Angélique is getting ready to burn down the house in Toronto

Angélique is getting ready to burn down the house in Toronto

By Stephen Weir The story of how Angélique, a young Montreal domestic slave, set fire to Montreal and was hanged for her trouble is no state secret. However, the fact that there was slavery in Canada, and at least one black woman fought back in 1724, is not a well-known fact. “The trouble with history […]

Tribal Carnival will hold band launch on Friday night

Tribal Carnival will hold band launch on Friday night

The first Toronto Caribbean Carnival band launch for 2019  will be held on Friday night when Tribal Carnival takes to the stage at North York’s Grande Luxe Ballroom on Bayview Avenue. The  mas`presentation,  billed  as  the Caribbean Carnival Runway Show, is scheduled to start at 11.30 pm. This year`s costumes are based on the theme […]

Cornrow discrimination case heads to Quebec Human Rights Tribunal

Cornrow discrimination case heads  to Quebec Human Rights Tribunal

MONTREAL – A case against, a Madisons New York Grill & Bar restaurant in Montreal for discrimination against an English-speaking young Black hostess who wore her hair in cornrows, will proceed to the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal. In March 2015, Lettia McNickle’s employment was terminated due in part to the local restaurant owner’s disapproval of […]

Call for the setting up of an organization to assist Black parents in navigating the school system

Call for the setting up of an organization to assist  Black parents in  navigating the school system

By Lincoln DePradine For more than two hours last Saturday at York University, a bleak and disheartening picture – well-known to almost everyone in the room and to millions more across Canada – was presented of racism, unfair treatment and other difficulties confronting Black students, and parents desperate to help their children succeed at school. […]

Steelpan symposium at the University of Toronto

Steelpan symposium  at the University of Toronto

Stephon Alexander, a physics professor at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island,  and president of the National Society of Black Physicists in the United States, will address a symposium on “the science of the steelpan” at the University of Toronto on Monday. Alexander who is a also jazz musician and author of The Jazz of Physics: The […]

St Vincent Prime Minister describes meeting between Trump and Caribbean leaders as ‘troubling’

St Vincent Prime Minister describes meeting between Trump and Caribbean leaders as ‘troubling’

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grendines Dr Ralph Gonsalves has described the recent meeting between United States President Donald Trump and some Caribbean leaders as “troubling”. Speaking to reporters here late Saturday, Gonsalves noted that there was no true representation of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as the current chairman of […]

Standing, walking, and running – Why does it hurt?

Standing, walking, and running – Why does it hurt?

FOCUS ON HEALTH Standing, walking, and running – Why does it hurt? By Virginia Nsitem Do you experience pain in the hips or knees when standing? Do you have difficulty walking or running because of hip and knee pain? This article will discuss how hip or knee problems can make these simple activities painful and […]

Anti-racism demonstration in Montreal

Anti-racism demonstration in Montreal

MONTREAL – About 50 community groups and organizations took part in a march in Montreal on Sunday afternoon to voice their concern over proposed Quebec laws they say are racist. A heavy police presence followed demonstrators as slogans were chanted and the march disrupted city traffic. Marlihan Lopez, vice-president of the Quebec Women’s Federation and […]

Guyana on the verge of sharp economic growth -CDB

Guyana on the verge of sharp economic growth -CDB

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says Guyana is on the verge of a sharp increase in economic growth but immediate prospects partly depend on ending political uncertainty. It said that the coalition government is targeting 4.6 per cent gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2019, with all major sectors contributing. But the […]

After being `out if status` in Canada for 25 years, Jenny is granted permanent residence

After being `out if status` in Canada for 25 years,  Jenny is granted permanent residence

Immigration Matters Sukhram Ramkissoon After being `out if status` in Canada for 25 years,  Jenny is granted permanent residence  How long can a person remain “out of status” in Canada before applying for permanent residence? It depends on several factors such as the applicant’s immigration history, family ties, the best interest of a child, criminality […]