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The United Chinese Community Enrichment Services Society (traditional Chinese: 中僑互助會; simplified Chinese: 中侨互助会; pinyin: Zhōng Qiáo Hùzhù Huì or 中僑/中侨 Zhōng Qiáo [1]) or S.U.C.C.E.S.S., is a Canadian social services organization headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Vancouver's Hong Kong Chinese population has produced several Cantopop stars across the Hong Kong entertainment industry. Similarly, various Indo-Canadian artists and actors have a profile in Bollywood or other aspects of India's entertainment industry. Vancouver has a vibrant nightlife scene, whether food and dining or bars and nightclubs.
Vansterdam – like Amsterdam, Vancouver has a reputation for relaxed attitudes towards recreational drug use, specifically marijuana. [ 9 ] Lotusland – coined by Vancouver Sun writer Allan Fotheringham , Lotusland refers to Homer's Odyssey , in which the hero, Odysseus, visits a land whose inhabitants are befuddled by a narcotic lotus (the ...
By 2014 the group Putting Canada First, which criticizes having Chinese-language signs in Greater Vancouver, was established. That year, its spokesperson, North Vancouver resident Brad Saltzberg, wrote a letter arguing against having Chinese language signs to the city council of West Vancouver. [140]
CHKG-FM (96.1 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It airs talk and music programs in multiple languages, with Chinese languages shows after 3 p.m. on weekdays, including Mandarin and Cantonese. It is owned by the Fairchild Group. [1] The studios are at Aberdeen Centre in Richmond. CHKG-FM is a Class C station.
CHNM migrated its operations into sister station CKVU's studio facilities at 180 West 2nd Avenue (near the Vancouver Olympic Village) on September 7, 2010. That same year, CHNM won its first-ever Jack Webster Foundation Award for Excellence in Chinese Language Reporting, for a multi-part feature on the topic of earthquake preparedness.
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada on Tuesday moved to end labor disputes at the country's two biggest ports, Vancouver and Montreal, citing economic damage and the potential for driving away trading partners.
CHMB is a Canadian AM radio station, broadcasting from Vancouver, British Columbia on 1320 kHz. The station broadcasts a Multilingual language programming. CHMB's studios and transmitter towers are located in Richmond.