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Make New Brunswick your Home Be our future: The made-in-New Brunswick strategy is both comprehensive in nature and contains specific benchmarks for measuring success. |
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The growth strategy has four areas of focus:
The 43 action items outlined in the strategy include specific initiatives to increase immigration by 5,000 by 2015. “With this strategy, we intend to meet the challenges of population decline and increase our population by 6,000 through 2009 and 25,000 by 2015. This will put us on track to grow our population by 100,000 by 2026.” - Greg Byrne, |
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FANB joins "Move this way to Beijing" Program FANB Inc. is participating in the “Move This Way to Beijing!” the City of Fredericton's active living program from July 1- Aug 8, 2008. Filipinos are encouraged to join the Team Filipino. Participants can register on-line www.movethisway.ca. |
Log any amount of your physical activity and earn steps that will take our team across Canada and the Pacific Ocean to Beijing which is site of the 2008 Olympics. Activities are not limited to walking, swimming, running, gardening or lawn mowing, aerobics, golfing. Any activity can be used to earn steps as our team “Move This Way to Beijing”. There are other teams from all over the city which are participating against one another to see who can arrive in Beijing first, in time for the Opening Ceremonies. Click here to read related article about the program published in the Daily Gleaner on July 14, 2008. These are the Instructions to register for the Move this Way to Beijing!
Come all...joins us and stay fit! See you all in Beijing!
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FANB joins the Canada Day 2008 Parade The Filipino Association of New Brunswick joins the Canada Day Parade in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada on July 1, 2008. Clad in their colourful Mindanao costumes, members of the Filipino Association of New Brunswick marched the streets of Fredericton on Canada Day. |
The association joined the July 1st parade along with several other groups and multicultural organizations to celebrate the 141st anniversary of Confederation. The cultural committee of FANB organized the association's participation in the event. The FANB Singkil dancers stopped and danced for a few seconds several times during the parade. After the parade, members of the association gathered at the Odell Park for dinner, video presentation and karaoke.
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Filipino group performs Singkil Members of the Filipino Association of New Brunswick have recently performed a breathtaking native dance called Singkil during the gala night of the Asian Heritage Month. Please click here to watch the dance. |
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Filipino performers shine at the Anti-Racism Event A rare sight for Boyce Farmers' Market in Fredericton to be filled on a weekday, but this was not just an ordinary day. The place became a melting pot of cultures with people from different parts of the world participating in a multicultural event on Wednesday, March 19. |
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Booth promoted Filipino crafts “Very beautiful!” was the comment that has been repeated many times over as people checked out what FANB showcased in their booth during a multicultural event held last Wednesday, March 19th, at the Boyce Farmers' Market. |
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FANB joins STU Multicultural Fair The Filipino Association of New Brunswick performed Pandanggo sa Ilaw in a multicultural fair organized by the Saint Thomas University International Student Association. The FANB joined STU students from different countries in entertaining the guests with dances, music, fashion show and poetry in the event held on February 16 at the University of New Brunswick Student Union Building... |
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