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...
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...
