Man’s ‘animosity towards South Asians’ led to murder of cab driver in Canada, prosecutors say

Okoth Obeing, who is accused of killing taxi driver Balvir Toor in Canada in 2020, pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder on the openin...

Montreal community demands answers after police shoot man during mental health call

About 150 people gathered at a march at Sun-Yat-Sen Park in Montreal on Sunday to demand justice for the death of Ronny Kay, a Chinese man ...

Vancouver couple sentenced to probation for anti-Asian attack

Michel Jean-Jacque Berthiaume, 74, and Astrid Maria Secreve, 76, were each sentenced to 12 months of probation for attacking an Asian Canad...

Asians make up most new immigrants to Canada: study

According to recent data released by Statistics Canada, Asians make up the largest share of new immigrants to Canada by 62%, with India, th...

Canadian police begin investigation into Chinese ‘police stations’ operating in Greater Toronto Area

Canada’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) stated that it is conducting an investigation into alleged criminal activity at the Chinese p...

Korean restaurant in Quebec threatened for not serving in French reopens with help from community

Bab Sang, a Korean restaurant in Québec City, Canada, closed two weeks ago due to threatening phone calls after Le Soleil, a local newspape...

Taiwanese Canadian Mountie fatally stabbed by homeless man while on duty in Vancouver

Const. Shaelyn Yang, a 31-year-old member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was fatally stabbed while on duty by a homeless man during ...

TikTok users praise woman who defended friend from alleged Asian racial profiling at Toronto store

Asian content creator Lewis Chia shared a video showing how he was racially profiled while visiting Shoppers Drug Mart on Yonge Street and ...

History is made as Vancouver elects its first-ever Asian mayor

Entrepreneur Ken Sim has been elected as mayor of Vancouver, Canada, marking the first time the office has been held by a person of Asian d...

93-year-old man suffers broken hip from unprovoked assault by stranger in Vancouver Chinatown

A 93-year-old man suffered a broken hip in an unprovoked attack in Vancouver’s Chinatown on Oct. 11. The Vancouver Police Department has r...

Vancouver couple pleads guilty to anti-Asian attack on coffee shop manager despite claiming incident was staged

Michel Jean-Jacque Berthiaume, 74, and Astrid Maria Secreve, 76, each pleaded guilty to a charge of mischief in connection with an anti-Asi...

Career criminal who struck Asian student with a pole in Vancouver walks free after bail

Mohammed Majidpour, the 35-year-old career criminal charged with assault after hurling anti-Asian slurs and striking a 19-year-old Asian wo...

Asian woman sought in ‘disturbing’ Canada hit-and-run that sent 11-year-old boy to hospital

Police in the Canadian city of Richmond are searching for an Asian driver who allegedly struck an 11-year-old boy and left him to fend for ...

Vancouver police identify man accused of striking Asian student with a pole

Mohammed Majidpour, 35, is now wanted Canada-wide for allegedly attacking a 19-year-old Asian woman in downtown Vancouver on Sept. 27. The...

Student hit in the head with pole in apparent anti-Asian attack in Vancouver

A 19-year-old Asian student was hit on the back of her head with a pole by a man on Tuesday in what police are investigating as a racially ...

New Delhi warns Indians in Canada to ‘remain vigilant’ amid increase in hate crimes, sectarian violence

New Delhi recently issued an advisory to Indian nationals in Canada, urging them to “remain vigilant” in the wake of the country’s sudden s...

Thousands gather to honor Toronto police officer who was slain in Canada shooting rampage

On Wednesday morning, over 8,000 people, including officers, politicians, family and friends, gathered for the funeral of the Toronto polic...

Suspect who stabbed Afghan refugee in Vancouver’s Chinatown charged in 2nd attack on stranger

Dennis Prasad, the suspect arrested and charged for stabbing an Afghan refugee in Vancouver’s Chinatown, has been charged in a second unpro...

Vancouver election chief asks court to ban names in Chinese, other non-Latin characters from ballots

Vancouver’s Chief Election Officer Rosemary Hagiwara filed a court application on Tuesday to keep 15 candidates from using names with non-L...

