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 March 2016

The Other Side

by Steve Tarzwell
Life, as we know it, continues on here in Calgary. The economy has slowed its decline and although not getting better, it has stopped its freefall. Those who have lost their jobs may have to change careers and the best way to survive in Alberta over the long term is to have multiple [...]

AN OPEN LETTER: To Concerned Parents and Families

We strongly oppose and reject the Alberta Ministry of Education’s Guidelines For Best Practices: Creating Learning Environments That Respect Diverse Cultural Sexual Orientations, Gender Identities and Gender Expression, which will be implemented in all schools (including Catholic schools) on March 31, 2016.
The guidelines will impose one particular view of sexuality on the entire population through [...]

Erwinism: Don’t Delay, Act Now!

By Erwin Maramat
Patience is a virtue, but never mistake procrastination for it. We love to cling to that myth in our mind. The face of the clock is mottled with excuses cleverly thought up by us, and before we know it we find the pale face of opportunity—dead as a doornail—coldly peering at us through [...]

Kidney Stones

What are kidney stones?
Kidney stones are made of salts and minerals in the urine that stick together to form small “pebbles.” They can be as small as grains of sand or as large as golf balls. They may stay in your kidneys or travel out of your body through the urinary tract. The urinary [...]

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