Tag Archives: Chinatown

Walls that were once bare in Calgary’s Chinatown are a now gallery of sorts, showing off the tradition and heritage of the Chinatown community. Jamie Mason is a Calgary artist who along with her partner, Kevin Chow, has been enduring the heat over past week by creating a huge work …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Vancouver Police are investigating a triple stabbing that occured just before 6 p.m. Sunday at the Light Up Chinatown festival. Three people attending the festival were attacked by a stranger near the festival stage at Columbia and Keefer Steets, according to Constable …

Six new outdoor exhibitions in the busiest areas of Montreal’s Chinatown are as much a celebration of the city’s Chinese heritage as a way to keep the culture alive. “Chinatown and Chinatown stories have been rendered invisible and have been largely erased, from the collective memory and from the history …

A man who has advocated for safety in Edmonton’s Chinatown is the first provincial appointee to the city’s police commission. Michael Lee is the chair of the Greater Edmonton Chinese Community Foundation as well as vice-chair of the Chinese Benevolent Association and a founding member of the Guizhou Rose Society. …

Chinatowns across North America don’t just share a similar look — they also face similar existential threats and David-versus-Goliath-like battles for survival. Whether it’s residents of New York City’s Chinatown protesting a proposed mega jail in their community, or Montreal’s Chinese diaspora fighting to save heritage buildings or struggling to …

Every Thursday to Sunday evening, the wait staff at the Ugly Duckling Dining & Provisions restaurant carefully set knives and forks on chopstick rests at each table. The Ugly Duckling, which opened less than two months ago in Victoria’s historic Chinatown, is not a Chinese restaurant. Read more: The rise …

Winnipeg’s Chinatown is ringing in the Lunar New Year and celebrations are back in person for the first time since the pandemic, making the day much more special. And one of the celebrations being brought back is the Chinese lion dance, which is said to scare away evil spirits and …

Vancouver real estate marketer and art collector Bob Rennie will be vacating his office in the oldest building in Chinatown to make way for a new Chinese Canadian museum.  The Chinese Canadian Museum, scheduled to open next summer, will be located in the Wing Sang Building on 51 East Pender St. — currently home to …

Metro Morning‘s food guide, Suresh Doss, joins us every week to discuss one of the many great GTA eateries he’s discovered. This week, he talked to host Ismaila Alfa about a Vietnamese spot that has been a staple in Toronto’s East Chinatown for over two decades. Ismaila: Where are we headed …

Edmonton city police and RCMP failed in their duties by not apprehending Justin Bone in the days before two men were beaten to death in Chinatown, legal experts say. Bone, 36, was released from the Edmonton Remand Centre in late April after being charged in a break-and-enter. Granted bail on …