As someone who is severely deaf and completely blind, I felt overnight I had lost a third sense, my sense of touch. To make matters worse,...
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Every year around the middle of October, reporters start contacting me wanting to talk about rumors of contaminated Halloween treats. That’s because I track media coverage...
Throughout history, body piercing has been a symbol of beauty, sexuality, ritual initiation and rites of passage. Mayan royalty had their tongues and genitals pierced; during...
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released its first time-use survey in 15 years. The last time it collected such data, in 2006, Apple was yet...
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“Bodhisattva” is a key idea in Buddhism. The word is constructed from the Sanskrit root bodhi, meaning “awakening” or “enlightenment,” and sattva, meaning “being.” The core...
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Eyes wide, a baby reaches for a toy. Her caregiver, sensing her interest, brings the toy within her grasp. “Ga!” the baby exclaims, and her caregiver...
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Family estrangement is the absence of a previously long-standing relationship between family members via emotional or physical distancing to the...
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I truly believe in the power of our imagination and that what we believe in our lives is an actual...
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By Gigi Grey-Ricarse, Ateneo Alumni Association of British Columbia On a chilly Saturday evening of November 23, 2024, the Ellington...
ABS-CBN TORONTO, ON, September 19, 2024 – PhilFest Mississauga 2024, held from September 14 to 15 at the state-of-the-art Mississauga Celebration Square,...
Surrey Fiesta Extravaganza Surrey Civic Plaza (City Hall) Sunday, June 30th at 5 PM.
Pinoy Festival June 22, 2024 Vancouver
Burnaby, BC- Are you ready to experience the largest Filipino Festival in British Columbia? Celebrate Filipino Heritage Month at the...