Vancouver Police report ‘staggering’ increase in Anti-Asian hate crimes

By Brenna Owen/The Canadian Press
Investigators have opened 29 files since March, police say

VANCOUVER—Anti-Asian racism has spiked since COVID-19 forced B.C. into a state of emergency in March and Vancouver police say that’s driven an increase in hate crimes overall. Howard Chow, the department’s deputy chief constable for operations, said investigators have opened 29 files involving anti-Asian racism since March, a “staggering” increase from four files in the same time period last year.…

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