LAC STE. ANNE, Canada -- Pope Francis called for "healing" Tuesday as he joined a pilgrimage to a sacred lake in Canada, one day after making a landmark apology for the abuse of Indigenous children at Catholic-run schools. Pope Francis is wheeled back from the shore after blessing the water of Lac...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See -- Pope Francis heads to Canada on Sunday for a chance to personally apologise to Indigenous survivors of abuse committed over a span of decades at residential schools run by the Catholic Church. Eric Large, former Saddle Lake First Nation chief and Blue Quills Indian...
OTTAWA, Canada -- The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) on Friday confirmed 31,390 new Covid-19 cases for the week of July 10 to 16, pushing the total number to over 4 million. According to the weekly update issued by the PHAC, the number of total Covid-19 cases and deaths in Canada reached...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See -- Pope Francis departs Sunday for a historic six-day visit to Canada where he is expected to ask forgiveness of Indigenous survivors of abuse committed at residential schools run by the Catholic Church. The "penitential pilgrimage", as the pontiff has described it, is seen...
China's envoy to the Philippines on Thursday, July 14, alleged that "some outsiders" who are not from Asia are trying to sow discord between the two countries to serve their own geopolitical interests. Huang Xilian, Chinese ambassador to the Philippines, said in a statement that "in Asian culture,...
The Canadian government on Tuesday expressed concern on China's "ongoing coercive activities" in the South China Sea, particularly in the parts of the Philippines, as the latter still rejects an arbitral ruling already made six years ago. In its statement on the 6th anniversary of South China Sea...
OTTAWA, Canada -- Miners in the Klondike gold fields of Canada's far north have made a rare discovery, digging up the mummified remains of a near complete baby woolly mammoth. This handout image released by the Government of Yukon on June 25, 2022 shows a complete baby woolly mammoth named Nun cho...
Southeast Asian powerhouse Thailand displayed versatility in sweeping the taller Canadians, 25-19, 25-22, 26-24, Tuesday at the start of Week 2 of the Volleyball Nations League Women’s Leg at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Photo from volleyballworld.com The Thais attacked the Canadians from all...
OTTAWA, Canada -- Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Theresa Tam on Friday confirmed a total of 112 cases of monkeypox in the country. Speaking at a health briefing, the top doctor said that these confirmed cases had been reported nationally, including one case in British Columbia, four in...
PH Consul General goes on a gastronomic tour of this Canadian town’s ‘Little Manila’ Philippine Consul General Orontes V. Castro and members of the Philippine press in Toronto visited three Filipino Restaurant Month (FRM) participants, and tried out what each restaurant had to offer. Kamayan...
MONTREAL, Canada -- Health authorities in Canada said Tuesday they had identified 10 new cases of monkeypox in Quebec, bringing the total number to 15, with additional cases expected in other provinces. Monkeypox, detected in recent weeks in Europe and North America, is a rare disease originating...
MONTREAL, Canada -- Canada reported its first two confirmed cases of monkeypox Thursday night, adding to the growing number of cases in Europe and North America of the contagious, but rarely deadly disease. "Tonight, the Province of Quebec was notified that two samples received by the NML (National...
