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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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