Queenie Lai’s parents often call her a “white girl,” because she likes eating western food. But in fact, though born in Canada, 23-year-old Lai is more in tune with her Chinese heritage than many of…
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Cultural Barriers Add to Immigrants’ Dementia Struggle
Joyce Chan suspected something was wrong with her husband when he started losing his way to their local Tim Hortons five years ago. “Instead of walking south, he’d walk north and get lost. I would…
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Getting Hot and Noisy in Vancouver’s Chinatown
Twelve tables of mahjong (Chinese tile game) in Vancouver’s Chinatown Memorial Square fill up with fervent game-goers within 15 minutes. Silence quickly turns into chatter mixed with the clickety clack of tiles. A diverse pocket…
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OMNI TV’s Fading to Black
Rogers Media Inc. announced earlier this month that it would be replacing daily multi-language newscasts on OMNI Television with half-hour, multi-language current affairs programs instead. Simultaneously the Rogers media giant cut 110 jobs, the majority of…
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Adopting a Chinese Name Helps Win at the Polls
The federal election season is fast approaching. The BC civic election was a mere three months ago. Every aspiring federal politician will try to vie for the attention of every eligible voter. With so many residents speaking Chinese…
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