A screengrab from a cached page from the U.S. white nationalist website Stormfront, showing a post suspected to have been written by accused murderer Luka Rocco Magnotta.

Accused killer Luka Rocco Magnotta linked to far-right U.S. white supremacists in message board posts
Stewart Bell Jun 1, 2012 – 11:53 AM ET | Last Updated: Jun 1, 2012 12:10 PM ET

A screengrab from a cached page from the U.S. white nationalist website Stormfront, showing a post suspected to have been written by accused murderer Luka Rocco Magnotta.

A year before he became the target of an international manhunt for an alleged killing and dismemberment, Luka Rocco Magnotta was being hailed as a hero of free speech on a U.S. white nationalist website.
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A May 27, 2011 post on Stormfront.org refers to Mr. Magnotta as “an open white supremacist” and claims he was being forced to flee Canada and return to Russia because of “his views on white supremacy.”

The post, by a forum member named reddragon1, said Magnotta “is of Russian/Italian heritage,” was born in Tolyatti, Russia, moved to Canada at age five and went to the United States to work in modeling and adult entertainment.

“However, after he published his website supporting the freeze on immigration to America and Canada, he was bombarded with hate mail and his website was removed,” the post read. “His websites were frequently targeted and removed.”

It quoted Mr. Magnotta’s website as lamenting that “blacks get their own countries, Chinese get their own countries … however if white people want their own countries then we are denied that right.”

Man found in suitcase a 33-year-old Chinese student, Montreal police say
Rogers radio news staff, CityNews.ca staff and The Canadian Press Jun 01, 2012 09:50:33 AM

Montreal police have identified the man murdered and dismembered in Montreal as Jun Lin, a 33-year-old Concordia University student from China.

Jun was reportedly the subject of a missing person’s report on May 24 after his family in China lost touch with him.

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The year of the dragon thundered through Vancouver's historic Chinatown with blessings and prosperity from the lion and dragon dancers. Photograph by: Mark Yuen, Screengrab

People immigrating from China has helped shape Nanaimo
Alyson McAndrews, Daily News
Published: Monday, January 23, 2012

She also made sure her daughters understood the reverence bestowed on grandparents and elders in Chinese culture.

On the New Year holiday, that reverence is particularly important as Chong and her family gather in Vancouver to see more distant relatives and observe some of the traditions of her homeland.

For her career, Chong worked at the Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society helping people from all over the world transition to life in Nanaimo, and providing much-needed language skills.

As one of Canada’s statistically most successful immigrant groups, Chong’s story is a common one for Chinese-Canadians who move to a city and develop the skills they need to thrive there.

The support she has provided to other immigrants so they can become thriving community members is “the Chinese way.”

Immigration crucial to economic well-being
The Daily News June 1, 2012

Nanaimo may be a unique part of Canada for its weather, geography and culture, but we share one thing with the rest of the country – the need for more skilled immigrants.

Long before this week’s census data showed a shrinking workforce due to increasing retirements, it was known that Canada must turn to immigration as a key solution to maintaining a pool of workers that will keep us competitive within the global economy.

So far, the federal government has introduced tepid policies that do not go far enough to bring in more new Canadians.