Founder of Castries Barbers By Rhoma Spencer When Archipelago Entertainment and St Lucian Soca Artist, Carlton Roberts honours fellow St. Lucian elder statesman, Frank Forde on May 17, it will be an occasion to recognize the founder of Castries Barbers in Toronto, an institution for the Tonsorial Art since 1974. Frank Forde arrived in Canada […]
By Neil Armstrong One of Toronto’s earliest Black barbers, Solomon Willis, 90, founder of the Golden Hair Clinic and Aesthetic Centre, has passed and will be laid to rest this weekend. Willis was born in Bybrook District in Portland, Jamaica, on May 22, 1934, to mother Rosey Willis and father Elijah Willis. He died on […]
In the heart of the 2014 West African Ebola epidemic, when panic gripped global institutions and the deadliest outbreak of the virus in history threatened to spiral out of control, a small nation responded with an outsized act of solidarity, Cuba. Despite enduring decades of economic embargo and hardship, dispatched hundreds of doctors and nurses […]
Toronto Community Benefits Network (TCBN) is excited to announce that global music icon Kardinal Offishall will headline the 5th Annual Canadian Building Diversity Awards, set for Thursday, May 29, at the Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto in Etobicoke. Presented in partnership with Desjardins, the Building Diversity Awards recognize leaders across Canada’s construction industry who are […]
Reggae Sumfest 2025 once again asserts itself as Montego Bay’s flagship event, bringing a vibrant celebration of Jamaican music and culture to the city’s shores from July 13 to 19. With a weeklong lineup of concerts and cultural activities, the festival draws both lifelong reggae fans and first-time attendees, eager to experience a rich blend […]
By Yolanda T. Marshall Myth Written by Terese Mason Pierre “Myth, the much-anticipated debut collection from the multi-talented Terese Mason Pierre, weaves between worlds (‘real’ and ‘imaginary’) unearthing the unsettling: our jaded and joyful relationships to land, ancestry, trauma, self, and future. In three movements and two interludes, the poems in Myth move […]
By: Anthony Joseph In a political landscape shaken like a snow globe, Canada woke up to a reality few would have predicted just months ago: Mark Carney is the new Prime Minister. In a stunning reversal, the Liberals not only survived what was forecasted to be a Conservative blue wave but have reasserted themselves nationally, […]
Cricket is set to return to the Olympic Games for the first time in more than a century, with the sport included among five additions to the program for Los Angeles 2028. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved cricket’s inclusion last year, alongside baseball/softball, flag football, lacrosse (sixes), and squash. The fast-paced T20 format—short for […]
The New Democratic Party (NDP) has long positioned itself as Canada’s progressive alternative, advocating for social justice, workers’ rights, and democratic socialism. However, the party’s performance in the recent federal election underscores a profound identity crisis and strategic missteps that have eroded its foundational support. In last Monday’s federal election, the NDP suffered a […]
A recently released study published in Race and Justice revealed a stark overrepresentation of Black men in Ontario’s provincial correctional facilities, highlighting systemic racial disparities in incarceration rates. The study, led by criminologist Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and collaborators from institutions including the University of Toronto and ICES, analyzed data from 45,956 men and 6,357 women released […]
