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Category: Local News

  • Vancouver Archbishop Joins Sleep Out In Solidarity with the Homeless

    Vancouver Archbishop Joins Sleep Out In Solidarity with the Homeless

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    Have you ever slept out on the street? For many, spending the night in cold alleys, doorways, and parks is a daily reality. With no home to call their own, others sleep in their cars, on the couch of their friends, and in crowded shelters. Homelessness is a pressing issue in Metro Vancouver. Poverty and…

  • Surrey City Council appealing for freight train speed restrictions in Crescent Beach area

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    Surrey, BC – City Council has endorsed a resolution to call for freight speed restrictions from 30 miles per hour (mph) to 10 mph leading in and out of the Crescent Beach area, from the existing Nicomekl railways swing bridge to 24th Avenue. The complexities of changing speed on long, multiple engine trains required skilled…

  • Canada Sees More Trade With Philippines

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    Canada is eyeing the Philippines as one of its top development and trade partners. In a press luncheon held recently in Manila, Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines Neil Reeder said his government has short-listed the Philippines among a group of countries with which greater trade relations would be pursued. According to Reeder, the Philippines has…

  • PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER MEETS BILL GATES

    PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER MEETS BILL GATES

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    Prime Minister Stephen Harper today met with Bill Gates in Ottawa to discuss how to further leverage the strong leadership that Canada has demonstrated in promoting maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) in order to ensure that it remains a global development priority and a prominent feature of the global post-2015 development agenda. They were…

  • Vancouver wins Earth Hour City National Champion, again!

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    Vancouver has been named the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Earth Hour National Champion for the second time. Vancouver takes home the award for Vancouver’s work to foster new technology.Innovation is at the heart of Vancouver’s big plans to become ‘The Greenest City in the World’ by 2020 and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 33…

  • Purificacion Molintas is New Philippine Tourism Director for Northwestern U.S.

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    The new Philippine Tourism Director for Northwestern U.S. has met with members of the Filipino community in Vancouver. She is Purificacion S. Suanding-Molintas, who has held various positions in the Department of Tourism. Suanding-Molintas took over the reins from predecessor Rene de los Santos. Suanding-Molintas has been with the Department of Tourism for 15 years…

  • First Batch of Express-Entry Immigrants Invited to Canada

    First Batch of Express-Entry Immigrants Invited to Canada

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    Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announced on February 2 that the first round of top-ranked candidates from Canada’s Express Entry system is already helping to fill demonstrated and verifiable gaps in Canada’s labour market. On January 31, 779 skilled workers, including professionals in natural and applied sciences, and industrial, electrical and construction trades, were…

  • The 5th Maharlika Awards

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    The 5th Maharlika Awards honoured twenty seven outstanding Filipino-Canadians in the fields of Business Excellence, Leadership, Arts & Culture, and Community Service, as well as an Outstanding Filipino Association and a Lifetime Achievement Awardee. The awards night was held at the Crystal Ballroom of the Hilton Hotel Metrotown in Burnaby. Established by the Filipino Canadian…

  • Minister Findlay highlights tax relief and benefit measures for Canadian families

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    Vancouver, British Columbia – Canada Revenue Agency. The Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C., M.P., Minister of National Revenue, attended a Family Day event today to encourage Canadian families to take advantage of the new and enhanced tax relief measures this filing season. Last fall, to better meet the needs of families, our Government proposed…

  • Senator Enverga sponsors bill to establish first national urban park in Canada

    Senator Enverga sponsors bill to establish first national urban park in Canada

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    Ottawa- Senator Tobias C. Enverga Jr. moved second reading in the Senate of Bill C-40, establishing the Rouge National Urban Park, the first of its kind in Canada. He is the sponsor of the bill in the Senate, and his speech today initiated the debate there after the bill was passed by the House of…