Life in Canada

“Making a better Canada” is the name of a year-long education and outreach campaign to promote the contribution of Hispanic and Italian immigrants to Canadian nation-building. It is how Telelatino (TLN) decided to commemorate its 25 years…

What a confusing world we live in. From one corner of the globe to the next, there are different languages, different cultures, different foods and different politics. And through all this confusion, one would hope that at least our…

March 12, 2012 - Every year, Skills for Change, a Toronto settlement agency, helps about 14,000 newcomers settle in Canada. Of that number, over 55% are immigrant women. By 2031, it is predicted that 5.8 million people out of 11.1 million…

Sioban Costelloe was born on the island of Dominica and raised in Trinidad and Tobago before migrating to Canada in 1997. Students are often asked what they did on their summer vacation. If you've never been camping, now is the time to…

Emmie Joaquin’s career started in the Philippines and branched out in many directions, including such roles as Public Relations Manager of a multi-national ad agency and producer and host of Good Morning Philippines weekdays.

Over three years ago, Sabine moved from her home country, Germany, to Toronto, where she has been working as a journalist and translator ever since. Up to this day, she still loves everything about Canada – apart from the winters. When do…

Across Canada, November is the month when the truly cold weather begins. On the prairies and in the north, it is not unusual to see snow in October. Our world stays frozen until March or April. So, for half of every year, playing cricket or…

by Aurélie Goudal Festival Beaujolais Each year, the French Chamber of Commerce in Canada (Toronto chapter) organizes the Festival Beaujolais Toronto, the largest festival of Beaujolais wines in the world.

Someday, every ethnic community in Canada may have their own digital television station. They would do well to model themselves on Fairchild Television – Canada’s Chinese-language television network – that serves the 410,000…

In British Columbia, nature itself is the main attraction – from the awe inspiring Rocky and Coastal mountain ranges to the beautiful gulf islands, from the pounding surf to the towering trees in the old growth forests. BC is known around…