Educational institutions are being urged to share knowledge of actress, broadcaster and folklorist Louise Bennett-Coverley, popularly known as Miss Lou, with Jamaican children and young people to ensure that future generations are brought to knowledge of their culture and heritage by those of us who know the stories of our past. In what is the […]
By Stephen Weir Two children’s books written by prominent Black Canadian writers won big last Tuesday evening. Children’s books were celebrated with more than $100,000 in prizes given to authors and illustrators at the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Awards ceremony. Nova Scotia author Shauntay Grant won $20,000 for her book Africville (illustrated by Eva Campbell). […]
By Jamil Asinia Ian Gould, popularly known as DJ Bad Lad, celebrated his 65th birthday at The District Lounge on Kingston Road in Pickering. Almost 150 people were in attendance, including his eldest brother Jamil Asinia who, together with one of his granddaughters Kamaia, came in from New York. Also present at the event were […]
Reelworld Film Festival 2019 will open tonight at the Glen Gould studio in Toronto. The annual festival which presents the works of racially diverse filmmakers, will showcase Canadian narrative features, documentaries, shorts, music videos, animation, episodic content and VR/360 films. Screenings will take place October 18-21 at Famous Players Canada Square. One documentary of special […]
Dr. Nadine Wong, CEO of Alabaster Wellness Clinic in Pickering, Ontario, will be the main speaker at a “breast cancer awareness” session to be hosted by Jamaica National Money Services, a subsidiary of the Jamaica National Bank, on Thursday October 24. This event, in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, will be held at the […]
By Lincoln DePradine The Grenada government, in an outreach phase leading up to a parliamentary-approved formal Diaspora policy, is soon to send a delegation to Toronto for talks with nationals in the Canadian city. Representatives of the Office of Diaspora Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Grenadian capital, St George’s, already have […]
By Lincoln DePradine It’s always been said that you can’t keep a good man – and, for that matter – a good woman down. This aptly describes Cynthia Reyes, who has been a writer all her life – beginning at childhood in Jamaica – and continuing in Canada, even after a serious accident that left […]
The judges of this year’s Booker prize have “explicitly flouted” the rules of the august literary award to choose the first joint winners in almost 30 years: Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo. The chair of judges, Peter Florence, emerged after more than five hours with the jury to reveal that the group of five had […]
Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong says the bombing of Cubana Airlines flight 455 some 43 years ago off Barbados West Coast was the region’s own 9/11. He was speaking during a wreath-laying ceremony at the monument erected at Payne’s Bay St James, as a memorial to those who died when the plane went down. “This […]
Jamaica’s Ambassador to Cuba Kathryn Phipps is urging local entities to look to the Spanish-speaking country for specialists and consultants. Scores of Cubans with Jamaican heritage have applied for their Jamaican citizenship and could provide a pool of highly-trained personnel to provide temporary solutions to several shortages in the island’s labour force. While a shortage […]
