Harris inspiring young Black Canadian women toward politics – MPs

Harris inspiring young Black Canadian women  toward politics – MPs

  OTTAWA — The election of Kamala Harris as vice-president of the United States will inspire more young Black women in Canada to engage in politics and run for office, says Velma Morgan, a Black Canadian activist based in Toronto. Harris’s father was born in Jamaica, her mother in India. She is the first woman […]

Former multiculturalism minister calls for support for Black History Museum

Former multiculturalism minister calls for support for Black History Museum

By Lincoln DePradine Former  Canadian Minister of  Multiculturalism and the Status of Women,  Jean Augustine, has  called for support for efforts to establish a Black History Museum in Toronto. “It is important that we get behind this,’’ Augustine said  last week  at the annual general meeting of the Ontario Black History Society (OBHS). The proposed […]

Former CFL commissioner Jeffrey Orridge named new Chief Executive Officer of TVO

Former CFL commissioner Jeffrey Orridge named  new Chief Executive Officer of TVO

TORONTO — Former Canadian Football League commissioner Jeffrey Orridge has been named the new head of TVO. Orridge will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer of Ontario’s public broadcaster on Nov. 30. Education Minister Stephen Lecce and TVO Board Chair Chris Day made the announcement on Tuesday, saying Orridge was the successful candidate out […]

Gonsalves wins fifth-consecutive victory in general elections in St.Vincent and the Grenadines

Gonsalves wins fifth-consecutive victory in general elections  in  St.Vincent and the Grenadines

  KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves led his ruling Unity Labour Party (ULP) to a comfortable fifth consecutive victory in  general elections here last Thursday. Preliminary figures released by the Electoral Office showed that the ULP won nine of the 15 seats in the Parliament, an increase of three seats on […]

Alberta to limit temporary foreign worker program

Alberta to limit temporary foreign worker program

EDMONTON — The Alberta government is hoping to open jobs in the province for local people by closing some of them to foreigners. On Monday, provincial Labour and Immigration Minister Jason Copping said the United Conservative government will limit the number and type of temporary foreign workers it allows into the province. Copping said the […]

COVID-19 vaccine trials cannot tell us if they will save lives

COVID-19 vaccine trials cannot tell us if they will save lives

  In Pfizer and Moderna’s trials, for example, individuals with only a cough and positive lab test would bring those trials one event closer to their completion. Yet Doshi argues that vaccine manufacturers have done little to dispel the notion that severe COVID-19 was what was being assessed. Moderna, for example, called hospitalisations a “key […]

Migrant, undocumented workers rally for permanent residency program

Migrant, undocumented workers rally for permanent residency program

VANCOUVER — Migrant workers and advocates called for a “just recovery” from the COVID-19 pandemic during a digital rally on Saturday. The pandemic has shown how heavily Canada relies on migrant and undocumented workers to perform essential jobs, said Chit Arma, who chairs the Migrant Workers Centre’s board of directors in Vancouver. “The pandemic has […]

Ian Williams – Award winning poet now online literary star

Ian Williams – Award winning poet  now online literary star

By Stephen Weir Earlier this month, Trinidadian Canadian writer Ian Williams passed over from being a rising talent to literary star.  In September the award winning poet and author was made a spokesman for Canada’s richest fiction prize, was featured in an exclusive magazine for the country’s well-heeled authors and still found time to oversee […]