Lunar New Year celebration scaled back in Calgary, restaurants busy

Lunar or Chinese New Year is a global celebration focussed on achieving prosperity however the pandemic has forced festivities in Calgary's Chinatown to be scaled back for another year. The Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre typically arranges for performances, martial arts exhibitions, traditional lion or dragon dance, and a Chinese New Year market but in deference to the pandemic, organizers opted for outdoors displays instead in 2022. Tony Wong, president of the centre, is encouraging people to