To : SFA
Fr : Calgary
PCG
Rt : OAA;
Ottawa PE
Cc : OUIER;
OPD
Re : Attendance
at Stampede Agahan, opening of Max’s
Calgary
Dt : 19
July 2017
Cn : ZCY- -2017
Post wishes to report that the undersigned
attended the Stampede Agahan and the
opening of Max’s Calgary on 16 July 2017, closing the Filipino community’s
celebrations of the ten-day Calgary Stampede.
The Stampede Agahan, organized by the Philippine Festival Council of Alberta,
was held on the grounds of the Centre 17 Shopping Centre in northeast
Calgary. Nearly 4,000 people attended
the event, a Filipino take on the traditional Stampede breakfasts held
throughout Calgary during its annual Stampede Week.
The undersigned and his wife, Mrs. Milali T.
Torres, helped in serving traditional Filipino breakfast to the attendees, who
included Alberta Minister of Community and Social Services Hon. Irfan Sabir,
MLA, and Federal Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of Defence
Hon. Kent Hehr, MP.
Speaking to the event’s attendees, both
Minister Sabir and Minister Hehr congratulated the organizers for the success
of the Agahan and commended the
Filipino community in Calgary for their contributions to both the city and
Canada.
The undersigned and Mrs. Torres were also
special guests at the opening of the first Calgary branch of Max’s, the popular
Filipino restaurant chain. Mr. William
Rodgers, Executive Director at the parent company Max’s Group, Inc., welcomed them
at the restaurant, which is also located in Calgary’s northeast area. Max’s Calgary is the chain’s second
restaurant in Alberta, its first restaurant in the province having opened in
Edmonton in 2014.
The undersigned welcomed the opening of Max’s
in Calgary, saying that the restaurant should be popular not only with members
of the Filipino community, but with other Calgarians as well, as Filipino
cuisine becomes more popular worldwide.
A draft release on the two events is enclosed
for uploading onto the Department’s website.
For the Department’s appropriate action.
JULIUS D.
TORRES
Consul General