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A multicultural soccer tournament held in Regina this week was a perfect example of cultures coming together in a respectful and peaceful way. Except for that huge brawl.

CIR: Perhaps one day, the symbolism of apartheid evident in the standard soccer ball colour scheme will be overcome.

And the referee who got punched in the face.

Regina Police are on the hunt for a 26-year-old man who allegedly knocked a 45-year-old referee unconscious during an indoor soccer match, Wednesday night.

The match was part of the annual World Class Players Cup Tournament, which pits local players of various backgrounds against one another. The focus is on providing competitive soccer and highlighting cultural communities.

The incident happened during a game between Team Poland and Team Sudan, following a brawl that “went beyond the normal scuffles that happen in all levels of competitive sporting events.”

The WCP Cup Organizing Committee broke the series of events down in a blog posted to their website. It said that about 15 minutes after that scuffle, which resulted in four players being ejected, another Team Sudan player committed a “hard tackle” and was thrown out of the game.

 Brossard Chinatown

À Brossard, plus d’un habitant sur dix est d’origine chinoise, soit la plus forte concentration pour une ville québécoise. Explorez les multiples facettes de cette communauté à travers les regards de cinq personnages. Une expérience interactive en français, en anglais et en chinois simplifié qui vous plonge au cœur de Brossard Chinatown.

In Brossard, more than one out of 10 residents are of Chinese origin, the highest concentration for a city in Quebec. Explore the many facets of this community through the profiles of different people. This interactive experience in English, French and simplified Chinese takes you to the heart of Brossard Chinatown.

Richmond is one of the most ethnic communities in all of Canada. According to the City, it has a population of 205,000 — of which over 50 per cent are of Chinese descent.

Group to petition Richmond, B.C., to police Chinese language signs in city
By Andy Radia | Canada Politics – 15 hours ago

Vancouver, B.C.
I think we all get a little annoyed at the ‘language police’ in Quebec.

These are the folks who complain about English language signage and harass restaurant owners about their menus.

Statistics Canada data shows that over 17% of the approximately 2.5 million people living in the metropolitan area are ethnic Chinese. Vancouver has one of the most diverse Chinese-speaking communities (from several regions of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Hainan, Malaysia/Singapore, etc.) made available to consumers in Vancouver and adjacent communities such as Richmond and Burnaby.

Chinese Vancouver: A decade of change
By The Vancouver Sun June 30, 2007

HONG KONG — Remember “Hongcouver?” You don’t hear that word much anymore in the polite society of Vancouver, a city that has grown into Canada’s — and North America’s — most effortlessly Asian metropolis.

But a decade or so, ago you could hear the term “Hongcouver” everywhere.

It was an era’s impolitic catch-phrase for the xenophobia and palpable occidental unease in Vancouver at the prospect of a profound upheaval in society. A sleepy city had suddenly found itself a magnet for one of the most significant — and wealthiest — immigration waves to ever hit Canada: the Hong Kong Chinese, who sought out Vancouver as a safe haven after the British colony returned to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997.

Henna tattoos, commonly used in Indian weddings, are one form of cultural art which is becoming mainstream and leaving its cultural origins behind.

Immigrants altering Canada’s cultural landscape

November 2, 2012 · 0 Comments

BALDEV PADAM

Henna tattoos, commonly used in Indian weddings, are one form of cultural art which is becoming mainstream and leaving its cultural origins behind.

Statistics of Canada’s latest census report brought the issue of languages spoken in Canada to limelight. Interestingly the languages that some Canadians speak at home and at work places or in schools are different from English or French, Country’s two official languages. That was a fact known to many but the release of the report has prompted others to think afresh about this lingual paradox peculiar to North America in general and to Canada in particular. Nothing prima-facie moved in Canada without English or French but census report brought to the fore the hind side of this portrait unseen and unthought-of earlier by many.

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Just name it, and we have it here, in Canada, the land of 200 languages — including the two official ones. No matter where people are originally from, nearly 90% of us primarily speak English or French at home.

Multiculturalism in its controversial glory: Is Canada a ‘country without a core culture’?
Joe O’Connor | Oct 24, 2012 9:31 PM ET | Last Updated: Oct 24, 2012 9:32 PM ET
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Dean Bicknell/Postmedia News
Just name it, and we have it here, in Canada, the land of 200 languages — including the two official ones. No matter where people are originally from, nearly 90% of us primarily speak English or French at home.