Bananas, cassava cited as major crops due to climate change
Two popular foods grown and consumed in the Caribbean, bananas and cassava, have been cited to fill the gap left as a result of the diminishing sources of calories caused […]
Rights hearing to open for migrant worker
By Jasminee Sahoye The human rights hearings into the death of Jamaican migrant worker, Ned Livingston Peart who was killed while working at an Ontario tobacco farm in 2002, comes […]
RBC scholarships for Black History Month
By Jasminee Sahoye The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is offering three scholarship awards to anyone who lives in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), applied to a post secondary school […]
Chanders scores 26th test century
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the 38-year-old veteran left-hander playing in his 145 Tests carved out his second Test double century, 203 not out and now draw level with the legendary Sir Garfield […]
Hawaiian is first Hindu elected to US House
Last Tuesday, Hawaii not only elected Japan-born Mazie Hirono to be the first ever Asian-American woman elected to the Senate, they also elected Democrat Tulsi Gabbard as the first ever […]
New Ontario Immigration strategy launched
By Jasminee Sahoye An immigration strategy that will take Ontario in a new direction has been launched. The aim is for the province to select, welcome and assist immigrants to […]
Election Day
By Jean Hodgkinson An American presidential election is a movie, usually a very bad movie, but the American public likes bad movies –Lewis H. Lapham During his presidential campaign Mitt […]
Editorial: Yes, He Can
We are sure that ninety nine percent of our readers celebrated Tuesday night’s President Barack Obama’s victory south of the border. And so did we. Every US Presidential Election since […]
Tracing the origins of dhal puri
By Jasminee Sahoye The desire to find the origin of the Dhal puri, a delicacy made popular among West Indians especially in Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname and Guyana and now […]
Most Torontonians of Jamaican descent a boon to the city
Royson James Star Columnist These are the Jamaicans you don’t hear enough about — a high-achieving, prosperous community too often eclipsed by Toronto’s preoccupation with gang violence and street punks. […]
