David Rudder cuts back schedule due to Parkinson’s disease

David Rudder cuts back schedule due to Parkinson’s disease

Rudder said he would continue to perform, but not on a large scale. Veteran calypsonian David Rudder has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and has said his upcoming show, Rudder 7.0, will be his last major show. Speaking to media in Port of Spain, Trinidad, Rudder said he would continue to perform, but not on […]

Durham group gathers to discuss “Disrupting Anti-Black racism and hate”

Durham group gathers to discuss “Disrupting Anti-Black racism and hate”

The Voluntary Board of Directors of the Durham Community Action Group (DCAG) and the members of their Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) held their first in a series of forums. The gathering was called “In Their Own Voices: Disrupting Anti-Black Racism and Hate”. It was held at the Durham Region Municipal Buildings in Whitby on February […]

The return of the Martin Luther King Awards

The return of the Martin Luther King Awards

By Lincoln DePradine Educator and author Rosemary Sadlier has spent much of her adult life as a social justice advocate and has been recognized for her work, especially her contribution to Canada’s Black community. She has just received another of many awards and calls this latest one, “very meaningful’’. Sadlier was among a group recognized […]

Diedre Newman runs for mayor of Whitby

Diedre Newman runs for mayor of Whitby

Diedre Newman, a lawyer from the Caribbean community, is one of three candidates running for mayor of Whitby in this month’s municipal elections. Newman whose parents are from the Caribbean – her mother was born in Jamaica and her father in Guyana – is currently a councillor in Whitby. Asked what led her to seek […]

In memory of community leader Henry Goodridge who passed away at 80

In memory of community leader Henry Goodridge who passed away at 80

Henry Walter Goodridge aka “The King”, was born on the 28 March 1942 in Barataria Trinidad and Tobago. He migrated to Canada in 1969.  Goodridge died on the 3rd of September 2022 at Lakeridge Health Network, Ajax, Ontario. He suffered was hospitalized for five years before his death. Goodridge retired after working 27 years for […]

Canadian Caribbean photographers’ exhibition reflects diversity and artistic vision

Canadian Caribbean photographers’ exhibition reflects diversity and artistic vision

“Beyond the Carnival 5” is the latest exhibition of photographs of the Canadian Caribbean Photographic Arts Collective (CCPAC) and is now on at the Station Gallery in Whitby. The show of photographs by seven well known Toronto photographers opened early this month and runs until July 2nd. This show, the groups fifth, features the work […]

Margo Harris – another great loss to our community

Margo Harris – another great loss to our community

Margo Veronica Harris nee Yarde, 64, of Oshawa, peacefully passed away on June 10th, after a difficult battle with colon cancer. Margo was born on January 16th, 1958, to Randolph and Dorothy Yarde (both deceased) in Barbados. She was the sister of Sonia (also deceased). She was the Vice President of House of Culture, a […]

Coroner’s inquest into the death of Marc Ekamba Boekwa

Coroner’s inquest into the death of Marc Ekamba Boekwa

The Black Action Defense Committee: “This inquest is not about laying blame. It is about ensuring that no family again goes through what the Boekwa family has gone through.” The commencement of this coroner’s inquest marks just over seven years since Mr. Marc Ekamba was killed by Peel Regional Police. On March 20, 2015, police […]

Meet Catherine Mosca, Liberal Party candidate for Oshawa

Meet Catherine Mosca, Liberal Party candidate for Oshawa

Twenty-seven years ago, Catherine Mosca immigrated to Canada from Trinidad and Tobago. She was a single parent and, with her two young children, settled in Oshawa. And it’s in Oshawa where she plans to make her most significant contribution to her adopted country – representing the people of Oshawa as a member of the provincial […]

Durham Community Action Group hands out more food to local families

Durham Community Action Group hands out more food to local families

Last weekend the Durham Community Action Group, along with the Durham ACES Association, held another food distribution service for the Black community.  This time they handed out food to deserving community members at Club Carib in Oshawa. They attracted about 125 families who got the opportunity to obtain high quality food such as three different […]