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What Chinese New Year Animal Are You? How Next Week’s ‘Year Of The Water Tiger’ Is Determined By Our Moon
When is Chinese or Lunar New Year? Also called Spring Festival, it begins on February 1, 2022 and ends on January 21, 2023. What Chinese New Year animal is it? It’s the Year of the Tiger. but more specifically. it’s […] read more
January 27, 2022
Chinese New Year Decorations
Every year, the horrendous monster 年 (Nián) would terrorize villages. It would eat everything, from mosquitos to human beings. As time went on, the villagers realized that… read more
January 27, 2022
What Chinese New Year Animal Are You? How Next Week’s ‘Year Of The Water Tiger’ Is Determined By Our Moon
When is Chinese or Lunar New Year? Also called Spring Festival, it begins on February 1, 2022 and ends on January 21, 2023. What Chinese… read more
January 26, 2022
Register to become a Library Champion
We are looking for newcomers who are: A permanent resident, but not yet a Canadian citizen19 years of age or olderEnthusiastic about librariesInterested in volunteering… read more
January 23, 2022
Curling up with a good book
We are quite good at reading. Among Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries in 2019, Canada had the third-highest share of high performers in… read more
January 22, 2022
New Resource on the NewToBC site
Local Immigration Partnerships (LIPs) are funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to develop and implement plans to improve immigrant and refugee… read more
January 21, 2022
KCR: Volunteers break down barriers
One of the joys of living in the Okanagan has to be access to the amazing recreational opportunities … but what about for those who… read more
January 20, 2022
How the pandemic has highlighted the importance of libraries
After being shut down early in the pandemic, Canadian libraries stepped up to offer new services. And patrons were eager to return when they opened… read more
January 18, 2022
Filling the labour shortage
If you’ve heard more foreign accents in Vernon lately, there could be a good reason for that. An immigration pilot program is helping address labour… read more
January 18, 2022
KCR Community Resources
Systemic racism exists everywhere, including in government policies and programs, and has a negative impact on people and our community. Kelowna Community Resources need your… read more
January 17, 2022
Museum offers Maple Ridge history in chinese
The Maple Ridge Museum and Archives has officially launched Chinese web pages. Museum and community material has been translated in able to make the history… read more
January 16, 2022
COVID-19 related racism impacts sense of belonging, reporting incidents: Study
By Vancouver Sun | The dramatic increase in reports to Vancouver police of hate crimes targeted at Asian-Canadians in 2020 shocked many. Now, a new… read more
January 14, 2022
Nearly 80% of Express Entry candidates fall under FSWP
By CIC News The number of Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) and Canadian Experience Class (CEC) candidates in the Express Entry pool has swelled due to a lack… read more