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Omni News, September 17, 2026

每一個唐人街都包含了很多華人的歷史，Nanaimo唐人街都不例外，目前就有華人團體發起拯救Nanaimo唐人街的行動，希望能保存當地華人的歷史。

CHLY 101.7 FM, September 15, 2026

Shirley Lo only has a faint memory of the fire that destroyed Nanaimo’s final Chinatown.

“When I was seven years old, I remember seeing Chinatown burn while standing on the roadside, and that is the only memory I have of Chinatown,” Lo said...

Times Colonist, September 11, 2026

Covered in patchy green paint, graffiti and a “no trespassing” sign, the modest building at 880 Hecate St. in Nanaimo is not much to look at.

But the head of a new heritage foundation in Nanaimo sees it as a key part of the city’s Chinese history, as one of only two buildings that remained after the devastating Chinatown fire of 1960.

Sherron Soo, chair of the Nanaimo Chinatown Heritage Foundation, wants the ­building and the nearby house at 997 Hecate St., which was built in 1930, preserved and included on the city’s heritage register...

Nanaimo Bulletin, July 2, 2026

Sherron Soo, chair of the Nanaimo Chinatown Heritage Foundation, and her supporters continue to work hard for more recognition of the heritage and history of the city’s Chinese community...

CHLY 101.7 FM, June 23, 2026

More than 60 years after a fire ravaged Nanaimo's final Chinatown, the Nanaimo Chinatown Heritage Foundation is working to save what's left.

When Sherron Sue, chair of the heritage foundation, first moved to Nanaimo in 2020, she couldn’t believe Nanaimo had not just one but four Chinatowns.

This led her to researching more about the Chinese communities that once found culture and connection in what’s now part of downtown...

Nanaimo Bulletin, June 4, 2026 

Sherron Soo wants the Chinese community’s rich contribution to Nanaimo’s history recognized and embraced.

Soo is the chair of the recently formed Nanaimo Chinatown Heritage Foundation, and one of the foundation’s first priorities is to have 880 Hecate St., one of the last remaining buildings still standing from the last of the city’s four Chinatowns that burned to the ground in 1960, listed in Nanaimo’s heritage registry...