MAS TIME: Toronto Carnival organisers met the media on Tuesday to announce plans and changes for the 2013 staging of the Toronto Caribbean Carnival, which includes a new three year sponsorship agreement from title sponsor Scotiabank, a longer parade route and new safety initiatives. Here, from left,…
MISS BOND: We suspect James Bond creator Ian Fleming never had this young lady in mInd when he penned the books that went on to become a screen sensation. Nor, we’re sure, he never thought he’d see 007 become a Toronto Carnival band. But that’s just what…
Mastumes launch
RHYTHM OF LIFE: Mervyn Skeete’s Connections Mastumes Band is the latest of the Toronto Carnival bands to give fans a preview of its 2103 presentation. The launch of this year’s theme, Rhythm of Life, was held at the Twilight Restaurant in Scarborough last Friday, and the costumes…
T&T, Canada sign agreements
Prime Minister Stephen Harper entertains Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on the steelplan at Parliament Hill in Ottawa during the latter’s official visit to Canada last week. Both Prime Ministers later met members of the community at a reception at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto,…
Carnival Nationz launches The Reef
UNDER THE SEA: She may look like a beautiful mermaid, and this is just what you will find in The Reef, the 2013 presentation from the top Toronto Carnival band Carnival Nationz. The band held its launch last Saturday at the Kool Haus before a packed and…
T&T PM for official Canadian visit
Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will make her first visit to Canada since becoming the country’s first female leader in 2010, officials have announced. Persad-Bissessar has accepted an invitation from Prime Minister Stephen Harper to pay an official visit to Canada over the period April…
MAS TIME: Toronto Carnival organisers met the media on Tuesday to announce plans and changes for the 2013 staging of the…
Immigration cuts age for dependent children
By Gerald V. Paul Come January 1, Immigration Canada’s “dependent child” definition will be someone younger than 19, rather than the…
Sponsor signs on for another 3 years for Toronto Carnival
By Gerald V. Paul Welcome to Scotiabank Carnival, 2013, where the title sponsorship is on for the next three years…
