Jun 3 2023 — Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — VANCOUVER — Some members of Canada's Chinese diaspora are feeling the pressure to carry the torch as Hong Kong's renowned vigil commemorating the June 4, 1989, massacre in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square falls silent. Sunday marks the 34th anniversary of Ch...
Jun 3 2023 — Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — VANCOUVER — Some members of Canada's Chinese diaspora are feeling the pressure to carry the torch as Hong Kong's renowned vigil commemorating the June 4, 1989, massacre in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square falls silent. Sunday marks the 34th anniversary of Ch...
May 9 2023 — Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — The head of a British Columbia-based group that says it is a “non-political” organization helping Chinese integrate into Canadian society travelled to Beijing to meet President Xi Jinping at a government conference this week. Chinese state media videos...
May 9 2023 — Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — The head of a British Columbia-based group that says it is a “non-political” organization helping Chinese integrate into Canadian society travelled to Beijing to meet President Xi Jinping at a government conference this week. Chinese state media videos...
Apr 30 2023 — Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — A Vancouver Island community is sounding the alarm about the lack of federal and provincial regulations targetting boat-dismantling operations that may leak pollutants like asbestos and heavy metals into Canadian waters. Several residents of Union Bay,...
Apr 30 2023 — Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — A Vancouver Island community is sounding the alarm about the lack of federal and provincial regulations targetting boat-dismantling operations that may leak pollutants like asbestos and heavy metals into Canadian waters. Several residents of Union Bay,...
Apr 12 2023 — Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — VANCOUVER — Canada's pharmacists worry a lack of data about prescription management could see a repeat of the situation with diabetes and weight-loss drug Ozempic, in which thousands of doses have been mailed over the border to Americans. Canadian Phar...
Apr 12 2023 — Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — VANCOUVER — Canada's pharmacists worry a lack of data about prescription management could see a repeat of the situation with diabetes and weight-loss drug Ozempic, in which thousands of doses have been mailed over the border to Americans. Canadian Phar...
Apr 3 2023 — Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — VANCOUVER — Attia Elserfy was expecting a second lease on life when he escaped Egypt with his family, landing in Vancouver in October 2018. But the Elserfys say their lives are in limbo because the Canada Border Services Agency challenged both Attia an...
Apr 3 2023 — Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — VANCOUVER — Attia Elserfy was expecting a second lease on life when he escaped Egypt with his family, landing in Vancouver in October 2018. But the Elserfys say their lives are in limbo because the Canada Border Services Agency challenged both Attia an...
Mar 31 2023 — Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — 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 Ch...
Mar 19 2023 — Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — Nick Ngo still vividly remembers the spring of 2020, and the sudden wave of new shops making the same acrylic barriers as his business. "During that time, companies would pop up. I remember (it was) anybody with a saw who was able to cut it," said Ngo...
Mar 19 2023 — Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — Nick Ngo still vividly remembers the spring of 2020, and the sudden wave of new shops making the same acrylic barriers as his business. "During that time, companies would pop up. I remember (it was) anybody with a saw who was able to cut it," said Ngo...
Mar 14 2023 — Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — Senator Yuen Pau Woo questions whether a foreign influence registry might become "a modern form of Chinese exclusion," and says angry reaction to his suggestion proves his point about racial profiling and stigmatization. But some activists who were inv...
Mar 14 2023 — Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — Senator Yuen Pau Woo questions whether a foreign influence registry might become "a modern form of Chinese exclusion," and says angry reaction to his suggestion proves his point about racial profiling and stigmatization. But some activists who were inv...