SWAN Vancouver’s Seymour St. office is temporarily closed during the FIFA World Cup.  Starting Friday, June 12, we will no longer offer drop-in services at our Yaletown location due to the heavy polic...

Councillor Pete Fry called the decision very disappointing given the compelling testimony from women about their health and safety risks.

Migrant sex workers say they're ‘more afraid of police than perpetrators of a crime,’ as new data reveals VPD ‘immigration status checks’ spiked 80% to nearly 1,000 people in two years

A man who was found guilty this week of sexually assaulting three vulnerable women, and drugging one of them, at a rural home east of Calgary will be back for a sentencing hearing in August.

New co-payments under the Interim Federal Health Program are poor health policy, doctors say.

Women are worried that conditions could lead to another serial killer operating in the Lower Mainland. A Tyee deep dive.

Immigrant and migrant indoor sex workers across the Lower Mainland can be tested anonymously, for free, at their workplaces.

Vancouver council will vote on whether to work with a new non-profit, the Filipino Legacy Society, to fast-track approval and development of a cultural centre on a piece of land at Main Street and Eas...

From RJ Aquino, Chair - Filipino BC NOVEMBER 14, 2025 My dear community, For many years, Filipino BC has believed that our community deserves more than temporary spaces and improvised solutions. ...

Massachusetts is in the midst of prosecuting people who patronized a fancy sex business near Harvard University. But what's the point?

The war on Gaza has exposed a breaking point between young people in Canada and traditional media

To honour the lives lost at the Lapu Lapu Day Festival tragedy in April this year, one Filipino-Canadian artist is taking it upon herself to create a mural in remembrance of the victims.

After a fulsome and productive meeting on Monday, Filipino BC is confident and reassured that the City of Vancouver is committed to prioritizing the interests of victims and their families and will ta...

A friend of one of the victims of the Lapu-Lapu Day festival tragedy says they want to support the event, but it would've been 'kinder' if the City of Vancouver had involved them in those plans.

We continue to hold space for everyone impacted: the victims and their families, witnesses, and all who are still navigating the emotional aftermath. Healing does not follow a straight line. It takes ...

Filipino BC was on site alongside provincial psychosocial services and the City of Vancouver at the temporary memorial at East 41st Ave. and Fraser St. to oversee the careful and respectful consolidat...

Today, we met with Consul Generals from Latin America, as well as with the organization Latincouver to share information about what resources are available to them, our crisis response and the joi...

Stay informed with official updates from Filipino BC on the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party (also referred to as the Lapu Lapu Day Festival). Latest community news and announcements for May 5, 2025.

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Massachusetts is in the midst of prosecuting people who patronized a fancy sex business near Harvard University. It's been big news in certain corners,

As manager at Vancouver’s Overdose Prevention Society, he helped people schedule medical appointments and find housing, and reversed hundreds of overdoses and trained others to do the same

​In Vancouver, converging municipal development agendas and unstable nonprofit funding frameworks have led to the closure of essential services for sex workers.

The new Netflix docuseries shines a light on how the victims of the Long Island serial killer were treated with contempt by the police — 30 years on, and it seems very little has changed