Anti-South Asian hate skyrockets in Canada: report

Anti-South Asian hate has surged at an alarming rate in Canada, with incidents both online and offline increasing sharply in recent years, a...

China warns of mutually destructive tariff war as Trump threatens new trade measures

Chinese state media has cautioned that President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to impose additional tariffs on Chinese goods risks igniting a ...

2 men on trial for death of Indian family smuggled across US-Canada border

A federal trial began on Monday in Minnesota for Steve Shand, 50, and Harshkumar Patel, 29, who are accused of running a human smuggling ope...

Expelled India diplomat denies involvement in Sikh leader’s 2023 killing in Canada

Sanjay Kumar Verma, India’s high commissioner to Canada, has denied allegations of involvement in the 2023 killing of Sikh separatist leader...

Indian migrants surge in US via Canada border

Indian nationals are increasingly entering the U.S. illegally through Canada, driven by economic opportunities and facilitated by smuggling ...

Canadian truck driver accused of smuggling 10 Vietnamese into US

Canadian truck driver Husain Al Kawwaz, 34, appeared in the U.S. District Court of Eastern Michigan on Friday to face a criminal complaint o...

Constance Wu-led dark comedy ‘East Bay’ gets release date

Constance Wu’s dark comedy film “East Bay” has been acquired and will be released in North America by Level 33 Entertainme...

Naomi Osaka, Emma Raducanu qualify for Billie Jean King Cup Finals

Japan’s Naomi Osaka and English tennis star Emma Raducanu have secured their respective countries’ qualifying spots for the Billie Jea...

Video: Man verbally abuses South Asian pizza delivery worker

A video of a customer in Canada verbally abusing a pizza delivery worker with racist slurs has gone viral on social media. Key points: ...

Kaori Sakamoto makes history with figure skating world title three-peat

Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto made history in Montreal on Friday by clinching her third consecutive world title in figure skating, becoming the fir...

Chinese migrants to Mexico more than doubled in 2023: report

Mexico saw a high surge of Chinese migrants who received temporary resident visas in 2023, making China the third most common country of ori...

Montreal’s Chinatown registered as city’s first heritage site

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante this week announced that the city’s historic Chinatown became its first area designated as a heritage site, ma...

Canada’s first South Asian physician Gurdev Singh Gill dies at 92

Dr. Gurdev Singh Gill, Canada’s first South Asian physician, has died at the age of 92 in Canada’s westernmost province, British...

Sandra Oh lends her voice to Canadian Audible series ‘Anne of Green Gables’

For her latest venture, actor Sandra Oh lent her voice in narrating the Canadian Audible Originals series “Anne of Green Gables,” a 1908 cla...

QAnon ‘Queen of Canada’ group threatens village with executions for ‘treason’

The self-proclaimed “Queen of Canada” is back in the headlines after her group allegedly threatened a remote village with public executions ...

Simu Liu flexes his French speaking skills in new ad for Cheetos

Simu Liu flexes his French speaking skills in a new campaign to promote his fingertips’ endorsement deal with Cheetos. Their first: In a pre...

Studio Ghibli’s ‘The Boy and the Heron’ set to open Toronto International Film Festival

Studio Ghibli’s newest film, “The Boy and the Heron,” will make history in September as the first Japanese film to open the Toronto Internat...

Alumnus charged for stabbing 3 in gender studies class at Canadian university in ‘hate attack’

A graduate of the University of Waterloo in Canada has been hit with multiple charges over a stabbing rampage during a gender studies class ...

Canada’s biggest bubble tea festival returns this weekend

If you’re a boba fan in or near Metro Vancouver, mark your calendar — Canada’s biggest bubble tea festival is making a comeback this weekend...

Olivia Chow elected as Toronto’s first Chinese Canadian mayor

Olivia Chow has made history as Toronto’s first Chinese Canadian mayor The new mayor: Chow, 66, won against 102 candidates with 37.2% of the...

‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ in Japanese gets US, Canada screenings

A limited-time screening of the Japanese version of “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” will hit select theaters across the United States and Cana...

17-year-old Kao Miura becomes 6th Japanese skater to win men’s World Junior title

Japan bagged its sixth International Skating Union World Junior Figure Skating Championships title after Kao Miura, 17, won gold in Canada o...

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...

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...

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...

‘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...

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...

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...

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 ...