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Anti-Asian crime spiked in Montreal last year, police say Members of Montreal's Asian community are speaking out against increasing hate crimes, which they say are likely linked to the pandemic. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Mar 02, 2021 5:34 PM ET | Last Updated: March 2 Bill Wong, director Chinatown's business development group, says "China-bashing" throughout the pandemic has fuelled anti-Asian sentiment.(CBC) Members of Montreal's Asian communities say they are still targets of anti-Asian hate crimes — a year after the first case of COVID-19 in Quebec. Between March and December...

Racism, work-from-home, lack of tourism all blows to Chinatown’s health One year on, Chinatown, situated by the Old Port — is home to 160 businesses employing 400 people — is fighting for its survival. At the height of the pandemic, Montreal was considered the seventh deadliest place in the world for COVID-19 related deaths due outbreaks in old-age residences. Due to this stigma, Chinatown and the Chinese community were disproportionately affected by increased cases of racism, vandalism and break-ins. Last year, local leaders asked the government for $1 million in relief funds to save ...

  MONTREAL -- In years past, the garden and fountain area of the Holiday Inn in Chinatown would be bustling today, full of visitors in town to celebrate the Lunar New Year. This year, the scene is quiet, and festivities are muted because of the pandemic. Xianshu Huang would normally host concerts and other festivities to celebrate the New Year, but the president of the Montreal Chinese Culture and Arts Foundation says this year, organizers had to find creative ways to celebrate the Year of the Ox virtually.  “For the Chinese Lunar New Year the Year of the Ox is a lucky year, a good ye...

  MONTREAL -- It's not just people who celebrate Christmas who found their usual traditions disrupted on Thursday. On the night that some members of the Jewish community jokingly refer to as “Erev Christmas,” a ritual has emerged that in normal years takes on the form of a celebration for those who don't celebrate: heading out for Chinese food. The tradition has become so popular that some have tried to explore its history, tracing it back to Eastern European immigrants to the United States in the late 19th century. But with the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down the dining rooms of al...