Toronto police officer, auto repair shop owner killed in Canada shootings

Constable Andrew Hong, a 48-year-old member of Toronto police’s Traffic Services Unit, was ambushed and shot dead by Shawn Petry, 30, in Mi...

Afghan refugee stabbed in the throat in unprovoked attack in Vancouver’s Chinatown

An Afghan refugee was stabbed in the throat and chest in an unprovoked attack in Vancouver’s Chinatown.  The 22-year-old victim was locking ...

Wife of security guard attacked in Vancouver’s Chinatown challenges the mayor to walk its streets

Harold Johnson, a 64-year-old security guard, was previously attacked on Aug. 12 by a stranger, identified as 44-year-old Kevin Aaron Hibba...

Meet the self-proclaimed ‘Queen of Canada’ who ordered her followers to arrest police, not pay bills

Romana Didulo, a Filipino immigrant who has dubbed herself the “Queen of Canada,” made headlines after telling her followers to arrest offi...

‘Go back to China’: Vancouver restaurant owner yelled at, spat on by woman who let her dog pee on his door

Edward Hur, who has been running Nobu Sushi in North Vancouver, Canada, for 19 years, said he was yelled at and spat on during a woman’s an...

Filipino mother and daughter fatally stabbed in Toronto

Filipino mother Elvie Sig-Od, 44, and her daughter Angelica Sig-Od, 20, were fatally stabbed by her ex-husband in Toronto on Aug. 26. The ...

Followers of QAnon ‘Queen of Canada’ obeyed her orders to arrest police officers. It hasn’t turned out well.

Followers of QAnon influencer Romana Didulo were arrested for obeying her request to meet in Peterborough, Canada, and arrest police office...

Woman arrested for ‘sickening assault’ of 89-year-old man out for a walk in Vancouver’s Chinatown

An 89-year-old man was walking in Vancouver’s Chinatown on Aug. 13 when he was approached by Patricia MacDonald, 58, who knocked him to the...

‘Why do we have to bend over backward?’: Man lectures women for not speaking English in Canada in TikTok video

TikTok user Donna Damaso posted a clip to the platform of a man subjecting a group of Asian women to racist remarks at the Brighouse statio...

South Asians in Metro Vancouver fear racist backlash after police release image of 11 men deemed to pose public safety risk

South Asian community members in Metro Vancouver expressed their concern after British Columbia police released a composite picture of 11 m...

Charges against man who fatally stabbed his father while on magic mushrooms in Canada dropped

Thomas Chan, 25, was previously found guilty in December 2018 for murdering his father in Peterborough, Ontario, on Dec. 28, 2015. While e...

Historic Chinese garden in Vancouver’s Chinatown greeted by anti-Asian slurs first thing in the morning

An Asian staffer at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver’s Chinatown reportedly fell victim to an anti-Asian tirade before...

Two men charged in the murder of Canadian Sikh acquitted in deadly 1985 Air India bombings

Ripudaman Singh Malik, the man who was previously acquitted in the 1985 Air India bombings, was fatally shot in Surrey, British Columbia, i...

Man accused of attacking mother and toddler, kicking car in Vancouver Chinatown

Shakwan David Kelly, the 27-year-old man accused of assaulting a mother and her toddler on Pender Street in Vancouver’s Chinatown in Canada...

Man acquitted in deadly 1985 Air India bombings fatally shot in suspected targeted attack in Canada

Ripudaman Singh Malik, the man who was previously acquitted in the 1985 Air India bombings, was fatally shot in Surrey, British Columbia, i...

Toronto’s ban on single-use plastics could cripple some Asian businesses, say restaurant owners

On July 7, Canada released regulations prohibiting single-use plastics and suggesting alternatives to reduce the environmental impact and w...

Police identifies woman set on fire on Toronto bus; suspect charged with first-degree murder

Toronto police have identified the woman who died in a hospital weeks after she was set on fire on a Toronto bus last month as 28-year-old ...