Asian Tribune Your Multilingual Newspaper covering World and local news News
British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd feared that the person who was harassing and extorting her wouldcontinue for the rest of her life, and there was nothing she could do to stop it, a Crown attorney told B.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday. Kristen LeNoble showed the court a Facebook post that …
Read More »From good job to no job, life in Canada taught me to go with the flow
This First Person article is the experience of Erlinda Tan, a Filipino immigrant who believes hard work is a prerequisite to a good, middle-class life in Canada. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. It was a memorable day in 2014 when I bought a …
Read More »B.C. crash victim reunited with the ‘guardian angel’ that saved her life
WARNING: Details in this story may be distressing for some readers. Katie Potts never expected her journey home from a camping trip last summer would end with her waking up lying on grass, confused, bleeding and afraid. She had fallen asleep in the passenger seat as she and her boyfriend …
Read More »Choosing abortion allowed me to choose my life
In 2004, when I was 18, my doctor confirmed that I was pregnant. I had been living with my boyfriend, in Coquitlam, B.C., for some time, but I had neither planned for, nor wanted, a pregnancy. I didn’t tell him. He was four years my senior and our relationship was …
Read More »Canada gave me a new outlook on life, but my heart aches for friends left behind in Afghanistan
This First Person piece is by Soomaya Javadi who immigrated from Afghanistan to Saskatoon. Javadi is Hazara, an ethnic group that faces discrimination in Afghanistan. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. I remember the night I arrived in Saskatoon: Oct. 15, 2021. On that cold night, I was welcomed with warm …
Read More »The 2021 heat dome in B.C. had wide-ranging impacts on marine life, scientists say
Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This weekly newsletter is part of a CBC News initiative entitled “Our Changing Planet” to show and explain the effects of climate change. Keep up with the latest news on our Climate and Environment page. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your …
Read More »‘History boxes’ bring national museum to life for rural N.B. students
As the school year wraps up, university and elementary students in the small town of Sackville, N.B., are reflecting on some important discoveries they have made with the help of one another, and a big black box filled with 25 Canadian artifacts. Grade 1 students Alistair Lutes and Clara Soper remember the day the huge …
Read More »Living the good life: Anishinaabe couple share culture through their creations
This piece is part of CBC Thunder Bay’s special National Indigenous Peoples Day coverage Mino Bimaadiziwin — The Good Life. You can find all of our coverage here. For Ryan and Shannon Gustafson, creating is about culture and identity. The couple work full time from Fort William, an Ojibway First Nation on …
Read More »Ukrainian doctors find new life on P.E.I. as resident care workers
Trained as physicians in their country, a Ukrainian couple is now building a new life on P.E.I. as resident care workers at a long-term care home in Charlottetown. Olena Yevchenko, 29 and Yehor Polusmiak, 28, were on vacation in Africa when war broke out in Ukraine. Polusmiak’s parents moved to …
Read More »Winnipeg homeless killer appeals his consecutive life sentences in wake of Supreme Court ruling
The longest prison sentence ever handed down in Manitoba may soon be slashed by two-thirds. Lawyers for homeless serial killer John Paul Ostamas have filed notice with the top provincial court they want to see his sentence reviewed in light of a recent Supreme Court of Canada decision that struck …
Read More »