Posts tagged as: Chinese Canadian

The Leungs may be laid to rest in Vancouver

Share A friend of Ken Leung, who died shielding his family from the gunman in the Philippine hostage taking tragedy, said Leung and his wife have previously bought graves in the Vancouver area. Tat Bong Lau said Amy Ng, Ken’s wife, is considering bringing the bodies of Ken, daughters Jessie and Doris to Vancouver and [...]

2 heros in a family

Share It turns out that Ken Leung wasn’t the sole hero of his family. According to the account of a survivor-witness, Jessie Leung, 14, took two bullets for her brother Jason, 18, when the gunman aimed the gun towards Jason’s head. All five members of the Leung’s family are Canadian citizens. Ken Leung (58), daughter [...]

Anti-Chinese graffiti not ‘hate’?

Share Merchants and security manager of the Empire Centre were amazed by the lax attitude of the RCMP toward their racist graffiti reports. While the police said they only received one call on this file in yesterday’s press conference, Paul Kung, security manager of the centre, claimed that he had at least made 5 calls [...]

Chinese Canadian community to respond to CSIS head’s comments

Share Wow this is the first time I see unity between CCNC and NCCC. It shows that the Chinese Canadian community can work together as a whole, especially when the entire community is threatened as a whole… Chinese-Canadian Community Responds to CSIS Director’s Recent Comments VANCOUVER, B.C. – Representatives of Chinese Benevolent Association of Vancouver [...]

We are all spies?

Share As a few readers have shown concern about Olivia Chow being hinted as Chinese spy, I’m posting her media advisory and press release here. If you can recall, councillor Raymond Louie was included in the original Globe and Mail story which first reported on the Fader story, as if the reporter had insider tips [...]

[GB] Whose History? Our History or the Media’s…

Share Sid Tan (Chow Ming Fai)  is Media producer and board member of W2 Community Media Arts Society www.creativetechnology.org which is scheduled to move into the historic Woodward’s building this summer.” To clearly stand out a guest blogger entry, all such headlines will begin with [GB] Media and how Chinese Canadian history will be understood [...]

[GB] Why Chinese Canadian history matters

Share Guest blogger: Gabriel Yiu, former BC NDP candidate for Vancouver Fraserview To clearly stand out a guest blogger entry, all such headlines will begin with [GB] I have known Bill Chu for more than a dozen years. He is a sincere and dedicated activist in the Chinese community, someone I truly respect. Bill has [...]

[GB] Reconciliation for what?

Share David Wong is an Architect, and is a founding Director of the Chinese-Canadian Historical Society of British Columbia. He maintains a website at www.generasian.ca To clearly stand out a guest blogger entry, all such headlines will begin with [GB] (Article courtesy of Ugly Chinese Canadian) Reconciliation? Over the past few years, an individual has [...]

Vancouver’s visible minority population to double in 2031: StatCan

Share Latest release from Statistics Canada: The visible minority population of the census metropolitan area (CMA) of Vancouver could more than double from 910,000 in 2006 to just over 2 million by 2031, according to new population projections. The main factor would be immigration, as well as fertility. During the same period, the rest of [...]

Liberal parties federal and provincial

Share I have a thought today that if Ignatieff’s Liberals want to gain grounds in BC and Ontario, they have to make a clear case that they are NOT the same brand as Gordon Campbell’s BC Liberals and McGuinty’s Liberals. This is especially important among newer immigrants. In BC, it’s very common among new Chinese [...]

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