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03 Mar Posted by Gabriel Y in Event, Miscellaneous, Politics | 16 comments

Vancouver City Planners “fixes” Chinatown (again)

“FIX” as in a Drug Fix? A shot in the arm? An opium HIGH? … Relaxing Chinatown building height restrictions could have negative consequences by Gabriel Yiu In the name of revitalization, many community association leaders have been pushing Vancouver city hall to relax Chinatown’s building height restrictions. It’s known that some of these leaders and their families own ...

08 Jun Posted by tUCC in Miscellaneous | 3 comments

See Vince shoot up. Meet call-girl, Ronda

Interesting thing these blogs. As we ramble along with various rants and anecdotes, we notice that blog visitors spike in readership when controversial items appear. Yeh, in your face Our blog, the UGLY Chinese Canadian endeavours to present insights and thoughts that break the stereotypical Chinee houseboy label. We enjoy and appreciate a lot of the sweet and ...

14 May Posted by tUCC in Business, Crime | Comments

Chinatown hates DTES… the feeling is mutual

The UGLY Chinese Canadian’s long time friend, Sid Tan, shared his frustration at the lack of leadership in Vancouver’s Chinatown. Architect David Wong agrees. In fact, Wong was on the receiving end of a racially targeted diatribe by a downtown eastside “activist” a few months back at Vancouver City Council Chambers. That story we will save ...

08 May Posted by tUCC in Miscellaneous | Comments

“Chinatown seniors eating out of garbage bins”

“Chinatown seniors eating out of garbage bins” these are the parphrased words from one of our city’s sons. Those who grew up in Vancouver, often cherish fond memories of our city’s past. I’d have to admit that I cherish the nicer memories – the fun and joy of our city’s past… and often not remembering the not ...

06 May Posted by tUCC in Business, Food, Miscellaneous | 15 comments

Good bye to roof top urban farm in Chinatown

The following article, reposted with permission from CityCaucus.com : Cancelled urban farm project bred bad relations in Chinatown 6 May 2010 Post by Mike Klassen The rooftop of 211 East Georgia in Chinatown ain’t the DTES – and won’t house a garden A cover story in the Vancouver Courier a few weeks back by respected writer Sandra Thomas announced ...

10 Feb Posted by tUCC in Event, Miscellaneous, Politics | Comments

2010… do you Believe?

Got this cool vid from an old schoolmate of mine. The featured people are residents of the UGLY Chinese Canadian’s old ‘Hood, the poorest postal code in Canada – Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside neighbourhood. Thanks B.W. for sharing the vid! Vancouver 2010… do you believe? Believe 2010… bitch. Woooooooooooooo ooooooo

03 Mar Posted by tUCC in Crime, Politics | 2 comments

Homelessness in Vancouver, part 1

One of the key civic election issues this past fall, was the obvious and sad state of homelessness in Vancouver. The armpit of the city, the so called “downtown eastside”, is where the city’s marginalized and poor call home. Every city has it’s homelessness problems and issues, and Vancouver’s homelessness issue is not unique. What is ...