice-carving competition

March 16, 2021 – Baisas brothers Antonio of Ottawa and Ross of Gatineau dominated Winterlude’s first ever virtual national ice-carving competition. The competition held virtually with ...

Eterosa brothers seek to connect with Filipinos worldwide with Vancouver podcast

March 16, 2021 – Erick Eterosa notes that many podcasts are about famous people, and he wants to do something ...

Manitoba report links social inequities to impact of COVID-19 on Filipinos, BIPOC communities

March 16, 2021 – Filipinos and other members of the Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) communities have borne the brunt of COVID-19 infections in ...

Filipinos Celebrate 500th Year of Christianity in the Philippines

Filipinos in Canada join other Filipinos all over the world in celebrating the 500th year of Christianity in the Philippines which started with the launch of the 500YOC Prayer on December 14, ...

Jillian Mendoza saves two boys from runaway car in Toronto, hailed “hero-nanny”

March 1, 2021 – As Canadian Filipino Net wrapped up this current edition, Jillian Mendoza remained under watchful eyes in a Toronto ...

COVID-19 Pandemic: New SARSCoV-2 Variants – A Third Wave after the Calm?

(This is Part 26 of Dr. Pagtakhan's column, Medisina at Politika, on Covid ...

Phil De Luna: a rising star in climate action

March 1, 2021 - Youth is certainly not wasted on the young, not on someone like 29-year-old Phil De Luna. For the last decade or so, De Luna has been focused on getting ahead of the rapidly changing ...

Filipino Canadian businesses nominated in Small Business BC Awards

March 1, 2021 – At least three Filipino Canadian businesses have been nominated for this year’s Small Business BC Awards (SBBC) in several categories. Cast your votes for these businesses on the ...

Keanu Francisco serves up old and new memories at Toronto chef’s pop-up restaurant

March 1, 2021 – Since October 2020, Keanu Francisco has been running a once-a-month pop-up restaurant at Sara, a dining establishment in Toronto, where the Canadian Filipino works as a ...

Editorial

Anti-Asian hate is racism reaching its boiling point

April 2021 - News and the impacts of Atlanta spa shootings in the US on March 16 reverberated quickly on Canadian shores with protest rallies happening in major cities like Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal and Vancouver during the last weekend of...