Atin Ito First Filipino Community Newspaper in Ontario

One of the last images Yoanick Dion has of Oujé-Bougoumou is of firefighters digging trenches outside the town as an eerie orange haze filled the air and ash fell from the sky.  On one side of that trench, a line of defence against the blaze, is the Cree community. On …

Advocates living with a rare degenerative condition are lending their support to a grandfather who has set out on a two-month bicycle journey from B.C. to Quebec to raise awareness of inconsistent treatment coverage.  Bernard McNeil hopes to spur change to age restrictions for medications treating spinal muscular atrophy, Advocates …

It’s unlikely that aliens, should they exist, will have a single brain and walk on two legs like they do in the movies, writes Bob McDonald.  The cephalopod’s nervous system diverged in many unexpected ways compared to humans. Everything about the octopus seems strange — unworldly, even, as some have …

Controlling feral cat populations is controversial and often involves capturing, surgically sterilizing and releasing the animals, which is complex and expensive. U.S. scientists have developed a new method for cat contraception that involves a single injection of a gene that prevents cat eggs from maturing.  An alternative to resource-intensive spay …

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The game of chess is bringing people together in Grand Falls-Windsor, N.L., thanks to a new program from the Association for New Canadians. Twice a week, the association hosts "Chess and Chat," bringing out young and old for a game or two. Ghazi Alhasoun and his eight-year-old son, Ouws Alhasoun, …

An Edmonton-based Métis writer is the first winner of the Prairie Grindstone Prize, a new effort to recognize authors in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Wendy McGrath was awarded $50,000 for her collected work, which includes four novels and two books of poetry. She told CBC's Edmonton AM that the award will …

Although it isn't quite summer yet, blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, is already showing up in New Brunswick waterways. Meghann Bruce, a researcher and instructor with the University of New Brunswick Canadian Rivers Institute, said as soon as the ice went out in early May, there was a "bloom" …

Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are drivers of the economy and for several decades now, the Philippines has looked up to these modern-day heroes for assistance in beefing up the nation’s dollar reserves. Contract workers abroad are some of the better paid Filipino wage earners, and in our consumer-driven economy, they …

EARLIER this week, state pension fund Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced a partnership to establish a Motorcycle Riding Academy, using part of the GSIS property located along Julia Vargas in Pasig City. The idea is a good start to addressing the persistent …