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Civil unions creat 'second class status' for gay couples

AP - A commission established to study same-sex civil unions in New Jersey has found in its first report that civil unions create a “second-class status” for gay couples, rather than giving them...

Started in Chinese in Vancouver • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: same-sex, gay rights, first anniversary
Local-born visible minorities 3 times more likely to be victimized

StatCan release - Canadian-born visible minorities had rates of violent victimization in 2004 that were three times higher than visible minorities who were born abroad, according to a new study.The...

Started in Chinese in Vancouver • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: crime, immigrant
Blast suspect was half-naked: taxi driver

CIV - A taxi driver who took the suspected arsonist who caused a large explosion on Broadway Wednesday said the man was half-naked when he stepped into the cab, and had a faint smell of gasoline on...

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Tags: vancouver, crime, taxi driver
Chinese immigrants need 10 years to catch up with employment rates

StatCan release - Immigrants born in Southeast Asia, particularly those from the Philippines, had the strongest labour market performance of all immigrants to Canada in 2006, regardless of when they...

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Tags: employment, chinese canadian, immigrant, job
Is China really ready for the Olympics?

Great collection from engrish.com. Thank you for the great job!=<

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Tags: photos
Canada's trade surplus shrinks to nine-year low

Looks like we DO have a reason to be pessimistic.RBC release - Canada's merchandise trade surplus narrowed to C$2.4 billion in December, much smaller than forecasts for a $3.4 billion surplus and the...

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Tags: canada, financial, trade, economy
Oh boy, Canadians are substantially more pessimistic about economy

Nano Research release - The percentage of Canadians who think the economy will get stronger in 2008 has plummeted an astounding 24 points in 90 days (from 49% in November 2007 to 25% as of last...

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Tags: poll, economy
Canada expands temp foreign workers program

Gov of Canada release — The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, today announced an expansion of services to help employers in Ontario and Atlantic Canada meet their...

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Tags: employment, immigrant, labour, immigration policies
Pinyin celebrates 50th birthday, 1 billion learning it

People's Daily - Hanyu Pinyin, or the Chinese phonetic system, will celebrate its 50th anniversary on Monday (Feb. 11). One billion Chinese have used it to learn mandarin since the first edition of...

Started in Chinese in Vancouver • 2 years ago • 0 responses
Tags: chinese language, radios, 50th birthday, learn chinese
21.6m Chinese to travel abroad in 2008 first half: MasterCard

Xinhua - The Chinese mainland is expected to record 21.6 million outbound tourists in the first half of 2008 with a year-on-year increase of 12.4 percent, according to a report issued by MasterCard...

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Tags: tourism, travel, china, mastercard
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