Premier Ford’s Greenbelt caper

Premier Ford’s Greenbelt caper

Former Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, who seemed to have taken the vow of silence when it comes to commenting on political matters, must be tempted to speak out on Premier Ford’s plans to build houses on the Greenbelt. It was McGuinty, then premier in 2005, who passed a law to protect 800,000 hectares of what […]

Barbados says British MP must pay reparations for family’s slave past

Barbados says British MP must pay reparations for family’s slave past

The government of Barbados is considering plans to make a wealthy Conservative MP the first individual to pay reparations for his ancestor’s pivotal role in slavery. Richard Drax, MP for South Dorset, recently travelled to the Caribbean island for a private meeting with the country’s prime minister, Mia Mottley. A report is now before Mottley’s […]

How to overcome emotional eating

How to overcome emotional eating

If you reach for the ice cream scoop every time things get tough, you’re not alone. According to the American Psychological Association, 38 percent of adults admit that they’ve overeaten or eaten unhealthily  because of stress. Just about half of them regretted it later.  But the first thing you need to know about emotional eating […]

Africa must adopt an economic system that benefits their people and their continent

Africa must adopt an economic system that benefits their people and their continent

By Carlton Joseph A couple of weeks ago President Joe Biden invited the leaders of 49 African nations in Washington for the second US-African Leaders’ Summit.  Vice President, Kamala Harris opened the meeting making the case that the continent’s demographics will inevitably lead it to become a key global player in the decades to come […]

O Rei (The King) Pele: The Black Pearl is gone but won’t be forgotten

O Rei (The King) Pele: The Black Pearl is gone but won’t be forgotten

It is safe to say that even though the dreaded COVID is still hanging around and continue to menace the people of the world, 2022 was a psychological improvement over the two previous years. Somehow most managed to get closer to a normal life, banishing COVID from their thoughts…more or less. Still, the year was […]

Treasury Board is racist says Black civil servants

Treasury Board is racist says Black civil servants

It was supposed to be a program to help Black federal civil servants suffering from the trauma and stress of racism — but it was itself hit by allegations of racism before it even began. Black federal civil servants who are developing a mental health action plan for their colleagues say they’re facing anti-Black racism from senior government […]

Harvard names Claudine Gay as new president

Harvard names Claudine Gay as new president

Claudine Gay has been elected as Harvard University’s 30th president, the school announced last Thursday. Gay, the founding chair of Harvard’s Inequality in America Initiative and the dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences since 2018, is the school’s first Black leader and the second woman to be appointed its president.  The daughter of […]

Think of us all as fellow-passengers bound on the same journey

Think of us all as fellow-passengers bound on the same journey

By Oscar Wailoo   With the temperature plunging and Christmas all about, only the willful could find an escape. ‘Tis true that the commercial side of Christmas could be a burden, most of all on the poor and needy, yet it need not be that way. After all, it’s not Christmas per se that is the […]