Filipino

• Family of Montreal woman who died at Lakeshore Hospital demands answers

  The children of Candida Macarine want to know the events that led to her death on February 27th at the Lakeshore General Hospital and the cause of her death.

  Canada

  Apr 22
• Edmonton Filipino community rallies to bring groceries to quarantined meat-plant workers in High River

  An Edmonton-based Filipino business organization is heading down to High River and Okotoks this weekend with a convoy of groceries for isolated workers from the Cargill meat plant. 

  Features

  May 2, 2020
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• Diverse communities in Calgary facing discrimination over Cargill’s COVID-19 cases

  With concerns growing about COVID-19 outbreaks at Alberta meat plants, so too is a troubling sentiment of racism.

  Health

  Apr 29, 2020
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• ‘Death is so real’: Immigrant group says meat workers afraid after COVID-19 plant closure

  An organization that works with immigrants says the temporary closure of a large slaughterhouse in southern Alberta has left many among its largely Filipino workforce fearful for the future.

  Apr 25, 2020
• Southern Alberta Filipino community ‘worried for our lives’ as members test positive for COVID-19

  The novel coronavirus has significantly impacted the Filipino community in the High River area because many are employed at the Cargill meat plant and have tested positive.

  Health

  Apr 22, 2020
• Jollibee opens 1st Saskatchewan location in Regina

  The opening of Jollibee’s new location, at 2830 Quance St. in Regina, had people lining up for hours

  Canada

  Dec 22, 2019
• Stem cell donor found for Calgary teen suffering rare diseases: family

  In a Facebook post published Friday, the Mance family called the news a “Christmas miracle.”

  Health

  Dec 21, 2018
• ‘Needle in a haystack’: Stem cell drive seeks match for man with 2 rare forms of cancer

  Martin Lintag is Filipino. Just one per cent of registered stem cell donors in Canada share his ethnicity.

  Health

  Nov 24, 2018
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• Winnipeg woman relieved as family in Philippines safe after typhoon

  One Winnipeg woman is relieved to hear her family is safe in the Philippines after Typhoon Mangkhut rocked the country over the weekend.

  Sep 18, 2018
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• Filipino-focused supermarket to occupy part of former Sears space in Garden City

  A new Filipino grocer is coming to Winnipeg, and it will be built in Garden City Shopping Centre's old Sears space.

  Consumer

  Aug 23, 2018