Stories

— Successful Conclusion of the 9th Qingdao-Richmond Sister Cities Cultural Event On September 17, 2024 (the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, Mid-Autumn Festival), the 9th Qingdao-Richmond Sister Cities Celebration was held at the Thompson Community Centre in Richmond. The event was organized by the Canada Shandong Chinese Business Association and Canada Performance and

“I just have to take one step, one kilometre at a time… Ultra-running is a love-hate relationship,” said Natalie Dau, in a voice message she recorded somewhere along the eastern coast of Malaysia. By Kelly Ng Natalie ran at least 84km a day – the equivalent of two marathons The 52-year-old had covered a third

What is a story that has inspired you either as a child or now? By Goldie Chan Many of us carry stories from our childhood or now that continue to make us think or create. These stories can be surprising, heartfelt, silly, dark or deeply truthful. This question was posed to 85 truly inspirational and

Stricken with anxiety as a child, Buddhist teacher Mingyur Rinpoche learned how to heal his panic with awareness. He teaches us three techniques that helped him. By Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Photo by Michal Knitl / Alamy Stock Photo I suffered terrible anxiety in my childhood. I desperately wanted to run away from it or fight

Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi is the only woman of the four challengers to be excluded from the nation’s highest civilian honor. By Lynda Lin Grigsby In 1941 after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government rounded up and incarcerated Japanese Americans living on the West Coast. While World War II raged overseas, four American citizens individually

Growing up in the Prairies in the 1990s meant little Asian representation.  By Marvin Chan “Let’s see your kung fu, Jackie Chan.” This was the last thing I heard before being pushed into a circle of kids. I remember thinking, “Do they really think all Chinese people know kung fu?” They just happened to pick

China never sent troops to fight in Europe during the First World War. However, an estimated 135,000 young rural labourers were sent halfway around the world to work in French munitions factories, dig trenches, lay railway lines and remove dead bodies and unexploded ordnance from the battlefields. Thousands died and thousands more returned to China

Every May, Canadians are invited to reflect and learn about the important and ongoing contributions of Canadians of Asian descent in all sectors of society. Former senator Vivienne Poy, the first Chinese-Canadian senator, tabled a motion in the Senate in 2001 to designate May as Asian Heritage Month. As celebrations roll out across Canada for

By John Mackie   Dr. Wallace Chung inside Chung/Lind Gallery at Irving K Barber Centre UBC in Vancouver, BC, April 19, 2024.   Dr. Wallace Chung is Canada’s foremost collector of historic Chinese and Canadian Pacific Railway artifacts and memorabilia. Phil Lind was Canada’s top collector of artifacts and memorabilia from the Klondike Gold Rush.

Guqin, part of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity, was made using Canadian fine red pine for the Long Yin. This demonstrates Canada’s success in promoting multiculturalism. The instrument produces a fine tone and is worthy of preservation. By Ban Zhang Thirty-nine years ago, Zheng-hua Zheng (郑正华) received a mail from Canada Post at his basement