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A man charged in two high-profile B.C. extortion incidents was living in Canada on an expired student visa at the time of his alleged crimes, according to court records. CBC News has learned that Vikram Sharma was flagged by authorities weeks before attacks in Surrey and on Vancouver Island in …
Read More »Fast-food chains serving up halal food with a side of misinformation, expired certificates
Challenging and frustrating. That’s how Mohammad Arfan describes his experience trying to get the answers he needs before sitting down to a meal. As the face of In2Spices, a YouTube channel he runs with his wife, Sarah, dedicated to profiling halal restaurants, he eats out a lot — and his …
Read More »B.C. scholar with expired Chinese passport says renewing it could put personal safety at risk
A prominent Chinese human rights scholar working in Vancouver says her career and personal safety are at risk because of an expired passport and delays in Canada’s immigration system. Guldana Salimjan is a postdoctoral fellow at Simon Fraser University, who also directs the University of British Columbia’s Xinjiang Documentation Project, …
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