OTTAWA, Canada -- Canada on Thursday launched a long-awaited review of its cannabis regulations, four years after becoming the first major economy to legalize its recreational use. In this file photo taken on October 17, 2018 a man smokes a marijuana cigarette during a legalization party at Trinity...
Korean actor Lee Jung-jae returned to South Korea after winning at the 74th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles and attending the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Canada. The 49-year-old star of the hit Netflix Korean series “Squid Game” and the movie “Hunt” arrived at Incheon...
JAMES SMITH CREE NATION, Canada – A second suspect remained at large in Canada Tuesday night after the death of his brother despite a massive and intensifying manhunt in and around an Indigenous community left reeling by a deadly stabbing spree. The attack in the James Smith Cree Nation...
No Filipinos were reported killed or injured in the stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan, Canada, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday, Sept. 5. AFP "Philippine Consul General Zaldy Patron said that no Filipino has been reported killed or injured in the stabbing attacks in...
ILOILO CITY -- The government of Canada is eyeing stronger ties with this city and the province of Iloilo. Canadian Ambassador Peter MacArthur meets with Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. of Iloilo province and Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City. (Photo from Iloilo Capitol PIO and Arnold Almacen) “Our...
OTTAWA, Canada -- The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) confirmed 1,206 cases of monkeypox including 32 hospitalisations in the country as of Wednesday. Nationally, there has been a slowing trend in the increase in new cases reported in recent weeks but the disease spread to more regions in the...
OTTAWA, Canada -- The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) confirmed 1,168 cases of monkeypox including 30 hospitalisations in the country as of Friday. The health agency said that of the confirmed cases, 571 cases are from Ontario, 453 from Quebec, 119 from British Columbia, 19 from Alberta,...
FUSION Canada’s Ambassador to the Philippines Peter MacArthur as he welcomed guests to the event To celebrate 155 years of Canadian Confederation and its milestones in the Philippines, the embassy of Canada recently hosted a dinner for over 350 people at Conrad Manila, inspired by the country’s...
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE -- Pope Francis on Saturday said the treatment of Indigenous people in Canada amounted to a genocide, after a six-day trip where he apologised to survivors of abuse at Catholic-run schools. Graves are seen in the municipal cemetery of Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, July 28, 2022....
SAINTE-ANNE-DE-BEAUPRE, Canada -- Indigenous women briefly protested as Pope Francis celebrated mass during his visit to Canada on Thursday, demanding that he retract centuries-old Church doctrine that empowered Europeans to colonize non-Christian native lands. Indigenous people hold a protest...
SAINTE-ANNE-DE-BEAUPRE, Canada -- As Pope Francis in his vestments prepared to celebrate mass inside a Canadian shrine on Thursday, a young Indigenous woman stood outside in a bright orange beaded dress stitched with dozens of tiny metallic cones. Abigail Brooks is a jingle dress dancer -- an...
OTTAWA, Canada -- The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) Wednesday confirmed a total of 745 cases of monkeypox were reported in the country as of Tuesday. The health agency said in an update that the confirmed cases included 346 cases from Quebec, 326 from Ontario, 58 from British Columbia, 12...
