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Let’s Get Cooking

Let’s Get Cooking

An eager group of future masterchefs come together every Saturday for the Filipino Family Cooking Group at the Norwest Community Food Centre. The program is free for new immigrants, permanent residents and the occassional

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Filipino Community Bid Adieu to Ambassador Mahilum-West

Filipino Community Bid Adieu to Ambassador Mahilum-West

Members of the Filipino community in Canada bid farewell to newly appointed Philippine Ambassador to the Kingdom of Jordan with concurrent jurisdiction over the Palestine Republic , Her Excellency Junever Mahilum-West. The Despedida Party

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2014/15 WAAY Championships & Awards

2014/15 WAAY Championships & Awards

The WAAY Basketball league closed out their 2014-15 season with championship games at Tec Voc High School on Sunday, March 15. The championship games were played at Tec Voc to accommodate the large crowds

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Gloria Agravante:OFSAM Queen of Hearts 2015

Gloria Agravante:OFSAM Queen of Hearts 2015

Letty Dugue Antonio, president of Original Filipino Seniors Association of Manitoba (OFSAM), right; and Florencio “Tony” Antonio, OFSAM adviser, left, graced with the newly crowned Gloria Agravante, OFSAM’s Queen of Hearts

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Now Open: Winnipeg’s first Community Food Centre

Now Open: Winnipeg’s first Community Food Centre

The NorWest Co-op Community Food Centre is the first of its kind in Western Canada. It will be the fifth Community Food Centre in Canada, joining similar organizations in Ontario and a national movement

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2015 Manitoba Filipino Street Festival set for August 22

2015 Manitoba Filipino Street Festival set for August 22

It might be February and the events leading up to the 2015 Manitoba Filipino Street Festival are starting to heat up. Along with the Manitoba Filipino Street Festival board of directors and volunteers, Alyssa

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Francine Rose Germino’s baptism at Canton Food Gallery

Francine Rose Germino’s baptism at Canton Food Gallery

Photos by Leo Henry Licardo Photography

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Futureprenuer funding for new small businesses

Futureprenuer funding for new small businesses

On Feb. 23, 2015, the Manitoba Filipino Business Council (MFBC) held an event focused on opportunities for young entrepreneurs at the Hilton Airport Suites. Joelle Foster, Director of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and the North for

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Jon Reyes officially passed the MFBC torch to Hipolito Alibin Jr.

Jon Reyes officially passed the MFBC torch to Hipolito Alibin Jr.

Founding MFBC President, Jon Reyes officially passed the torch to Hipolito Alibin Jr. in the Manitoba Filipino Business Council’s inaugural swearing-in ceremony hosted by RBC Royal Bank on Tuesday, March 3, 2015. Hipolito is

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A mission full of smiles

A mission full of smiles

A team of 14 dental professionals from Winnipeg, Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary embarked on a 14-day mission to bring smiles to Filipinos in Caloocan, Metro Manila and Ormoc, Leyte last December. The ANCOP (Anserwering

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