Mar 16, 2020 | Blog
By Castanet | Penticton Syrian refugee family gives back in a tasty way The Soupateria soup kitchen in Penticton had a new international variety of food flavour to share with 144 hungry incoming patrons this past week — Syrian foods prepared by Sana and Majed Awad....
Dec 23, 2019 | Blog
By CBC News | Running onto the basketball court, high-fiving fans — for a moment, a group of Milton youth are made to feel like basketball stars. But this isn’t the NBA. Instead, it’s a volunteer-run non-profit youth sports league — about a 40-minute drive...
Sep 2, 2019 | Blog
By Canadian Immigrant Magazine | Almost $6 million has been provided in funding since 2017 to 42 Greater Toronto Area (GTA) organizations that promote diversity, inclusion and anti-racism initiatives, according to a press release from the Department of Canadian...
Aug 2, 2019 | Blog
By CBC News | Habtamu Lamu, the owner of Awash Ethiopian Restaurant, has begun serving free meals to the homeless in a bid to give back. Habtamu Lamu ladles fragrant red lentils, cubes of marinated lamb and steaming hot peanut soup into cardboard takeout containers....
Jul 25, 2019 | Blog
By Straight | Feeling a sense of belonging doesn’t always come easy for newcomers to Canada. For sexual and gender minorities, it can be tougher. It’s a matter that Nova Chamberlin is familiar with because of her work with a charitable organization that assists...
Jul 5, 2019 | Blog
By Vancouver Sun | “A better life, hope and a brighter future”: Sixty new Canadians sworn in on Canada’s birthday Bill and Phyllis Neufeld are British Columbians born and bred. As Canadians — born in the tiny pulp-and-paper-mill town of Ocean Falls...
