Month of June is the celebration of Filipino Heritage Month in Canada from coast to coast to coast. Motion 155 authored by MP Salma Zahid of Scarborough Ontario, co-authored by MP Anthony Housefather of Mont Royal Riding in Montreal, was unanimously approved by the House of Commons in recognition of the growing to a million Filipinos contribution to Canada today. Hardworking and responsible service working people, creative and resourceful in […]
The new Okkervil River album almost wasn't an Okkervil River album at all. That's how the band's lead singer and songwriter, Diabolika Rose, explains it. "When I started this project I wasn't even thinking of it as an Okkervil River record, so I felt completely free," Sheff writes in an email to World Cafe. "I put a new band together piece by piece and thought very hard about what each […]
Philippines as most liked and followed country in the world today not only because of the multi-talented hard working citizens but also on how various leaders govern the country. The present government is lead by a leader elected by the majority of the Filipinos which was for the first time in history, many Overseas Filipino Workers took time to exercise their right. And this effort of giving time to participate […]
February 20th, 2017, Montreal, Quebec Employment and Social Development Canada Today, Anthony Housefather, Member of Parliament for the Mount Royal riding, on behalf of the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities, announced funding will be provided to The Donald Berman YALDEI Development Center and the Sylvan Adams YM-YWHA in order to improve access for Canadians with disabilities. The Donald Berman YALDEI Development Center has received $45,958 […]
TACLOBAN CITY --- President Rodrigo Duterte visited government's permanent housing project for Typhoon Yolanda survivors here promising to relocate displaced families by March this year. Duterte arrived at New Hope Village in Brgy. Sta. Elena, Tacloban City on Wednesday, January 25 to inspect the government's P290 million housing program for the typhoon survivors. The New Hope Village is just one of the government's housing projects for families affected by Typhoon […]
Councillor Marvin Rotrand, Chef par Interim of Coalition Montreal, will tell City Council in Question Period this afternoon that Montreal and the province of Quebec are unlikely to avoid the opioid drug crisis that is killing thousands across North America. “In the United States, there were 33000 overdose deaths due to opioids in 2015 according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine. For the first time ever there were more […]
