An open letter signed by three community organizations asks the premier and other provincial politicians to “take the next step” in getting a Filipino cultural centre built, something the letter refers to as “a decades-long dream of Filipinos.”
This live event features the salmon defender in conversation with coastal Indigenous leaders about our wild fish.
Whether it’s hungry congregants from St. Mary’s Parish looking for a bite, or the steady stream of workers leaving the nearby SkyTrain station, Bennet Miemban-Ganata and her crew at the Plato Filipino restaurant on Joyce Street are ready to feed them.
From behind the long steam table of chicken adobo and beef caldereta, Miemban-Ganata warmly greets her elders who come in with “Tita!” and “Tito!”
A former cultural officer at Vancouver’s Philippine consulate, she’s always looked out for the diaspora. In recent years, she’s cared for them in a different way, providing dishes from home.