Volume 19 • No. 6 • March 16 - 31, 2023 Publication Mailing Account #41721512
The Philippines’ new ambassador to Canada
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Ashley Ortega
The government of Canada accepted the nomination of career diplomat Maria Andrelita Austria as Philippine Ambassador to Canada on February 21, 2023. The Philippine government nominated her to the post in Ottawa in December last year. The ambassadorship is a momentous milestone in Austria’s long career in public service and international affairs, which started after she graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in international studies from Maryknoll College in the Philippines in 1986. Then she obtained a post-graduate diploma in International Relations and Development from the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, the Netherlands. See AMBASSADOR p3
Maria Andrelita Austria, Philippine Ambassador to Canada. Photo courtesy of Philippine Consulate General, Vancouver BC
Snow sculptor cheers up Winnipeg winter
Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service’s Station 6 crew visit Ed Sanchez (front, far left) to see the snow sculpture he made in their honour. See story p4