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A senior Canadian government official on Thursday used threats of criminal prosecution to silence critics of a controversial ruling party politician. Aslam Nathoo, a director at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, went after social media users who mocked Taleeb…
An industry association headed by a Conservative candidate at the upcoming federal election recommended an alleged fraudster as a provider of immigrant visas despite whistleblowers alleging that the company was running a Ponzi scheme and committing immigration fraud. Vancouver Granville…
By Rohana Rezel Two hashtags started trending on Twitter as the leader’s debate wound down on Friday night in Canada: #LiberalSurge and #LiberalPurge. I analyzed the spread of those two hashtags using The Observatory on Social Media (OSoMe) toolset. I…
By Rohana Rezel Jing Bai’s family owns and lives in a $5.7 million dollar mansion in Vancouver’s tony MacKenzie Heights neighbourhood in the affluent Westside of the city. The family pays very little income taxes in Canada because the primary…
By Rohana Rezel I tweeted recently about how a candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in the upcoming election was engaged in property flipping. This morning, less than a week after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a snap election,…
While Southern Europe is no stranger to warm summer weather, 2021 has brought about sweltering conditions and record-setting temperatures that have led to a heat emergency. The record-breaking heat is causing havoc across several countries, including Greece, which marked its…
The Vancouver City Planning Commission is being accused of pro-developer bias after the City of Vancouver advisory body set up a panel exclusively of real estate supply advocates to answer the question “is Vancouver building enough housing?” Last night’s panel…
Vancouver’s Yes In My Backyard movement - which is pushing for more condos to be built in the city - is in turmoil after a prominent member’s tweets mocking South and East Asian people and encouraging female politicians to commit…
The Canadian government has suspended the deportation order issued against Filipino COVID-19 frontline health worker Carlo Escario following a public outcry. “Elated by the news that the government did the right thing by cancelling the removal of our client, Carlo…
A Chinese-Canadian reporter is facing a barrage of threats and insults on Vancouver Stop Asian Hate rally organizer’s WeChat group for investigating the organizers of Sunday’s event. Attacks against Chen Zhou started after the deputy editor-in-chief of CAUS Finance published…