By Carlton Joseph On February 2 last, I decided that I needed a reprieve from the political acrimony of my adopted home and to go to my birth home. Usually a visit to any Caribbean island for a few days would help me to decompress and recharge my batteries but this cycle was different. The […]
Grammy award-winning singer Rihanna ( Robyn Rihanna Fenty)has been honoured by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations for her philanthropic work to improve cancer treatment in her native Barbados and in support of education projects. Rihanna who has set up a college scholarship program to help students from the Caribbean further their studies […]
This week’s question: A report released last week by the University of Toronto’s International Human Rights Program indicates that since 2011, Canada has housed more than 200 Canadian children in detention in Toronto’s Immigration Holding Centre. Should children, Canadian or non-Canadian, be confined in immigration detention facilities? Jasmine Gabriel Professional Track and Field Athlete I […]
HAMILTON, Ont. – Several outstanding members of Hamilton’s black community were honoured on Saturday evening at the annual John C. Holland Awards presentation at LIUNA Station. This year’s event marked the 21st edition of the awards presentation named after Holland who served as pastor of Hamilton’s Stewart Memorial church known for its connection to the […]
Canada’s Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Minister, Ahmed Hussen, told African Canadians in Toronto that ” despite the open and welcoming country we continue to build, we see hatred and intolerance.” Speaking at annual gala of the African Canadian Achievement Awards (ACCA) organization on Saturday night, he said that “all of us must acknowledge that the […]
A report released on Thursday by the University of Toronto’s International Human Rights Program (IHRP) calls on the Canadian government to implement urgently alternatives to the detention of children rather than confining them in immigration holding facilities or separating them from their detained parents. The report titled Invisible Citizens: Canadian Children in Immigration Detention notes […]
After ” high scoring ” successes as designer and builder at Trinidad Carnival 2017, Toronto veteran masman Marcus Eustace is getting ready to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday and the 50th anniversary of Toronto’s Caribbean carnival. And he is planning to get the celebrations ” on the road in fine style” with his 2017 mas’ presentation […]
By Meegan Scott Blacks are headed towards a more persistent state of social and economic decline, if not the collapse of black communities. This is the story presented in all the major reports on economic wellbeing and the racial wealth gap— that I have read. Predictions of our future as a cataclysm is highly probable. […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Country singer Willie Nelson, the children of the late reggae icon Bob Marley and comedian Whoopi Goldberg are just a few of the growing number of celebrities publicly jumping into the marijuana industry and eyeing the California pot market, which is expected to explode after voters legalized the recreational use of weed. […]
Chalkdust delivers his triumphant performance during the 2017 Dimanche Gras show at the Queen’s Park Savannah on Sunday. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -Veteran calypsonian Chalkdust (Dr. Hollis Liverpool) broke the record which he held with the Mighty Sparrow ( Slinger Francisco) when he won the calypso monarch 2017 competition at the Dimanche Gras show at […]
