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A brochure on the accreditation process for internationally educated nurses, including Filipino nurses, who wish to work as registered nurses in Canada has been published by the Philippine embassy in Ottawa and consulates general in Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto.
The Canadian Filipino community’s first woman Member of Parliament has made her presence known in the House of Commons.
(Editor’s note: For the next 5 months starting on November 15, CFNet will feature a presidential candidate for the coming May 9, 2022 Philippine national election.
A daughter of immigrants from the Philippines has been elected to the city council of Montreal.
The Canadian ambassador to the Philippines has held a virtual meeting with one of the staunchest critics of President Rodrigo Duterte.
A Royal Canadian Navy ship has made a goodwill visit to the Philippines with 11 Canadian Filipino sailors aboard.
Calgary will elect a new mayor on October 18, and one of the candidates vying for the post is a Canadian Filipino.
After 17 years without a Filipino Canadian representative in the House of Commons, the snap federal election saw the election of Rechie Valdez as Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Mississauga-Streetsville, the first ever female Canadian Filipino to hold such office.
A Philippine-born lawyer has been appointed to the Court of Appeal of Alberta, the highest court in the province.
Phil de Luna, at 29, is a rising young star in climate change focused on getting ahead of the rapidly changing world by way of clean, renewable energy.
(This Paul Ong article also appears in Pilipino Express, Medisina at Politika, Sept. 1, 2021)
July 1, 2021 - We, at Canadian Filipino Net, join the rest of the Philippines in mourning the passing of its 15th president, Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III on June 24, 2021.
Frequent motorists in the Philippines will remember that it takes one to two hours to drive from Makati to Balintawak in Quezon City.
On May 20 this year, the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) held convocation ceremonies online for its new graduates.
In March 2021, a broad array of political opposition figures in the Philippines banded to form a coalition called 1Sambayan.
The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa and consulates general in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto join Filipinos in Canada in celebrating Filipino Heritage Month in June.
May 16, 2021 – On May 6, Currie Dixon, Leader of the Yukon Party, announced critic roles for the Official Opposition party in the Canadian territory.
