Publisher's Note

Publisher’s Note
It was 22 years ago when I arrived in Canada and chose Calgary, Alberta to be my home. Leaving my family and friends behind, it was a new adventure for me to be in a new country without knowing anyone. That was the time I looked for a Filipino community paper and never found any, [...]
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NEWS FROM January 2016

Giant Ice Castle A Big Attraction For Edmonton Pinoys

ABS-CBN Global Pinoy

CANADA – A gigantic castle made entirely of ice is drawing a lot of attention to the Canadian town of Edmonton in Alberta.
A castle made of ice right in the middle of Edmonton’s Hawrelak Park is literally one of the city’s coolest new attractions.
It took a Utah-based company called Ice Castles two months [...]

There is Joy in Giving

By Consuelo (Chit) E. Munar
The Yuletide season, Christmas and New Year has come and gone. The Christmas lights and decorations are already kept and shelved;the greeting cards gathered in a tin; travelers for the holiday are safely home.
Before Christmas Day, many among us began a month-long dash to find the right gift for everyone in [...]

KUYA BONG’S KUSINA

Now that we have so many cold days since it’s winter time, it is always good to have soup to make us feel warm. So for this issue, I have decided to share with your some of the most popular Filipino soup dish that we are always craving for on our dinner table.

Bulalo Recipe
A beef [...]

OUTSTANDING PINOY FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE 2015

MS. IREN ROSERO MONGE

An ordinary woman who has strong desire to help others has been known to her fellow member of the Triskelions’ Grand Fraternity and Sorority as a person with a soft heart. She is currenty the Chairperson of the Southern Alberta Council of their sorority.
Ms. Iren Rosero Monge as a leader [...]

OUTSTANDING PINOY FOR BUSINESS 2015

MR. MARLON ANTONIO

Our recipient this year has been one of the popular names in not just in the Filipino community but in the multicultural community when it comes to Financial Planning. Born in Bataan, Philippines, Mr. Marlon Antonio is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Greatway Financial formerly known as Greatlife [...]

OUTSTANDING PINOY FOR SENIOR 2015

MR. GERVACIO “GERVIE” PAGSANGHAN
Migrated to Canada on March 31, 1994 and blessed with 5 children and happily married to Nelia Pagsanghan of Bicol.
He graduated with the degree of Civil Engineering from Mapua Institute of Technology and awarded an Honor in Commercial Arts at Jose Abad Santos Technical School.
During his career in the Philippines he was [...]

The Illusion of Superlatives

By Erwin Maramat

If life, in the light of day, spared us the theatrics and without pretense came out clean, nothing will be as beautiful. Life was meant to be simple, but capitalism always begs to differ. We are made to believe that life is about furnishing its purity with complications. Why should the end be [...]

The Other Side

By now everyone is into 2016 and the busy but fun Christmas and New Years celebrations are just a memory. No doubt the next couple of months we will put the wrong year on cheques and correspondence. We never said we were perfect!
I don’t look at the New Year with hopes of peace, prosperity and [...]

ABRAHAM LAKE, ALBERTA – Amazingly Unique!

The year 2015 was an awesome one, in which my wife Ludy and I took about 30 vacations – ranging from day trips to 3 or 4 days in length. A fun year indeed!
We typically pick a destination for our day trips, but we spend more time on the drive checking things out along the [...]

DEMENTIA

What Is Dementia?

We all forget things as we get older. Many older people have a slight loss of memory that does not affect their daily lives. But memory loss that gets worse may mean that you have dementia.
Dementia is a loss of mental skills that affects your daily life. It can cause problems with [...]

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