Fly All Ways, the new Airline, has teamed up with the Impact Awards, bringing attendees an exciting opportunity that could have them jetting off to Guyana. One fortunate guest at the Impact Awards will win a return trip to Guyana, courtesy of Fly All Ways in collaboration with the newly launched Sky Route Travel. Guyana, […]
Trinidad-born Dr. Rhonda McEwen, President and Vice-Chancellor of Victoria University, will deliver the keynote address at the 2nd annual Impact Awards ceremony to be held at the Ontario Science Centre on Sunday. Dr. McEwan who took on the role of President of the university in July last year, is the first Black woman to lead […]
In its second year, the Impact Awards is gearing up to deliver an unforgettable evening of talent and community celebration, headlined by none other than the dynamic and sensational artist, Steele. With three JUNO nominations and a slew of awards under his belt, Steele is an artist whose musical prowess transcends genres. From R&B to […]
Former Saskatchewan Roughriders running back George Reed, a CFL legend, passed away at the age of 83, just one day before his 84th birthday. Reed’s remarkable career and contributions to both football and his community are celebrated. George Reed, widely regarded as one of the greatest running backs in CFL history, enjoyed a remarkable 13-year […]
By Stephen Weir Walter Borden, the best Black stage actor in Canada, is currently busy performing in front of live audiences and educating people from the diaspora. At 81 he proclaims, “I am the mirror of your inner truth – I am you!” However, there was a notable issue at the Sunday matinee attended […]
By Lincoln DePradine It’s a dream come true for longtime educator and performing artist, Henry “Cosmos’’ Gomez, who said he always had a yearning to visit the African continent. He’ll be participating in a conference in Senegal on, “Africa & its Diaspora Contributions to World Civilization’’. “I’m so looking forward to it,’’ Gomez told The […]
By Lincoln DePradine National Bank of Canada is losing a Black entrepreneur Dr C. Justine Pierre and facing legal action over a cheque the bank withheld, claiming it may be “fraudulent’’. Pierre, an expert in migration and labour market research, is director of Dunn, Pierre, Barnett & Company Canada Ltd., a Black research, human resource […]
By Stephen Weir Just as the Caribbean Camera was going to press, the shortlist for the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize was released by the Writers’ Trust. Five Canadian authors are in the running for the $60,000 prize, including Trinidad Canadian novelist Kai Thomas. Thomas, a writer and carpenter based in Ottawa, is nominated […]
By Stephen Weir If you don’t know who Albert Jackson was or what he looked like, you probably haven’t been sending letters home to Mommy. Tall, fit, and finely groomed with a mustache, Canada’s first Black mailman cut quite the figure walking his route. So much so that Canada Post put his painted portrait on […]
By Lincoln DePradine It’s almost two years since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised a regularization program that could help some of the estimated 1.7 million people in Canada on temporary study or work permits, or who otherwise are classified as “undocumented’’. Migrant-supporting organizations, as well as representatives from hundreds of other groups across Canada, say […]