The Weeknd was named artist of the year at Sunday night’s Juno Awards.while his “After Hours” was named album of the year, But the Toronto superstar didn’t show up to accept his awards. He had already won three 2021 Junos at a pre-broadcast ceremony on Friday, picking up best single (“Blinding Lights”), contemporary R&B album […]
By Lincoln DePradine The emergence of Black Lives Matter as a global movement has led to protests and demands for systemic changes to institutions such as policing, education, healthcare and politics. In Canada, there is an ongoing effort to end anti-Black racism in the music and entertainment industry and to make it more inclusive. “There’s […]
As Part of Fabienne Colas Foundation’s Being Black in Canada program – Produced by Zaza Production and broadcast on CBC Being Black in Toronto, part of Fabienne Colas Foundation’s Being Black in Canada Series – Produced by Zaza production and broadcast on CBC – has won Best Direction in a Documentary Series at the 2021 Canadian Screen […]
The CBC will air the upcoming Black Academy awards show to honour Black talent in Canada, organizers have announced. The groundbreaking event was created by The Black Academy, founded by Toronto-raised actor-brothers Shamier Anderson and Stephan James. The Academy, along with Insight Productions, have announced a three-year partnership with the CBC for the live, national […]
The theme for this year’s Festival is the history of Carnival in Britain, from the first indoor celebration organized by Claudia Jones in 1959 to last year’s virtual Notting Hill Carnival, with a focus on Carnival Arts, including Music, Mas, Costumes, Photography and more. “WCFF’s programme will draw on the artistic and cultural influences of […]
Jamaica-born, Canada-based singer, Ammoye (Shernette Amoy Evans) has released the video for her Juno- nominated song, “Give it All.’”. It’s among five songs, nominated for the 2021 Juno Award for Reggae Recording of the Year. “When I heard that the song was nominated for a Juno award, it came as a wonderful surprise. I was […]
Editorial The carnival is still alive So it’s now official. The Toronto Caribbean Carnival 2021 has been cancelled along with the Canadian National Exhibition and several other major summer events which are held in Canada’s largest city. The City of Toronto announced the cancellations last Friday in its current battle against the spread of COVID-19. […]
The City of Toronto announced on Friday [May 14] that it is extending the cancellation of “in-person ” major participatory events until September to continue to slow the spread of COVID-19. Included in its list of cancelled outdoor events are the grand parade of the Toronto Caribbean Carnival, the Caribbean Junior Carnival, the King and […]
Remember Hero? That’s the the highly acclaimed feature film inspired by the extraordinary life and times of Trinidad and Tobago citizen, diplomat and judge Ulric Cross, Last year it won the won the newly created Ja’Net Feature Narrative Award at the 28th Pan African Film and Arts Festival (PAFF), in West Hollywood. In Hero,the lead […]
Two-time Grammy award-winning recording artiste Shaggy will be the headliner at the University of the West Indies Virtual Toronto Benefit Awards 2021, on Saturday, May 22. Shaggy (Orville Richard Burrell) who hails from Kingston, Jamaica, will be appearing at the Awards for the second time. In 2015, he received the Toronto Gala’s Luminary Award and […]
