Jubilant fans have demanded on social media that Kawhi Leonard of the Toronto Raptors be handed the Toronto Mayor’s job along with anything else he wanted. Leonard, triggered a fan frenzy after making an incredible shot at the end of Game 7 to beat the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday. And Toronto Mayor John Tory jokingly […]
Mrs. Money Baggs has made a lot of money since she created her first gig in Malvern. At five years of age, she picked flowers and sold them to her neighbours in Scarborough on their way home from work. Since those early days as a entrepreneur, Mrs. Money Baggs (aka Nicolle Williams) has made a […]
By Stephen Weir More than 80 reptilian mas’ models slithered, slinked and strutted onto a huge V-shaped stage in Toronto early Sunday morning. Despite a very late start, the models put on a fashion show that wowed the more than 1,000 people who crammed into the Grand Cinnamon Banquet & Convention Centre on McNicoll […]
By Lincoln DePradine The late entrepreneur and broadcast executive, Fitzroy Gordon, was a “credit to his race’’, according to Pastor Errol Lawrence. “Fitzroy Gordon was a credit to the human race; a great man, not just in Canadian history, but also in world history,’’ Lawrence said at Gordon’s funeral last Friday at Global Kingdom Ministries […]
Community organizer Valarie Steele, a longtime member of the Black Action Defense Committee (BADC), receives the BADC Legend Award from Lloyd Wilks, Jamaica’s Consul General in Toronto, at the seventh annual Dudley Laws Scholarship Brunch, held recently at the Jamaican Canadian Centre. Keynote speaker at the brunch was Nancy Simms, Director of the Centre for […]
By Stephen Weir: Toronto bookstore owner Itah Sadu is busy organizing hundreds of books that have just been donated to her Different Booklist Cultural Centre on Bathurst Street in preparation for the unveiling later this month of the Colin Rickards Collection. Rickards, a tireless reporter and columnist for the Caribbean Camera, suffered a fatal heart […]
LONDON – Veteran broadcaster Danny Baker was last week fired by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) after tweeting a picture of well-dressed couple holding hands with a chimpanzee in a suit, tagged with the caption “royal baby leaves hospital”. Accusations of racism immediately flooded his timeline, as new royal baby Archie has mixed-race heritage through […]
Attorney Chelsie Kryst, 28, was crowned Miss USA on May 2, Kaliegh Garris, 18, won Miss Teen USA in April and opera singer Nia Franklin, 25, won the Miss America title in September 2018. The landmark moment of three black women holding the major pageant titles simultaneously has been heralded as a symbol of how […]
Former Jamaican Prime Minister Edward Seaga has been hospitalized in Florida. The news was confirmed by Seaga’s family. In the statement last week, his wife, Carla said he is “receiving excellent medical care and is sustained too by the love of his family and friends.” “We continue to pray for him and support him in […]
DUBLIN, Ireland — Sunil Ambris scored his maiden One-Day International (ODI) century, becoming the first Vincentian to do so for the West Indies to help propel the regional team to their highest-ever successful run chase in ODIs as they claimed victory over Ireland in the Tri-Nations Series here on Saturday. Ambris cracked 148 from just […]
