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· Michelle De Pacina
Vancouver scammers steal nearly $6M from Chinese Canadian community
Vancouver authorities report that scammers targeted the city’s Chinese Canadian community members, stealing nearly $6 million since the beginning of the year. The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) is currently investigating 26 cases but believes there are more unreported…
· Ryan General
Vancouver Chinatown stabbing suspect was on day release from psychiatric facility: police
All three victims are ethnically Asian, and investigators are probing whether the attack had any elements of hate or racism
· Ryan General
Stabbing at Chinatown festival in Vancouver leaves 3 injured
“We will work each and every day to ensure Vancouver is a place where people can live, work and thrive in a safe environment,” says Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim a statement
· Michelle De Pacina
Suspect who broke 93-year-old man’s hip during attack in Vancouver’s Chinatown is arrested
The suspect who broke a 93-year-old man’s hip in an unprovoked attack in Vancouver’s Chinatown last year has been arrested. The senior was walking to a bakery on Main Street and East Pender when he was allegedly pushed to the ground by Henry Paul Wiens, 52, at around 3:15 p.m.…
· Michelle De Pacina
Men in clown wigs splatter fake blood onto walls of Vancouver’s Chinese garden
A group of young men wearing clown wigs were spotted splattering fake blood onto the walls of a Chinese garden in Vancouver. The group was seen splashing the red substance onto the white walls of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden on Feb. 11.
· Michelle De Pacina
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 released surveillance footage of the incident. Investigators have not yet identified the suspect. Vancouver Police are searching for a suspect…
· Carl Samson
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 woman with a pole in downtown Vancouver on Sept. 27, has been released from jail. A judge granted Majidpour bail on several conditions this…
· Carl Samson
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 victim, who is a student, was walking near Dunsmuir and Cambie Streets at around 9:50 a.m. when a man hit the back of her head with a pole,…
· Michelle De Pacina
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 motivated attack in downtown Vancouver. The perpetrator allegedly hurled anti-Asian racial slurs before fleeing the area. The victim…
· Michelle De Pacina
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 unprovoked attack. On Sept. 10, Prasad allegedly attacked a 55-year-old man and left him with life-altering injuries. On Sept. 11, Prasad…
· Michelle De Pacina
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 his bicycle to a street pole on Gore Avenue near East Pender Street at around 6 p.m. local time on Sunday when a man approached him from…
· Michelle De Pacina
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 ground. The senior suffered minor injuries such as cuts and scrapes. MacDonald has been charged with assault and released from custody by…
· Bryan Ke
Family of Vancouver cop who died by suicide after alleged blackmail by her superiors sues city
The family of former Vancouver cop Nicole Chan, the officer who died by suicide after being blackmailed into an inappropriate intimate relationship with her superiors, filed a lawsuit against the city and its police department. The lawsuit, which was filed by Chan’s sister…
· Bryan Ke
87-year-old man bear-sprayed in the face in Vancouver Chinatown racist attack
The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) is searching for a man who reportedly bear-sprayed an 84-year-old victim in Vancouver’s Chinatown on Friday at around 11:40 a.m. The victim was standing at the bus stop near Pender Street and Columbia Street when the suspect "came up to him,…
· Khier Casino
Vancouver police seek witnesses to ‘disturbing attack’ on young Asian woman
Surveillance footage released by the Vancouver Police Department shows a 22-year-old woman strolling outside of Hotel Georgia on West Georgia Street when a man walking in the opposite direction grabs her. The young woman can be seen on camera being thrown against the wall…
· Carl Samson
Man sentenced for vandalizing Vancouver’s Chinese Cultural Centre with ‘kill all’ message
A man who pleaded guilty to vandalizing Vancouver’s Chinese Cultural Centre with racist graffiti will spend 240 days in jail after being sentenced an additional 79 days this week. What he did: Yves Castonguay, 47, defaced four windows facing the courtyard of the Chinatown-based…
· Ryan General
Vancouver Art Teacher Accused of Sexually Assaulting Child Student
Vancouver police have charged a 50-year-old art teacher for allegedly sexually assaulting his nine-year-old student.
· Ryan General
Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Increased 717% in Vancouver Over 2020
Hate crime incidents against Asians in Vancouver have increased by over 700% in 2020, a report presented to the local police board last week revealed. The statistic is included in an annual review, which is also composed of figures in sex offenses, robberies, culpable homicide…
· Carl Samson
Search For Mother Missing in Vancouver Park Ends After Body Found
After a wide volunteer search effort, a missing woman in Canada was found dead in the renowned Stanley Park over the weekend. Yu Ting Ji, who lives in East Vancouver, left home on the morning of Nov. 9, traveled to Waterfront Station and was caught walking along West Cordova St.…
· Carl Samson
Asian Women Punched, Spit on in 2 Different Attacks in Vancouver
Two East Asian women have fallen victims to separate attacks in Vancouver last week. The first incident, which involved a White male assailant, occurred near Granville and Helmcken streets around 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 4.