Filipinos in Canada have until September 30, 2021 to register for the Philippine general election to be held May 9, 2022. The 2022 elections will determine the election of president, vice president, senators and party-list representatives.

The B.C. provincial government has announced the appointment of lawyer Luningning Alcuitas-Imperial as chair of the Mental Health Review Board.

On January 11 Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, announced a continuing surge of new Covid cases in B.C. making it necessary to extend the province’s tougher Covid restrictions regarding travel and social gatherings for another four weeks up to  Feb. 5^th. Henry said an additional 1,475 people tested positive in B.C. over the past three days. If Covid cases continue to rise, it may be extended again.

January 16, 2021 - The Filipino Catholic Ministry of the Archdiocese of Vancouver (filipinoministry.ca) invites Canadian Filipinos to join the celebration of the centuries-old image of the holy Child Jesus with a novena and Mass on the Sto. Niño’s feast day, January 17. It will be held at the St. Anthony de Padua Church in Agassiz, 7237 Morrow Road. The mass will be virtual (livestream) as churches are still not allowed to gather for worship per Provincial Health Authority Covid restrictions.

British Columbia has declared a state of emergency and extended tougher restrictions to January 8, 2021 at midnight province-wide.  By order and direction of the Provincial Health Officer (PHO), all events and social gatherings are suspended to significantly reduce COVID-19 transmission related to social interactions and travel.

When a city-life Toronto magazine asked top chefs to rate the best takeout and delivery restaurants in 2020, one Canadian Filipino establishment measured up.

On November 19, Dr. Bonnie Henry, BC’s provincial public health officer issued new Covid rules effective immediately to slow down the sudden spike in new Covid cases which rose to over 700 new cases per day in the past week.  The new restrictions are in effect until December 7th if the situation improves by then.

The pandemic isn’t stopping Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver in bringing Maligayang Pasko, Vancouver 2020! featuring three of last year’s popular segments – the carols, the parols, and the market beginning December 4.

ABS-CBN News Channel’s (ANC) Christian Esguerra is this year’s recipient of the 2020 McLuhan Fellowship for Excellence in Journalism. The announcement was made during the virtual Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar organized by the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) in October.

The Toronto Foundation released on November 12 a wide-ranging report about the impacts of the pandemic on people of colour and immigrant communities.

Mable Elmore cruised to victory on election night for a new term as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of B.C.

Three Canadian Filipinos are running for seats in the B.C. Legislative Assembly in the provincial election on October 24.

October 1, 2020 - Media veterans Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and ABS-CBN journalist Karen Davila recently joined an online forum condemning the curtailment of press freedom in the Philippines and the world.

A Filipino-language news program debuted on OMNI Television, bringing the voice of the community to the Canadian mainstream.

Aspiring professional hockey players want to make it to the National Hockey League.

The NHL is the world’s premier hockey league, which started in Montreal in 1917.

Warren Urquhart relates that he was the first member of his family to meet a Canadian Filipino lawyer.

That happened during his first year as a student at the Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto.