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Chinese New Year Parade to welcome Year of the Dog to Vancouver
The 45th annual Chinese New Year Parade will take over Vancouver’s streets this Sunday. Share Lunar New Year: Parade celebrates Year of the Dog in Vancouver Tumblr Pinterest Google Plus Reddit LinkedIn...
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Vancouver: Chinatown condo opponents take their fight to developer's front door
Opponents of a controversial condo project at 105 Keefer St. in Vancouver’s Chinatown are vowing not to let up the fight even after the city’s board of variance refused to hear an appeal from the...
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Vancouver city council to deliver formal apology to Chinese community
City officials will deliver a formal apology next month for the historic discrimination of Vancouver’s Chinese community. The apology will be read in English and Chinese during a special council...
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ART SEEN: SUM Gallery opens in permanent home for Queer Arts Festival
In art-world terms, something unusual is happening Saturday, May 12* in Vancouver. It’s the opening of SUM Gallery which describes itself as the country’s only permanent space dedicated to exhibiting...
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Contentious parts of Vancouver Chinatown plan revised
Vancouver council revised its Chinatown plan Tuesday, lopping some height off potential development sites and shrinking their width. The changes were recommended by staff so new developments “fit...
View ArticleFuture of Vancouver's Chinatown at stake, activist says, as plan set for...
Dozens of speakers are set to appear Thursday evening at a public hearing, which experts say will have major implications for one of Vancouver’s most-historic neighbourhoods and the rest of the city....
View ArticleChinatown plan goes to public hearing as developers and city planner spar
There are almost 70 speakers slated to address Vancouver city council heading into a public hearing June 28 about proposed zoning changes for Chinatown. With more than half signing up in the last two...
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Vancouver Chinatown: Council approves revisions reducing building size in...
Vancouver city council voted Tuesday afternoon to reduce the maximum size of buildings in the city’s Chinatown, changing course on policies adopted seven years ago. While the zoning revisions had been...
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Vancouver going beyond conserving buildings in Chinatown
The city decision this week to amend zoning guidelines to protect Chinatown’s unique qualities against rising land values, speculation and development focused mostly on restricting building heights and...
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ART SEEN: Voting on now to pick location for Saltwater City neon sign in...
Paul Wong wants your help. He’s looking for a location in Chinatown for his neon sign in Chinese characters that says Saltwater City Vancouver. It was created as part of his year-long residency at the...
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Family history: Paul Wong exhibition inspired by 700 letters written to his...
Suk Fong Nay Ho Mah? Suk Fong, how are you? When: Jan. 12 – Feb. 24 Where: Dr. Sun Yat-sen Classical Chinese Garden Tickets and info: vancouverchinesegarden.com. When his mother died at age 91 in...
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Symbolic food a key ingredient in lunar new year celebrations
Inside New Town bakery, hungry diners order the pork buns and apple tarts the famed Vancouver Chinatown bakery is known for. But in late January, something else is flying off the shelves: glutinous...
View ArticleTown Talk: Gallery gala benefits Lions Gate Hospital just up the road
HOSPITAL AID: It’s hard to beat the cross-harbour view from the Polygon Gallery at the foot of North Vancouver’s Lonsdale Avenue. Read More
View ArticleFeds pledge $500,000 for Vancouver's Chinatown Storytelling Centre
Jack Wong is a third-generation Vancouverite whose grandfather came to Canada in the 1800s. Read More
View ArticleAfter more than 100 years, Ming Wo will close its kitchen shop in Chinatown
Ming Wo has been a fixture at 23 East Pender since 1917, which makes it the oldest retail outlet in Chinatown and one of the oldest in the city. Read More
View ArticleCoronavirus concerns put damper on Metro Vancouver Lunar New Year celebrations
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