Tara Carman
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Gender persecution the top reason women seek asylum in Canada
A CBC News investigation finds hundreds of asylum seekers come to Canada every year to escape domestic violence. Halyna Holovata of Toronto was one of them. → Read More
East Vancouver becoming less diverse, census shows
Parts of east Vancouver are becoming less diverse according to data from the 2016 long form census. → Read More
Q&A: Census day is coming. Here's what you need to know
On Monday, Statistics Canada will start sending out census letters and packages. One in four households will receive the newly restored long-form census. Here’s what you need to do when you get that letter and why it matters, from Statistics Canada’s Marc Hamel. Q: How do I complete the census? A: Statistics Canada will send notices […] → Read More
Housing question looms large as Syrian refugee arrivals pick up in B.C.
The Immigrant Services Society of B.C. has secured 650 hotel rooms and compiled over 1,100 offers of accommodation as the trickle of Syrian refugees into B.C. is expected to turn into a larger flow in the coming days. At least 45 more are expected to arrive at YVR before Tuesday. → Read More
Trick or Treat Count 2015
The Sun has teamed up with Bing Thom architects for the fourth year in a row to do a crowd-sourced trick-or-treat count map, which is now live. Fill in the survey here and watch your entry pop up on the map! Happy Halloween! → Read More
Updated: How a proportional system would have changed the seat count
Oct. 21, 2015: Many people are wondering if Trudeau and the Liberals will keep their promise to look into electoral reform given that Canada's first-past-the-post system has handed them a majority. One alternative to the current system is some form of proportional representation. → Read More
We will take refugees, but need more support, Metro Vancouver mayors say
The mayors of the two cities home to the most refugees in B.C. say they have the willingness and capacity to take in more, but need support and funding from senior levels of government to do so. “We know how to deal with newcomers,” said Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner, whose city took in 700 — almost a third of B.C.’s government-assisted refugees — between 2010 and 2013,… → Read More
Vaccination in Fraser Health region falling short, data shows
Fewer than two-thirds of all seven-year-olds in the Fraser Health region have up-to-date vaccinations, according to immunization data for 2013-14 obtained by The Sun through a freedom of information request. → Read More
Vancouver man grows world’s hottest pepper
It looks harmless, even cheerful, with its shiny red skin and soft green leaves. But make no mistake, the Carolina Reaper is a weapons-grade pepper, the hottest in the world, and Marpole resident Brad Dodds has them growing in his backyard. → Read More
Five things to know about Vancouver's air quality advisory
It’s smoky out there, as most Metro Vancouver residents will have smelled in the air or with their first glance outside. Here are five things you need to know about the smoke in the air, which is coming from wildfires burning outside Metro Vancouver. → Read More
Students to feed 5,000 in Vancouver using ‘rescued’ food
Chef Don Guthro and his students from the North Shore Culinary School will serve lunch for 5,000 people at the Vancouver Art Gallery Wednesday using “rescued” food. But don’t worry, no one went dumpster diving looking for ingredients. Rescued food is close to, but not at, its best-before date, Guthro explained. Food distributors find it harder to sell for this reason. If… → Read More
Forum shares creative ways to cut health care costs
Closing smaller hospitals, taking a hard look at how much specialists are paid and negotiating lower prices for brand name drugs were some of the options proposed by policy researchers at a forum Monday on containing health care costs. → Read More
Forum shares creative ways to cut health care costs
Closing smaller hospitals, taking a hard look at how much specialists are paid and negotiating lower prices for brand name drugs were some of the options proposed by policy researchers at a forum Monday on containing health care costs. → Read More
Grease, wet wipes clog Metro Vancouver’s sewers
Many people wouldn’t think twice — say, on a Sunday, post-brunch — about cleaning a little one’s sticky fingers with a wet wipe, flushing it, and then washing a greasy frying pan with soap and water. Stop doing that, says Metro Vancouver. → Read More
Filipina caregiver told deaf daughter can’t join her in Vancouver
A Filipina woman who has worked as a caregiver in Vancouver since 2008 has been told by Citizenship and Immigration Canada that she is likely ineligible for permanent residence because her daughter is deaf. The Canadian visa office in the Philippines made the determination on the basis that Karen Talosig’s 14-year-old daughter Jazmine would require $91,500 in special education funding over… → Read More
East Vancouver's Empire Fields could get new public art installation
Empire Fields will soon be home to a public art installation in the form of a giant set of blue and yellow bleachers, possibly adorned with a whimsical slide, should Vancouver park board give its approval. → Read More
East Vancouver's Empire Field could get new public art installation
Empire Field will soon be home to a public art installation in the form of a giant set of blue and yellow bleachers, possibly adorned with a whimsical slide, should Vancouver park board give its approval. → Read More
Immigration officers told to pay close attention to Chinese/non-Chinese marriages
Chinese nationals who marry non-Chinese Canadians may be among those likely to be flagged by Citizenship and Immigration Canada as being involved in bogus marriages, documents released under Access to Information reveal. The documents, dated April 2007, form part of a training manual for immigration officers who assess permanent residence applications for foreign spouses or partners who are… → Read More
Immigration officers told to pay close attention to Chinese/non-Chinese marriages
Chinese nationals who marry non-Chinese Canadians may be among those likely to be flagged by Citizenship and Immigration Canada as being involved in bogus marriages, documents released under Access to Information reveal. The documents, dated April 2007, form part of a training manual for immigration officers who assess permanent residence applications for foreign spouses or partners who are… → Read More
Combining Vancouver’s half-full schools a possibility
Two of the east Vancouver elementary schools that are less than half full are a four-minute drive — or a 15-minute walk — from one another, a Vancouver Sun analysis has found. → Read More