Originally published on CTVNews.ca Feb. 2019
Solemn ceremonies mark the first anniversary of the March 11th earthquake The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto (JCCC) observed the first anniversary of the March 11 earthquake, and the subsequent tsunami that inundated Japan’s northeastern coastline last year, with an afternoon of prayers, solemn ceremonies and a moment of silence. In his opening address […]
Three Nissei Artists Explore the Lost Secrets of The Royal Cinema Originally published in the November issue of Nikkei Voice, 2011. When the Chinese theatre, Golden Princess, closed its curtains in the early ’90s, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) programmer, Colin Geddes, salvaged hundreds of 35mm Hong Kong and Taiwanese films from the downtown cinema’s […]
Originally published in the February issue of Nikkei Voice, 2012. “Izumi of the North”, Toronto’s favourite — and only — locally brewed sake is now in 70 LCBO stores. Brewed by the Ontario Spring Water Sake Company, the first eastern North American sake brewery, the domestic Japanese rice wine has expanded into more LCBO […]
Originally Published on November 28, 2012, for Xinhua News Agency TORONTO, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) – The Canadian stock market shook off its recent losing streak on Wednesday, as the hope of U.S. lawmakers reaching a deal to avert the “fiscal cliff” pushed the stocks into positive territory. The S&P/TSX Composite Index added 28.70 points, or […]
Originally Published December 8, 2012, for Xinhua News Agency TORONTO, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) – Canadian stock market inched higher on Friday, as worries about the “fiscal cliff” paired with positive job data from both the U.S. and Canada brought mixed reactions in the market. The S&P/TSX Composite Index added 8.46 points, or 0.7 percent, […]
TORONTO, April 21 (Xinhua) –Toronto volunteers and Ontario green industry professionals came together to restore the lawns of a popular downtown park ahead of Earth Day celebrations. St. James Park, once the encampment site for hundreds of Occupy Toronto demonstrators last November, received new sods and lawn care from local community residents and landscape professionals […]