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Sports
Eileen Gu wins gold at Calgary World Cup
Before you read: Freeski phenom Eileen Gu crashes the Chinese internet after Olympic gold win in big air freestyle Freestyle skier Eileen Gu...
Bryan Ke
Canada
Simu Liu to receive 2023 Canadian Academy Special Award for ‘making waves globally’
Marvel star Simu Liu is among the recipients of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television 2023 Special Awards. On Wednesday, the Acade...
Michelle De Pacina
Man allegedly killed by ‘swarm’ of 8 teen girls in Toronto identified as Ken Lee
Before you read: 8 teen girls charged with murdering homeless Toronto man who was protecting Asian woman The Asian man who was allegedly kil...
Art
‘Afghanistan’s Bruce Lee’ recalls hardship after Taliban retook power
Before you read: Meet the ‘Bruce Lee’ of Afghanistan Abbas Alizada, known online as “Afghanistan’s Bruce Lee” for his uncanny resembla...
8 teen girls charged with murdering homeless Toronto man who was protecting Asian woman
Eight teenage girls — including some as young as 13 years old — have been charged with second-degree murder in connection with a fatal atta...
Carl Samson
News
Canadian TikToker Megha Thakur dies ‘suddenly’ at age 21, her parents announce
Canadian TikTok star Megha Thakur died “suddenly and unexpectedly” in the early morning of Nov. 24 at the age of 21. A private funeral was...
Events
Chinese President Xi videoed confronting Canada PM Trudeau at G20 Summit
At the Group of Twenty (G20) Summit in Indonesia, Chinese President Xi Jinping confronted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for behavi...
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...
Ryan General
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 ...
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 ...
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...
Culture
Sandra Oh represents Canada at Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in London
Sandra Oh was in attendance at Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral on Monday. Oh was part of the official Canadian delegation led by Canadian Pri...
Daniel Anderson
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...
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...
Man wanted for allegedly exposing himself in front of mother with children, others in Greater Toronto
York Regional Police are searching for a man who allegedly exposed himself to strangers in four separate incidents in Richmond Hill, Canada...
Crime
Missing Canadian teenager found dead in Surrey park with signs of foul play, say police
Maanav Kinkar, an 18-year-old boy who was reported missing by his parents, was found dead in Hazelnut Meadows Park in British Columbia, Can...
Vancouver authorities seek help identifying suspect in unprovoked attack against teen girl
Canada’s Metro Vancouver Transit Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect in an unprovoked attack against a 17-year-ol...
Anti-Asian hate incidents up by 47% in Canada, report reveals
A total of 943 hate incidents were reported in Canada in 2021, marking a 47% increase from the previous year. Women, children and East Asi...
‘Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea’ mural in Vancouver’s Chinatown defaced
A mural known as “Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea,” which was meticulously painted onto the side of a two-story building on East Georgia S...
CEO placed on leave after telling women to ‘go clean rooms’ and ‘do dishes’ for International Women’s Day
Vivek Sharma, CEO of Fairmont Hot Springs Resort in the Canadian province of British Columbia, has been placed on leave after telling women...
Zoom meeting about U of T ‘hell banknotes’ incident interrupted by man with gun, racist messages
Toronto Police are investigating recent reports about a man allegedly brandishing a large weapon on camera during a Zoom meeting for Asian ...
Canadian company apologizes after worker is allegedly heard saying ‘The Chinese are trying to kill us all’
Customer Daphne Choi was near the cash register at Fabricland Ontario when she overheard a white employee allegedly say, “The Chinese are t...
University of Toronto hands out ‘hell bank notes’ meant for deceased to students on Lunar New Year
A graduate residence building at the University of Toronto mistakenly offered red envelopes of “hell money” meant for the deceased to its s...
China
Beijing suggests Canadian mail transmitted Omicron, Ottawa says the claim is ‘extraordinary’
Beijing said its first Omicron case was someone who has not made contact with another confirmed case and has not traveled outside the city ...
Vandals deface historic Chinese garden in Vancouver’s Chinatown with graffiti, urine and feces
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, which opened in 1986, is the first Chinese or “scholar’s” garden built outside China. A weekend ...
‘Modern slavery’: Canadian retailer removes clothes allegedly made by North Korean forced labor in China
On Friday, retail giant Reitmans (Canada) Limited announced it is removing all the clothes made by a Chinese factory that allegedly employs ...
North Korean defector works with Canadian human rights group to help other refugees
A North Korean escapee is working with a Canadian nonprofit to help other refugees from the hermit kingdom start a new life in Canada. New ...
US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez and her father give emotional thanks for how Canada ‘opened their doors’ to their immigrant family
After a hard-fought run in the U.S. Open, finalist Leylah Fernandez reflected on her time up until that point and how it “meant the world” t...
Maina Chen
Young Sikh’s suspicious death fuels fears of religious, racial hate in Canadian town
Canadian authorities are now treating the suspicious death of a 23-year-old Indian immigrant taxi driver as a homicide after he was found se...
Canadian officer charged with assault 19 months after brutal manhandling of nursing student
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer accused of abusing a woman suffering from a mental health crisis in Kelowna, British Columbia...