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Friends, Todd Wong and Jim Wong Chu, standing outside Foo's Ho Ho Restaurant after eating there for the last time. Foo's Ho Ho Restaurant to close in Vancouver Chinatown: It's the end of an era for Cantonese restaurantsOn Friday, I received not...

topics: chinatown, clan, cooking, documentary, museum

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Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat FestivalCreekside Park, Science World & False CreekJune 20/21 2009 First race for GUNG HAGGIS FAT CHOY dragon boat team. Saturday June 209:50am Race #11, lane 6Look for us in the afternoon in race 30, 40...

topics: chinatown, clan, park

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Carol James could be BC's first Premier with Metis (and Scottish) ancestryCarole James and Todd Wong at a reception during the BC Federation of Labour Convention.There are lots of candidates touting their ethnic diversity in ...

topics: activist, awards, burnaby, clan, elected

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What Scottish clan is CBC TV News anchor Gloria Macarenko from?Celebrity Media co-hosts are confirmed!Gloria Macarenko, CBC TV News anchor Vancouver at Six Catherine Barr, Metro News / Radio 650 AM Gloria Macarenko from CBC TV's Vancouver ...

topics: clan, opera, poet, symphony, theatre

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Canada's only repertoire opera company calls the Wise Hall at Victoria and Adanac home, alternating 5 classical operas through its season.On Tuesday, December 9th, 7:00 pm, they present our stirring new production of I Puritani. Bellini s Bel Canto ...

topics: clan, opera, political, show

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The Heart of the City Festival celebrates Chinese food and Chinese buildings - with stories of pioneers and their descendantsCHINESE CANADIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY WRITERSSunday November 2, 1:30pm 2:30pmChinese Benevolent Association of Vancouver, 1...

topics: chinatown, clan, fish, mayor, salmon

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Mel Lehan's legacy of community building was celebrated at St. James Hall, as Darlene Mazari called him the Mayor of Kitsilano Andy Vine performs Excuse Me Your Planet is Burning as a musical tribute to Mel Lehan - photo Todd Wong program c...

topics: activist, arts, candidate, clan, concert

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Via The Globe and Mail, a good-news story from the business section: Galbraith clan could raise a double toast. Excerpt:University of Texas economist James Galbraith is taking a pilgrimage this weekend to the farming settlement on Lake Erie's nor...

topics: business, clan, environment, liberal

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It's the 200th Anniversary of Simon Fraser's reaching the mouth of the Fraser River.200 years ago, there where no white settlers in Vancouver's Lower Mainland. Captain Cook met Chief Maquinna at Nootka in 1778. And in 1792, Captain Vancouver met ...

topics: clan, downtown

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Here's the first public media acknowledgement that Tartan Day is officially happening in the City of Vancouver. Indeed, the city of Vancouver, province of BC, and country of Canada - all trace it's historical beginnings to Scottish pioneers.Vancouver...

topics: city of vancouver, clan, elected, mayor, vision vancouver