By Stephen Weir If your son or daughter has ever lined up all night on Yonge Street to buy a pair of designer sneakers, there is a book you might want to buy and sneak under the Christmas tree! Available only through on-line booksellers like Amazon.ca and Indigo, The Art of Sneakers written by Hollywood actor Ivan […]
By Louis March The African Canadian Heritage Association celebrated its Annual Kwanzaa Celebration at Warden Woods Community Centre last Sunday, December 7th with a packed house. The celebration featured a Kwanzaa educational presentation by the program’s children’s group, African drumming and dancing performances, an African vendors market and a Karamu, a Kwanzaa feast. ACHA which […]
By Stephen Weir He is one of the good guys and he is one of ours. Long time CP-24 stalwart Nathan Downer has been bumped up to the big times and is now delivering the news to a much bigger Toronto TV audience on a much bigger screen. CTV News Toronto (CFTO) announced that as […]
By Stephen Weir What says holidays more than a slice of rum soaked Black Cake? Or maybe a boozy Fruit Cake? Or better yet a to-die-for Christmas Cake? For the fifty or so people who stopped by A Different Booklist Cultural Centre last Friday the best way to figure it out was try a slice […]
As Etienne Charles prepared to host his latest concert in Trinidad and Tobago, his album Carnival, the Sound of a People Vol 1, was named among the top jazz albums of 2019. Slate.com listed his album at number five out of the ten best jazz albums of the year. Stating that 2019 has been a […]
It’s been a long, strange journey for debut novelist Latoya Harris who is promoting the novel, ‘True Reflections’. She is the most unlikely of authors, having failed C.X.C English as a teenager, and having failed the preliminary English course at the University of the West Indies four times. She worked meticulously on her craft and […]
By Nicole George Dominican-Canadians from Hamilton and environs, joined together last Saturday for a joyous celebration of Dominican culture and traditions, at the 40th Anniversary observance of the Commonwealth of Dominica Association Hamilton (CODAH). President Lucia Joy Stewart reflecting on the accomplishments of the Association over its 40 year history, thanked the efforts of its […]
By Stephen Weir Two years ago Lego artist Ekow Nimako built a statue of a girl on top of a galloping black unicorn. The 8ft by 6ft sculpture made with over 80,000 black Lego bricks became the symbol of Scarborough at Toronto’s annual all night Nuit Blanc festival. Nimako collaborated with filmmaker Director X, to […]
by Gwyn Chapman Jodi Kovitz’s leadership, vision and intentional actions is the answer to fulfilling Canada’s promise to all its citizens; to give all people from all races, backgrounds and experiences, an opportunity to have a seat at the table, to be a part of realising the full potential of this nation and its people. […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – World Interhash, known within the hashing communities across the globe as the World Cup or Olympics of hashing, is set to bring a tourism boost to host country Trinidad & Tobago and the Caribbean region at large as thousands of eager registrants are already gearing up for the biennial event […]
